Senior Embedded Systems Architect – In-Flight Tech & OTA

Panasonic Avionics Corporation; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 133,000 - 223,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

401K with match

Comprehensive health insurance

Job summary

Panasonic Avionics Corporation in Beaverton, OR, seeks a senior software architect to design end-to-end embedded platforms for in-flight entertainment systems, ensuring safety, reliability, and scalable software.

You will lead cross-domain teams, drive OTA updates, virtualization, and cloud-edge integrations, and mentor engineers while shaping architecture that balances innovation with rigorous engineering standards.

Qualifications

• Architect complex embedded systems in Linux/Android environments, especially safety-critical aviation/automotive apps.
• Deep knowledge of multicore SoC architectures, RTOS, virtualization, and real-time design.
• Hands-on with SOC platforms from vendors like Qualcomm or MediaTek; experience with Docker/Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Architect and design end-to-end embedded software platforms for in-flight entertainment systems.
• Lead core platform services: bootloading, OTA updates, networking, and storage management.
• Collaborate across virtualization, trusted OS, graphics, compute, safety/security, and multimedia domains.
• Drive hardware-software co-design with hardware teams to optimize embedded capabilities.
• Promote architectural design patterns to accelerate time-to-market and quality.
• Communicate vision via presentations and documentation to ensure alignment.
• Evaluate new technologies and prototype concepts in line with roadmaps.

Skills

Linux/Android Embedded

Multicore SoC architectures

Virtualization

Technical leadership

Networking protocols

Cloud/edge computing

Container orchestration

Hardware bring-up

Education

Bachelor of Science in CS/CE/EE or related

Tools

LXC

QNX

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Panasonic Avionics Corporation in Beaverton, OR, seeks a senior software architect to design end-to-end embedded platforms for in-flight entertainment systems, ensuring safety, reliability, and scalable software.

You will lead cross-domain teams, drive OTA updates, virtualization, and cloud-edge integrations, and mentor engineers while shaping architecture that balances innovation with rigorous engineering standards.