Senior Embedded Systems Engineer – Flight and Autonomy

AeroVironment, Inc.; Virginia Colony (CA); On-site; USD 123,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401K with company matching

9/80 work schedule

Paid holiday shutdown

Job summary

AeroVironment, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer (Embedded) to develop software for embedded devices used in unmanned systems and aircraft. You will design, code, test, and debug system software, ensuring performance and reliability across flight-test environments.

You will lead software development, optimize for efficiency, work with hardware teams, and support transitions to production and certification. Some travel and long hours may be required.

Qualifications

• A BS degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering or related field is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Minimum 8 - 12 years of experience years of relevant experience
• Experienced trouble-shooting systems is required and is proficient with Python, C, C++11,C++ STL and/or OpenCL
• Demonstrated knowledge of Visual Studio, Eclipse or similar IDE as well as defect tracking tools
• Experienced working with common protocols such as RS-485, RS-232, CAN, I2C, SPI, USB
• Demonstrated mathematical and analytical skills are required
• Periodic travel will likely be required in support of testing equipment at approved flying locations
• Periods of development may require long irregular hours around deadlines, weekends and some holidays and in field test environments

Responsibilities

• Writes and tests software to support integration of sensors and embedded processors into aircraft (such as autopilots, payloads, software defined radios or other functional components) or other robotic systems
• Designs and implements software for prototypes and products using established AeroVironment and industry developed tools and practices.
• Ensures good configuration control and management of software
• Leads in writing of system requirements, system test plans, diagnostic tools, and in validation testing of software.
• Assists with hardware selection and recommend processing, memory and storage needs of systems
• Leads development of rapid prototyping and conceptual level testing and will require estimating time to develop software and scoping the depth of the development with project/program management to fit timeline and budget constraints
• Works closely with other engineering disciplines.
• Focused on getting the job done
• Supports transition of development software to production environments and to certification.
• Participates in multi-disciplinary development teams
• Develops proof of concept capability demonstrations.
• Conducts and supports design reviews
• Follows AV's software development process to develop quality code
• Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of identifiable factors.
• May supervise others (Team Lead)
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Python

C

C++11

C++ STL

OpenCL

Visual Studio

Eclipse

RS-485

RS-232

CAN

I2C

SPI

USB

RTOS

ROS

Education

BS in Computer Science/Engineering/Electrical/Aerospace/Mechanical or related field

Tools

STM32

µC/OS / FreeRTOS

Linux kernel drivers

ROS

Video4Linux

Ubuntu Linux Kernel

Job description

AeroVironment, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer (Embedded) to develop software for embedded devices used in unmanned systems and aircraft. You will design, code, test, and debug system software, ensuring performance and reliability across flight-test environments.

You will lead software development, optimize for efficiency, work with hardware teams, and support transitions to production and certification. Some travel and long hours may be required.