Senior Embedded Systems Engineer - Flight-Test Ready

VideoRay; Moorpark (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401K with company matching

9/80 work schedule

Job summary

AeroVironment, Inc. in California is seeking a Senior Staff Embedded Software Engineer to lead development of embedded software for unmanned and robotic systems used in defense and commercial applications.

You will write code for embedded devices, test in flight-test environments, and help scale and optimize software for performance and reliability. You will design, develop, test, and debug system software, work with cross-disciplinary teams, and contribute to the software development process

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 12 - 15 years of 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 or other robotic systems
• Designs and implements software for prototypes and products using established AeroVironment and industry developed tools and practices. Ensure good configuration control and management of software
• Leads in writing of system requirements, system test plans, diagnostic tools, and in validation testing of software. Assist 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
• Leads and 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
• Contributes to AV's software development process in developing quality code
• Works on significant and unique issues where analysis of situations or data requires evaluation of intangibles
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Python

C

C++11

C++ STL

OpenCL

Visual Studio

Eclipse

RS-485

RS-232

CAN

I2C

SPI

USB

Analytical skills

Education

B.S. degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

STM32 processors

RTOS (µC/OS, FreeRTOS)

Embedded Linux drivers

Video4Linux

ROS

Git

SVN

Bitbucket

GitLab

Job description

AeroVironment, Inc. in California is seeking a Senior Staff Embedded Software Engineer to lead development of embedded software for unmanned and robotic systems used in defense and commercial applications.

You will write code for embedded devices, test in flight-test environments, and help scale and optimize software for performance and reliability. You will design, develop, test, and debug system software, work with cross-disciplinary teams, and contribute to the software development process