Senior Real-Time Embedded Avionics Engineer

Swarmaero; Oxnard (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful equity stake

Competitive base salary

Medical, dental, vision, and 401k

PTO and Paid Sick Time

Monthly Wellness Stipend

Daily catered lunch

Paid parental leave

Impactful national-security mission

World-class team

Job summary

Swarm Aero is advancing avionics for the world’s largest swarming UAV and a connected aerial network. We seek an experienced Embedded Software Engineer to own real-time software controlling flight, sensors, and comms. You’ll bring up hardware, integrate new functions, and verify with SIL/HIL tests on hardware that flies.

You will build simulation models, diagnose issues end-to-end, and work with a team delivering a safe, high-performance autonomy stack for defense-scale missions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Extend avionics software for a large unmanned aircraft, adding capability to an existing system.
• Design, integrate, and support embedded systems in real-time and non-real-time environments.
• Bring up new sensors, payloads, and networking capabilities while ensuring coexistence with existing hardware.
• Build out SIL and HIL test architecture for verification before aircraft use.
• Develop simulation models and verify software components.
• Own software through hardware bring-up, integration, testing, and fault chasing on the vehicle.

Skills

C/C++

RTOS

Embedded systems

Hardware debugging

Communication skills

Aerospace awareness

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering/Computer Science

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

JTAG debuggers

Job description

Swarm Aero is advancing avionics for the world’s largest swarming UAV and a connected aerial network. We seek an experienced Embedded Software Engineer to own real-time software controlling flight, sensors, and comms. You’ll bring up hardware, integrate new functions, and verify with SIL/HIL tests on hardware that flies.

You will build simulation models, diagnose issues end-to-end, and work with a team delivering a safe, high-performance autonomy stack for defense-scale missions.