Software Engineer III/IV

Crane Aerospace & Electronics; California (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Crane Aerospace & Electronics seeks a Senior Software Engineer (Level III/IV) in Burbank, CA. You will contribute to embedded aerospace software with minimal supervision within IPT teams, focusing on DO-178 compliant design, development, and verification.

Key responsibilities include planning, estimation, and ensuring product requirements, safety, and performance meet strict aerospace standards, with emphasis on quality and reliability.

Qualifications

• 5 to 8+ years of relevant work experience.
• BA or BS in an engineering discipline; Master’s or PhD preferred.
• Expert knowledge of embedded software for aerospace per DO-178 guidelines.
• Strong experience with C/C++ and Assembly language.
• Experience with aerospace interfaces (ARINC429, RS232, CAN, AFDX).
• Experience with software simulators and emulators; data load functions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with IPTs to design, develop, and certify aerospace software.
• Plan, estimate, and manage software activities to meet schedules and budgets.
• Ensure compliance with DO-178 and company guidelines; ensure traceability.
• Develop and review documentation: proposals, technical reports, procedures.

Skills

C/C++

Assembly language

Embedded software

DO-178

MATLAB/Simulink

SCADE

DOORS

Synergy

PVCS

CodeTest

LDRA

ARINC429

RS232

CAN

AFDX

Perl

Education

BA/BS in Engineering

MS/PhD preferred

Tools

DOORS

Synergy

PVCS

CodeTest

LDRA

MATLAB/Simulink

SCADE

Job description

Crane Aerospace and Electronics has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer (Level III or IV) at our Burbank, CA location.

About Crane:

Crane Aerospace & Electronics supplies critical systems and components to the aerospace and defense markets. You'll find Crane Aerospace & Electronics in some of the toughest environments: from engines to landing gear; from satellites to medical implants and from missiles to unmanned aerial systems (UAS).

Every 1.2 seconds, product built at our Crane Aerospace & Electronics Burbank facility is stopping aircraft - delivering passengers and military personnel safely to their destination. Home to our Landing & Cabin Systems team, Crane A&E's brake control systems and premium cabin actuation solutions are flying on tens of thousands of aircraft throughout the world. You'll join a business with a long track record of engineering excellence, set in the wonderful town of Burbank filled with great community atmosphere, schools, weather and no shortage of entertainment.

Job Summary:

The Software Engineer is a top contributor who needs minimal to no supervision and uses originality, ingenuity and established procedures to perform engineering duties in researching, planning, designing, and developing products for use in the Aerospace or Electronics marketplace. The Software Engineer works within a collaborative Integrated Product Team (IPT) environment while responsible for multiple independent tasks.

Essential Functions:

• Work effectively with all functional groups to achieve product performance and cost targets. Build quality and manufacturability into the design. Define/understand/comply with company and regulatory guidelines to assure a safe operating environment.
• Support continuous process improvement activities including Kaizen, 5S practices to ensure an organized and efficient working environment, and personal development.
• Demonstrate proficiency with verbal and written English for technical reports, presentations, analyses, or other communications at the appropriate level throughout the organization.
• Understand, decompose, and define product and process requirements to support product development, sustaining and R&D.
• Plan, estimate, prioritize, and manage work activities to support meeting project schedules and budgets.
• Utilize experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Produce thorough and accurate design and development work of suitable complexity that meets all customer specifications and company requirements for schedule, cost, producibility, quality, and reliability.
• Utilize proficient problem-solving processes, documentation, tools and analyses to quickly and effectively identify root cause and corrective actions to technical challenges and/or issue in support of product development and product sustaining assignments.
• Generate and review product development documentation including proposals, technical reports, procedures, correspondence, etc. necessary to satisfy customer and program requirements.
• Self-directed and motivated while working and communicating effectively within a team environment that consists of several engineering, operations, quality, and business disciplines.
• Provide support of IPT activities in collaboration with other technical, operations, quality, and business disciplines.
• Perform analysis of requirements, design and code to assure compliance to standards and guidelines.
• Develop and ensure full traceability of customer specification requirements to software code.
• Review verification output across programs to ensure compliance with guidelines, procedures and customer standards.
• Follow Airborne Software guidelines per DO-178
• Any other task assigned by supervisor or management.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience: 5 to 8+ years of relevant work experience
• Education/Certification: BA or BS Degree in an engineering discipline. Master's or PhD preferred.
• Knowledge: Expert knowledge of embedded software for aerospace applications per DO178 guidelines, including software planning, requirements management, code generation validation, verification and certification
• Knowledge: Strong experience with high level programming languages, such as C/C++, and Assembly language
• Knowledge: Experience with communication Interfaces common to aerospace (ARINC429, RS232, CAN, AFDX ...)
• Knowledge: Experience with software simulator and emulator
• Knowledge: Experience with Data load function
• Knowledge: Experience with Digital design
• Knowledge: Experience with Scripting languages (PERL, VB, ASP etc)
• Knowledge: Experience with Requirements simulation (such as Matlab with Simulink or SCADE),
• Knowledge: Experience with Structural coverage analysis tool (like CodeTest, LDRA, etc)
• Skills/Abilities: Expert knowledge of requirements management tools (e.g. DOORS)
• Skills/Abilities: Expert knowledge of Configuration Management tool (Synergy, PVCS, etc) and Problem T