Job Title: Specialist, Software Engineer - New Concepts and Rapid Innovation

Job Code: 17424

Job Location: Phoenix AZ or St Petersburg FL or Grand Rapids MI-relocation can be provided for those that qualify

Schedule: 9/80

Job Description:

As an Advanced Development software engineer, you are focused on enhancing the technical capabilities of Commercial Aviation Solutions through rapid ideation, prototyping, flight testing, and gathering Voice of the Customer inputs to transition these concepts to production. The applicant will interact with business development and all engineering functions, with specific focus on software engineering. Rather than a specific technology focus, the ideal candidate will be a technology generalist with understanding across a broad number of fields, and ability to quickly learn and make connections between engineering fields. You will be involved with multidisciplinary project teams involving mechanical, electrical digital/analog, RF, and systems engineering in planning, designing, prototyping, and testing of avionics Flight Displays, TCAS/ACAS, Transponders, Data Recorders, Air Data Systems, RF and Sensor-based systems, along with complementary Data Analysis capabilities.

Essential Functions:

• Work as a technology generalist with large amounts of design freedom to identify the most effective and timely solution, with main focus in software realm.
• Complement electrical design work with software tasks to create functional design capabilities. Python or C++ design experience.
• Ability to design and develop embedded software for avionics systems. (C, C++)
• Understand, utilize, and improve internal processes and tools for the development of software
• Familiarity with DO-178 software development processes and guidelines is a plus
• Experience on embedded platforms is a plus
• Work effectively supporting at circuit level, aircraft system architectures, and everything in between.
• Learn and apply new techniques and skills on every project, including outside one’s main engineering discipline.
• Develop effective responses to customer needs, whether internal or external, that rapidly provide proof of concept rather than fully productized solution.
• Interpret customer needs on individual programs to drive the design through systems engineering processes including developing concepts of employment, use cases, functional block diagrams, supporting hardware/system requirements definition, decomposition, allocation, and specifying interfaces.
• Devise plans to mature technologies through the TRL process to reduce technical risk in development programs.
• Effectively communicate across multiple technical teams in a fast-paced, prototype development environment.
• Communicate directly with customers, in person or virtually, to understand their problems and formulate actionable solutions.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Travel up to 10%.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or science. Prefer Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science. 
• Minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience in an engineering discipline with systems engineering principles, including requirements definition, requirements verification, design reviews and documentation, integration, test and demonstration.
• Minimum 4 years’ experience with direct software development.
• Minimum of 2 years' experience in customer-facing roles (internal or external).
• Hands on experience designing and developing avionics products, RF, or sensor systems.
• Knowledge of at least two software languages (python and C++ most desirable)

Preferred Additional Skills:

• No clearance required
• Experience with and an understanding of aerospace systems, especially in the development of integrated hardware/software products
• Ability to design and develop embedded software for avionics systems.
• Understand, utilize, and improve internal processes and tools for the development of software
• Device Driver and SoC development
• Experience with prototyping tools such as User Interface development, 3D printing, or other concept generation
• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering
• Excellent people skills, with experience leading and collaborating in a multi-disciplinary, diverse, and dynamic team environment.
• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, & presentation)
• Knowledge of DO-178. DO-254 and DO-160 a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple programs and responsibilities simultaneously
• Ability to operate and identify appropriate path forward with minimal oversight
• Pilot License or Part 107 certificate, and experience creating flight test scenarios and systems