Develop firmware for avionics and ground support systems, collaborate with engineering teams, integrate features, and engage in testing and debugging.
Embedded Software Engineer II
Specter Aerospace is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer to be a primary contributor to the development of firmware for custom vehicle avionics and ground support systems. This position will directly contribute to the full development stack required for interfacing custom microcontroller-based hardware with algorithms developed in higher level interfaces such as Python and MATLAB. You will be a part of a rapidly growing team and will have the opportunity to directly impact various ground support and flight systems.
Role & Responsibilities
- Work with electrical engineers to develop high-performance hardware interface drivers for custom flight sensing and control hardware.
- Collaborate with GNC to generate high-reliability implementations of flight algorithms
- Develop microcontroller software leveraging a RTOS (QNX, VxWorks, FreeRTOS)
- Integrate new features and sensors into flight controller software
- Take ownership of the development of HWIL/SWIL test fixtures
- Support integration, test, and analysis of vehicle flight avionics
- Interface with electrical, GNC, and mechanical teams to refine requirements and ensure complete system functionality and scalability
- Take part in technical meetings, engage in technical discussions, and contribute perspectives
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or another related field
- 1-3 years of experience in embedded/software engineering or master’s degree
- Strong C programming skills
- Experience with implementing low-level drivers and protocols such as CAN, UART, SPI, I2C, etc
- Comfortable debugging systems through use of oscilloscopes, multimeters, and logic analyzers
- Familiarity with revision control systems
- Comfortable with embedded systems tools, compilers, debuggers, IDEs, etc
- Comfort with project autonomy and fast-paced work environments
- Available for up to 10% travel for test activities
- Ability to obtain a DoD security clearance (U.S. Citizenship required)
Desired Skills
- Comfortable working in the TI and/or STM microcontroller environments and deploying OSs such as QNX, VxWorks, Yocto, or others
- Direct experience in aircraft embedded software or other safety critical systems
- Background in low-level embedded software architecture, design and development
- Familiarity with other relevant programming languages such as Python, Rust, and C++
- Familiarity with aerospace and military avionic design standards (IPC, MIL-SPEC, etc)
- Previous professional OR student team (FSAE, SEDS, AIAA, etc) project experience directly relevant to the requirements for this position
Top Skills
C
Can
Freertos
I2C
Matlab
Python
Qnx
Spi
Uart
Vxworks
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