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Embedded SW C with Aerospace exp
Location: San Francisco, CA (Onsite)
Type: Contract/FT both
Some hybrid work is ok, but there needs to be ample time in the South San Francisco office and at the flight test facility Byron AFB as well.
Note- Focus on strong C SW development with aerospace experience.
Good aerospace-centric C engineer who ideally has participated in flight test campaigns to help debug their code on live aircraft(Coder and Tester)
We really need someone with solid embedded SW C programming skills, ideally with Aero experience.
The core need is solid C (and associated tool chain) programming and debug skills. The work in on a eVOTL AUS (which should be exciting). It's mostly in the control of Sensors and actuators for safety.
Mandate:
RTOS, Linux
Experience with writing device drivers for avionics components
Experience in a memory-constrained environment
Ethernet networking and debugging
5-10 years of Aerospace experience
Able to debug on the aircraft (UAS) at the flight test center (Byron AFB, east of San Francisco)
With Mission and Safety Critical application experience.
Tools and SW:-
Mostly flight controls and autopilot.
Protocols : Mostly CAN + RS422/485 + Ethernet/UDP
Requirements Database Management Tool(s)- JAMA
Configuration Management Tool(s)- Jira, GIT
All flight software is C developed on a Linux host. We have lots of support tooling written in Python. Effective candidates will need to be proficient in both.
Date Posted: 07 April 2025
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