Software Engineer Developer 3 (Development)

About the position

We are seeking Software Engineers to contribute to the development of next-generation autonomous aircrafts. Our contributions to the aerospace industry include the world-record breaking Orion aircraft, the first fully autonomous helicopter (AACUS), a flying taxi, underwater vehicles and a solar plane to name a few. In this role, you will be part of a highly collaborative environment in which you will work independently on a multi-disciplinary team to test and perform other V&V activities on flight and/or mission-critical onboard software for autonomous systems. As such, candidates must have excellent analytical, communication and organizational skills and the desire to take on new tasks and develop new skills.

Responsibilities

• Review and understand system & software requirements to meet defined and anticipated system performance and testing standards.
• Collaborate with other engineering disciplines in planning and development of test strategies to ensure software and hardware performance and compatibility.
• Write test plans and test cases, execute test procedures for integration and system-level testing.
• Write test scripts for robustness and failure injection tests.
• Use an integrated Hardware in the Loop simulator to exercise timing critical interfaces.
• Report on testing results and identify risk areas.

Requirements

• B.S. degree in Aerospace, Systems, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or relevant degree from an accredited university.
• Understanding of Systems Engineering Verification and Validation model.
• Proficiency in Model Based Simulation Software development (Simulink).
• Demonstrated use of test platforms for complex HW/SW integrated systems.
• Interest and working knowledge of a mix of UAS or Autonomous Vehicles, Navigation and Control, Ground or Airborne Mission Systems, General Aerospace Flight Control or Cockpit Avionics Systems, User / Ground Stations.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with SW development and verification.
• Experience in Modeling and Simulation.
• Knowledge of Model-Based Design and/or Model-Based Test.
• Mathworks Simulink/Stateflow Auto-Coder Toolchain.
• Human Machine (HMI) Interactions.