Embedded Software Engineer - Airborne Software

Employment Type: Full Time Exempt

Position Overview

At BETA Technologies, we apply our intellectual curiosity, passion for aviation, and commitment to sustainability toward a shared mission of revolutionizing electric aviation. Regardless of the position one holds, each team member brings their talent and desire to positively impact the environment and lives of others in a refreshing, vibrant, and inclusive culture.

The Embedded Software Engineer for Airborne Software will apply their knowledge of RTCA DO-178C, best practices for real-time safety-critical embedded software development, and embedded C skill set to specify, architect, design, implement and integrate the embedded software for BETA’s airborne systems. The ideal candidate will have a broad knowledge of embedded software development, from bare-metal board bring-up and understanding of microcontroller timing and execution characteristics to high-level software specification and design methods and techniques. The embedded software engineer is responsible for developing robust and reliable software to achieve the highest level of safety-criticality in the industry.

How you will contribute to revolutionizing electric aviation:

• Analyze system requirements allocated to software for correctness, feasibility, and appropriateness from an embedded software perspective.
• Develop software high-level requirements to specify the functionality and characteristics of airborne software.
• Architect and design the embedded software, considering hardware constraints, design constraints, and available resources to satisfy the software high-level requirements, and specify software low-level requirements.
• Develop embedded software in the C and Assembly programming languages for ARM microcontroller targets.
• Integrate the software with other software and the target hardware.
• Assess, measure, troubleshoot, and resolve issues with software execution and characteristics such as timing and performance.
• Perform peer reviews of other team member's contributions to the software development project.
• Inform the software verification team for the appropriate testing and analysis of the embedded software.

Minimum Qualifications we are seeking:

• BS in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related degree from an accredited university.
• Minimum 3 years experience in real-time embedded software development.
• Requirements for engineering and software architecture/design experience.
• Proficiency with the C programming language.
• Knowledge of Texas Instruments Hercules and/or STM ARM microcontrollers, or equivalent.
• Comfortable reading electrical schematics, technical documentation, reference manuals, and datasheets.
• Experience with electronics lab equipment such as programmable power supplies, signal generators, oscilloscopes, and bus analyzers.
• Knowledge and awareness of the activities and outputs required for DO-178C compliance.
• Good team communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently and as a member of an integrated team.

Candidates are encouraged to apply even if they don’t meet all minimum qualifications.

Above and Beyond Qualifications that will distinguish you:

• Experience with the Texas Instruments TMS570 ARM microcontroller.
• Experience with the Lauterbach TRACE32 debug/instruction trace system.
• Experience with GNU GCC ARM embedded toolchain and Texas Instruments Code Composer Studio.
• Experience with the Polarion ALM life cycle data management system.
• Experience with embedded software for electric motor control, battery management systems, and/or flight control systems.
• Knowledge of and experience with communications interfaces and devices such as SPI, I2C, CAN, ARINC 429, Analog-to-Digital Converters, Direct Memory Access controllers, and temperature, voltage, and current sensors.
• Familiarity with RTCA DO-330 tool qualification objectives, activities, and outputs.
• Familiarity with RTCA DO-331 model-based development objectives, activities, and outputs.

Company Information

Build electric airplanes with us! We encourage all driven candidates to apply.