Principal Software Engineer - Vehicle Management System

Principal Software Engineer – Vehicle Management System

Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Engineering, a relevant field, or equivalent experience.
Experienced and proficient at writing C.
Experience with an RTOS.
Familiarity with communications busses and protocols (e.g. CAN, CANFD, UART/RS232/RS422/RS485, SPI, QSPI, I2C, Ethernet, ARINC-825, ARINC-429, MIL-STD-1553, etc).
Systems programming skills including algorithms, data structures, concurrency and optimization.
Capacity to learn and grow individually, while mentoring junior team members effectively, contributing to team cohesion and capacity.
Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Design and implement trusted, safety critical Vehicle Management Systems that balance constraints, restrictions and requirements in a multi-stakeholder environment.
Design and implement scalable vehicle sub-systems including sensor processing, state estimation, contingency management, actuation, payload interfaces, and mission systems interfaces.
Develop real-time embedded software using an RTOS.
Develop device drivers and interfaces to a variety of sensors and actuators.
Create test and simulation fixtures that operate with both software-and hardware-in-the-loop.
Support vehicle manufacturing and deployment.
Travel up to 5% of time to build, test, and deploy capabilities in the real world.

Experience in design and development of embedded applications in autonomous vehicle software systems.
Experience with development of high assurance safety critical software applications.
Experience in developing interfaces to sensors and actuators.
Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems.
Experience working with and testing electrical and mechanical systems.
Experience with DO-178, IEC 61508, or similar certifications.
Familiarity with navigation and communications systems.