MTS II, Software Developer - IaaS
About the role
At Panasonic Avionics Corporation, we are dedicated to innovating technology that delights millions of passengers. This role is pivotal in developing the foundational software that powers our next-generation infrastructure platform.
Responsibilities
Design and develop services that span hardware provisioning, OS lifecycle management, containerized system enablement, and secure distributed service deployment.
Interface with platform firmware via Redfish/IPMI and implement node-level control logic.
Collaborate with hardware, networking, and storage teams to integrate low-level capabilities into unified software workflows.
Contribute to CI/CD pipelines to test and deploy OS images and microservices.
Maintain version-controlled infrastructure (IaC) and policy-as-code environments.
Integrate monitoring and observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Vector).
Create robust testing pipelines for infrastructure components (unit, integration, functional).
Perform hardware-in-loop (HIL) testing, simulate failure scenarios, and ensure system resiliency.
Identify and remediate performance bottlenecks in hardware provisioning and orchestration flows.
Conduct code reviews and implement coding standards and best practices.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Sciences, Computer Engineering, or Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
0-3 years of experience in software engineering, with significant exposure to IaaS or low-level system development.
Ability to travel to domestic or international locations as required, up to 5% of the time.
OS & Kernel Linux administration and internals (systemd, boot process, kernel tuning).
Custom kernel config or module work (esp. for embedded or hybrid hardware).
Kernel/user-space interface debugging: strace, perf, dmesg, lsof, sysctl.
Hardware Provisioning: deep knowledge of PXE/iPXE, DHCP, TFTP, and UEFI/BIOS flows.
Experience with hardware boot orchestration using Tinkerbell, MAAS, or Foreman.
Familiarity with BMC interfaces (IPMI, Redfish), RAID configuration, and hardware telemetry.
OS & Image Management: hands-on experience building immutable OS images (e.g., Talos, CoreOS, Yocto).
Knowledge of secure boot flows, disk encryption (e.g., LUKS), TPM provisioning.
Understanding of disk cloning, partitioning tools, and custom OS deployment pipelines.
Programming Skills & System Design: proficiency in at least one modern programming language (GO for high-performance services, Python (FastAPI, Django, Flask) for strong understanding of object-oriented programming and functional programming concepts).
What We Offer
Paid time off: flexible paid time off for exempt employees, 14 vacation days per year + 7 sick days + 3 personal days for non-exempt hourly employees, accrual rate increases with tenure.
Health Insurance: medical insurance offerings from Aetna and Kaiser (CA & HI), dental PPO and DMO options & vision insurance through EyeMed or VSP.
401K with 50% match on up to 8% contribution, full vested from day 1.
Washington residents only are eligible for: Washington’s Family and Medical Leave program and Washington’s Paid Sick Leave program.
Other offerings include: wellness program, counseling services, FSA & HSA, life insurance for employee, spouse and child, AD&D insurance, long-term and short-term disability, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, legal assistance, pet insurance, identity theft protection, dependent care FLSA, education assistance, commuter program, employee purchase program, service award program.