Software Engineering Manager – Embedded Software

Responsibilities

• Build, mentor, and manage a high-performing software engineering team developing mission-critical embedded software for UAV flight control, communications, mission planning, and data processing.
• Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance for embedded software systems, ensuring scalability, safety, reliability, and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering groups to ensure seamless integration of software with hardware, sensors, communication systems, and ground control systems.
• Oversee verification and validation activities, including unit testing, simulation, hardware-in-the-loop (HITL), and flight testing to ensure performance, robustness, and safety of delivered software.
• Ensure development follows certification frameworks and safety standards such as DO-178C, ARP4754, and other UAV regulatory requirements.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and drive adoption into product roadmaps, supporting advancement in autonomy, communications, and mission capabilities.
• Help refine development best practices, coding standards, test methodologies, and documentation processes to support scalability and efficiency.
• Align software engineering goals with product, business, and operational requirements by coordinating closely with program and product management, systems engineering, hardware engineering, and flight operations teams.
• Ensure creation and maintenance of high-quality documentation including design artifacts, test plans, certification documentation, and user manuals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred).
• Minimum of 7+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 3 years in a leadership, management, or team-lead role.
• Strong background in embedded or aerospace software development, with experience in UAV systems strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with programming languages and modeling tools used in embedded and control systems (e.g., C, C++, C#, Python, MATLAB, Simulink).
• Understanding of real-time operating systems (RTOS), flight control systems, and communication protocols (e.g., STANAG-4586, ARINC-825, MAVLink).
• Experience with network protocols (UDP, TCP, DNS, DHCP) and working with networked embedded devices.
• Knowledge of software development lifecycle tools and workflow systems (Git, GitHub, JIRA, CI/CD).
• Demonstrated ability to lead diverse technical teams, communicate effectively, and drive results in a fast-paced engineering environment.
• Knowledge of safety-critical systems and certification standards such as DO-178C and ARP4754.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with autonomy-enabling technologies such as machine learning, computer vision, or advanced sensor fusion.
• Knowledge of satellite or long-range communication technologies relevant to UAV platforms.
• Prior involvement in scaling engineering teams or multi-program software organizations.

Pay

$200,000 - $220,000 USD