Electra.aero · 1 month ago
Senior Flight Software Engineer
Manassas, VA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$130K/yr - $170K/yr
5+ years expElectra.aero is pioneering sustainable aviation with its hybrid-electric Ultra Short Takeoff and Landing aircraft. The Senior Flight Software Engineer will design and maintain flight-critical embedded software, collaborating with various engineering teams to ensure safety and reliability in aircraft systems.
AerospaceAir TransportationElectric Vehicle
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain Aerospace Certifiable, flight-critical embedded software for Electra's Ultra Short takeoff and landing aircraft systems, ensuring performance, safety, and reliability
Collaborate cross-functionally with avionics, systems, and hardware engineering teams to define software requirements, interfaces, and integration strategies
Implement and optimize communication protocols for aircraft subsystems and onboard networks
Decompose high level requirements into low level requirements, documentation and source code
Write clean, well-documented, and maintainable code that meets internal and external DO-178C/MISRA standards for readable, verifiable, testable, traceable, and safety-critical code
Support Unit Level Tests for Low Level Requirements verification and validation
Support Integration Level Tests for High Level Requirements verification and validation
Support simulation, analysis, and validation efforts through MATLAB scripting, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), and software-in-the-loop (SIL) testing
Contribute to continuous improvement of development workflows, build systems, and testing frameworks in a Linux-based environment
Collaborate in the software development and certification process, including code reviews and technical discussions to ensure compliance, robustness and consistency across flight software modules
Stay current with emerging technologies in embedded systems, avionics software, and aerospace standards to help shape Electra's next-generation flight systems
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 5+ year of experience in software development with Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or related area
Pragmatic, entrepreneurial mindset with a can-do attitude
Focus on clean, easy to read, well documented, safety critical code
Organized with a strong attention to detail
Uncompromising when it comes to the safety of our pilots and customers
Able to decompose high level requirements into low level requirements, documentation and code
Experience with the DO-178C certification process
Proven experience with C
Working knowledge of Linux, compiling, build systems
Experience with MATLAB scripting
Preferred
Java, Python, and/or Javascript
Experience with CAN, Serial, Ethernet communications
Troubleshooting embedded systems, scoping, bus sniffing, etc
Experience with Software Verification and Validation including Unit Level Testing
Experience with ARM and STM32 platforms
Experience with UART, SPI, I2C, SPI
Experience with UX/GUI design using web frameworks like node.js
Experience with electronics, embedded systems and/or avionics integration and testing
Firsthand experience with DO-178C Documentation and SOI Audits
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
STD
LTD
Life insurance
Generous PTO and sick leave
Company holidays
Paid winter break
401(k) plan with immediate vesting
Free catered lunches
Amazing coffee
Snacks
Drinks
Fruit
Free parking
Company
Electra.aero
Electra develops hybrid-electric aircraft for sustainable urban and regional air mobility.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$115MKey Investors
Prysm CapitalStatkraft VenturesVirginia Innovation Partnership Corporation
2025-04-21Series B· $115M
2023-07-26Series Unknown
2023-06-01Grant
Leadership Team
Marc Ausman
VP, Sales & Support
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