Avionic Software Engineer

ALTEN Technology USA • Raleigh, NC

13d • $100,000 - $120,000 • Onsite

About The Position

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more. As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing. When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow. We are seeking a Mid-Level Avionic Software Engineer with hands-on experience developing safety-critical aerospace software in accordance with DO-178 standards, typically at Design Assurance Level (DAL) A or B. The ideal candidate has 5–8 years of experience and is comfortable contributing across the software lifecycle, from requirements and implementation to integration and verification, within a highly regulated engineering environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
• 5–8 years of experience in embedded software development within aerospace or other safety-critical industries.
• Direct experience working with DO-178C development, verification, and certification processes (DAL A or B strongly preferred).
• Proficiency in C and/or C++, with familiarity in Python or other scripting languages for test or automation tasks.
• Solid understanding of embedded systems design, RTOS concepts, timing constraints, and low-level hardware interfaces.
• Ability to work fully on-site in Raleigh, North Carolina.
• Due to the nature of the work, only US Persons (citizens or permanent residents) need apply for this position

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design, development, implementation, and verification of embedded avionic software in compliance with DO-178C (DAL A or B).
• Implement and optimize software components and algorithms for constrained, real-time embedded environments.
• Support system integration activities by collaborating with systems, hardware, and test engineering teams.
• Participate in defining software architecture and interface requirements, ensuring traceability and adherence to aerospace standards.
• Perform and participate in formal design and code reviews to ensure safety, quality, and regulatory compliance.
• Assist with hardware bring-up, low-level debugging, and troubleshooting using tools such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and protocol analyzers.
• Work with embedded communication protocols (e.g., CAN, SPI, I2C, ARINC 429, MIL-STD-1553) to ensure reliable system interactions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees