Flight Control Software Engineer I (Onsite)
About The Position
Collins Aerospace’s Flight Controls products have been flying and landing airplanes for over 30 years. Our customer base is a who's who of aircraft manufacturers and they demand systems which satisfy the highest levels of criticality at the lowest cost possible. This dichotomy provides a continuous challenge to our engineering team to employ new technology and methods in developing our complex systems. We are looking for an early career Software Engineer to join our team in Cedar Rapids, IA and contribute to the development of flight control products for the next generation of business, regional, military, and air-transport fixed and rotary wing platforms. Typical FCS functions include, but aren’t limited to flight guidance, autothrottle, autopilot, maintenance, and autoland systems. This position represents a great opportunity to apply your software engineering skills to real-time embedded systems with critical safety requirements. U.S Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refuge, or asylee) or eligible to obtain necessary export authorizations required.
Requirements
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)
- Experience developing in modern programming languages (e.g. C++; C)
- Experience with object oriented design
- U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access certain necessary systems.
- U.S Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refuge, or asylee) or eligible to obtain necessary export authorizations required.
Nice To Haves
- Prior experience with object-oriented development and embedded software development is desired, as well as familiarity with software requirement and configuration management tools.
- Good working knowledge of data structures and how to efficiently use them to solve problems
- Experience with agile methodologies
- Experience with model-based development in Matlab/Simulink
- Experience with or passion for avionics systems
- Experience collaborating in a team environment
- Experience communicating technical information to management, customers, and engineering team members
Responsibilities
- Defining and reviewing software requirements, including interface requirements
- Implementing control and signal processing algorithms via hand-code and integration of auto-generated code from MATLAB Simulink / Stateflow models into application software
- Conducting requirements-based testing of software
- Supporting DO-178B/C compliant software certification activities
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life insurance
- short-term disability
- long-term disability
- 401(k) match
- flexible spending accounts
- flexible work schedules
- employee assistance program
- Employee Scholar Program
- parental leave
- paid time off
- holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
