Senior Embedded Software Engineer – TCAS / Surveillance Avionics

Quest Defense Systems & Solutions•Phoenix, AZ

10h•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced Senior Embedded Software Engineer to develop, integrate, verify, and maintain safety-critical airborne software supporting TCAS/ACAS and surveillance avionics systems. This hands-on role requires strong C/C++, real-time embedded systems, and DO-178B/C experience. The engineer will support requirements, design, implementation, verification, integration, troubleshooting, certification documentation, and FAA certification activities.

Requirements

5–15 years of relevant embedded software engineering experience, preferably in airborne or other safety-critical systems.
Strong C and C++ development skills.
Experience with real-time embedded systems and RTOS environments.
Experience analyzing, modifying, integrating, and troubleshooting existing or legacy embedded software.
Strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills.
Experience with embedded software and hardware/software integration.
Experience developing and executing unit and integration tests.
Experience with requirements-based development, verification, traceability, design, implementation, and configuration management.
Experience with formal code/peer reviews.
Experience with software build environments, toolchains, version control, and configuration management.
Experience with JIRA or similar defect-management systems.
Experience producing engineering documentation within a controlled software lifecycle.
Strong technical communication and ability to drive actions to closure.
Direct experience with TCAS/ACAS, ADS-B, transponder, or other airborne surveillance software.
Working knowledge of TCAS/ACAS functionality, surveillance concepts, and aircraft interfaces.
Experience with DO-178B/C airborne software development and certification.
Experience developing/supporting DO-178 lifecycle data, including planning, requirements, design, implementation, verification, configuration management, and certification evidence.
Familiarity with DO-185B and applicable TCAS MOPS/test criteria.
Must meet U.S. Person requirements.

Nice To Haves

Experience with FAA certification audits, reviews, or Software Stages of Involvement (SOI).
Familiarity with surveillance/collision avoidance RTCA standards and FAA Technical Standard Orders.
Experience with requirements-based testing, requirements-to-test traceability, and structural coverage.
Experience with safety-critical verification, including: Low- and high-level requirements-based testing, Robustness testing, Structural coverage analysis, MC/DC, where applicable.
Experience with ARINC 429, AFDX, or other aircraft communication protocols.
Familiarity with RF-based surveillance systems and RF/FPGA hardware interaction.
Experience supporting laboratory, aircraft integration, qualification, or flight-test activities.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain TCAS/ACAS and airborne surveillance software using C/C++ in real-time and RTOS environments.
Design, implement, integrate, and verify safety-critical embedded software.
Analyze, modify, integrate, and troubleshoot new and legacy software.
Develop and maintain requirements, traceability, design documentation, source code, and lifecycle data.
Develop and execute unit and integration tests and perform requirements-based verification.
Integrate software with avionics hardware, RF, FPGA/firmware, and aircraft systems.
Debug software, perform root-cause analysis, resolve defects, and support JIRA defect burn-down.
Participate in code, peer, requirements, design, verification, and Critical Design Reviews (CDRs).
Maintain software build environments, toolchains, version control, and configuration management.
Support software baselines, releases, and configuration management.
Support DO-178B/C, DO-185B, RTCA MOPS, FAA certification audits/reviews, findings, and technical issues.
Develop and maintain certification lifecycle data covering planning, requirements, design, implementation, verification/validation, configuration management, and quality assurance.
Work with systems, hardware, RF, verification, certification, program, and customer teams to resolve technical issues and drive actions to closure.