Sr. Software Engineer

ALTEN Technology USA•Carson, CA

6d•$120,000 - $140,000•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. The Sr. Software Engineer will be responsible for analysis, design, development, debugging, and modification of embedded control software for electronics applications such as controllers, PFC-based 3-phase Active Rectifiers, Motor Control, DC-DC Convertors and AC Drives for harsh and hazardous environments for commercial aerospace products. You will take ownership and/or support technical engineering teams and projects related to W&W System Components. Using sound engineering principles, this engineer will interface with cross-functional groups (internal and external) to ensure robust, airworthy designs are attained which meet budget, schedule, and internal requirements and goals. This leadership position will be responsible for participating in and leading improvement activities at a group and/or company level.

Requirements

Analysis, design, development, debugging, and modification of embedded control software for electronics applications
Experience with controllers, PFC-based 3-phase Active Rectifiers, Motor Control, DC-DC Convertors and AC Drives for harsh and hazardous environments for commercial aerospace products.
Ability to interface with cross-functional groups (internal and external)
Ability to ensure robust, airworthy designs are attained which meet budget, schedule, and internal requirements and goals.
Experience with power electronic applications
Experience with control system software requirements
Experience writing embedded code for 3-phase Active Rectifier, Motor Control electronics
Experience with system design and subsystem designs
Experience with power electronics controllers
Experience with Source and assembly level debugging
Experience optimizing software performance
Experience reviewing control software design with suppliers
Experience leading or supporting software design review activities
Experience interfacing with vendors, customers and other departments on technical issues
Experience leading small/medium size software development teams
Experience reviewing, checking and approving work done by peers and lower level engineers.
Experience providing guidance and training to lower level engineers.
Experience assessing standard work and supporting or leading improvement projects.
Ability to understand how various groups (engineering, industrialization, operations) work together and navigate through the company.
Ability to analyze customer requirements and validate them by analysis/modeling/prototyping or based on existing product performance
Ability to create software requirements specification and hardware/software interface control documents
Ability to create verification plan for validating product compliance to requirements
Ability to interface independently with technical analysts to define the software design
Ability to interface independently with existing and/or new suppliers and OEMs
Ability to create design tools to help define the product design, capture lessons learned and improve rotating equipment development process
Ability to create software design document that covers design analysis, notes, and specific guidelines followed
Ability to create design verification test procedure (DVTP) and report (DVTR)
Ability to perform product performance testing and analysis to ensure that requirements are met and generate test reports
Ability to independently find or create solutions to problems requiring research, resourcefulness and creativity
Ability to support feasibility, development, validation, verification, and qualification testing at Monogram and at external test laboratories.
Ability to utilize sound technical problem solving to support ongoing projects
Ability to follow sound engineering principles to ensure designs meet airworthiness standards, customer requirements and ZWWS internal standards
Ability to critically review and present findings and trade studies
Ability to provide input to program and project managers
Experience with RTCA/DO-178 based process tasks and generating PSAC, SDP, SVP, SCMP, SQAP, SCI, and SAS documents
Ability to understand, follow, and promote, ZWWS policies and procedures
Ability to process engineering changes in the development of water and waste systems and equipment
Ability to document findings and trade studies

Responsibilities

Design and implement advanced control algorithms for power electronic applications
Develop control system software requirements to write embedded code for 3-phase Active Rectifier, Motor Control electronics
Contributes to system design and independently develops subsystem designs that meet the requirements. Considers tradeoffs between requirements, cost and reliability in the choice of a design approach
Test/debug power electronics controllers, Source and assembly level debugging
Optimize software performance by working with control system engineers
Work with suppliers to review control software design.
Lead or support software design review activities. Interface with vendors, customers and other departments on technical issues
Independently owns, or leads a team for small/medium size software development.
Reviews, checks and approves work done by peers and lower level engineers.
Provides guidance and training to lower level engineers.
Assesses standard work and support or lead improvement projects.
Understands how various groups (engineering, industrialization, operations) work together and is able to navigate through the company.
Analyze customer requirements and validate them by analysis/modeling/prototyping or based on existing product performance
Create software requirements specification and hardware/software interface control documents
Create verification plan for validating product compliance to requirements
Able to interface independently with technical analysts to define the software design
Able to interface independently with existing and/or new suppliers and OEMs
Creates design tools to help define the product design, capture lessons learned and improve rotating equipment development process
Creates software design document that covers design analysis, notes, and specific guidelines followed
Create design verification test procedure (DVTP) and report (DVTR)
Perform product performance testing and analysis to ensure that requirements are met and generate test reports
Independently finds or creates solutions to problems requiring research, resourcefulness and creativity
Supports feasibility, development, validation, verification, and qualification testing at Monogram and at external test laboratories.
Utilizes sound technical problem solving to support ongoing projects
Follows sound engineering principles to ensure designs meet airworthiness standards, customer requirements and ZWWS internal standards
Reviews critically and presents findings and trade studies
Provides input to program and project managers
Perform RTCA/DO-178 based process tasks and generate PSAC, SDP, SVP, SCMP, SQAP, SCI, and SAS documents
Understands, follows, and promotes, ZWWS policies and procedures
Process engineering changes in the development of water and waste systems and equipment
Documents findings and trade studies