Firmware Validation Engineer

Mach Industries

$90K — $120K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering or equivalent experience.
  • Strong Electrical Engineering fundamentals.
  • Proficiency in Python and C.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with Firmware Engineers, Avionics Engineers, Manufacturing and Flight Operations for firmware releases.
  • Design and execute comprehensive test specifications for system and individual components.
  • Develop SITL and HITL simulation tests supporting test specifications.
  • Execute SITL and HITL tests, investigating any issues identified.
  • Reproduce and investigate issues found during flight test operations.
  • Improve tooling to enhance validation iterations and scalability for airframe variants.

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Retirement plans
  • Opportunities for professional development.
Full Job Description
The Role

Mach Industries is looking for highly motivated engineers to lead firmware validation of all individual vehicle components as well as system level validation. This role requires strong electrical engineering fundamentals, deep technical understanding of avionics hardware components and experience in design and execution of validation plans from new product design phase to manufacturing.

Key Responsibilities
  • Close collaboration with Firmware Engineers, Avionics Engineers, Manufacturing and Flight Operations to enable high quality firmware releases used in flight test operations and deployed to our customer products.
  • Design and execution of system level (airframe) and individual component comprehensive test specifications (nominal and fault-injection scenarios).
  • Develop software in Software-in-the-Loop (SITL) and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL) simulation tests scenarios supporting the test specifications.
  • Execute SITL and HITL tests and investigate issues identified in the test runs.
  • Reproduction and investigation of issues found during test flight operations.
  • Constantly improve the available tooling and bring up new tools that will improve the validation iteration times and will scale to all current and future airframe variants.


Required Qualifications
  • Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering or equivalent work experience.
  • Strong Electrical Engineering fundamentals.
  • Proficiency in Python and C.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Knowledge of C++.
  • Experience using NVIDIA Jetson or other embedded GPU based platforms.
  • Embedded Linux.
  • ARM based embedded systems.
  • FW Embedded systems in Defense industry.
  • FW Embedded drones.
  • GNC.


Disclosures

This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Please note that any offer for employment may be conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export control laws and regulations without sponsorship for an export license.

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offers may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and training, critical skills, and business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in most offers and are considered part of Mach's total compensation package. Mach offers benefits such as health insurance, retirement plans, and opportunities for professional development.

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