Technology Innovation Institute Opportunities

Role Overview

We are looking for a senior embedded engineer to develop, integrate, and maintain secure flight controller software for autonomous UAVs — from RTOS-based autopilot development to secure boot and trusted execution on ARM SoC platforms. You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams to deliver reliable, high-quality software throughout the product lifecycle.

Industry / Domain

Autonomous UAV Systems / Embedded Security

Functional Activities

• Develop and maintain embedded software using C/C++ for real-time systems.

• Integrate software with sensors, communication interfaces, and hardware peripherals.

• Perform software integration, bring-up, debugging, validation, and performance optimization.

• Participate in system integration, bench testing, simulation, and flight-testing activities.

• Contribute to software architecture, design reviews, and technical documentation.

• Use Git-based version control workflows, code reviews, branching, merging, and release management.

• Support CI/CD pipelines, build automation, software packaging, and deployment activities.

• Collaborate with hardware, systems, test, manufacturing, and DevOps teams.

• Support software quality initiatives, defect resolution, and continuous improvement activities.

Experience

• 8+ years in embedded software
• 5+ years in flight controller, autopilot, or safety-critical avionics.

Technical Skills

• Strong proficiency in C/C++ programming for real-time embedded systems; Python for tooling and test automation.

• Autopilot stack expertise (e.g., PX4) and MAVLink/GCS integration (QGroundControl or similar).

• Experience with RTOS (e.g., NuttX) and embedded OS environments. scheduling, POSIX, IPC, memory protection, drivers on ARM Cortex.

• Experience in software and hardware integration activities.

• Experience in Embedded security: ARM TrustZone, OP-TEE, trusted firmware, secure boot chains, eFUSE/OTP.

• Peripheral and build know-how: CAN-FD/SPI/I2C/UART

• Secure coding (MISRA C, SEI CERT), cryptography (TLS, AES/RSA/ECC), PKI/key management.

• Hands-on experience with Git, source code management, and collaborative development workflows.

• Understanding of CI/CD, DevOps concepts, build systems, and automated testing.

• Experience using static code analysis and software security tools (e.g., Coverity, SonarQube, Black Duck) for code quality, security, and compliance verification.

• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.

Education and Certification Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field. Advanced degrees (Master's or PhD) are preferred.

• Safety-critical software certifications (DO-178C, ISO 26262); MATLAB for test and validation workflows.