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Senior Embedded Software Engineer


Company : ZipRecruiter


Location : Melbourne, Victoria


Created : 2025-04-30


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Job Description Heka makes the world better for all of us. Our engineers develop cool things: planes, trains, automobiles, radios, rockets... the cooler, the better! Grow your skill set and feel the satisfaction of evolving classical engineering disciplines like mechanical, software, electrical, industrial, systems, and additive manufacturing to state-of-the-art product development methodologies. Not cheaper, better, faster (yawn) but amazing, influential, and disruptive. Drive improvements and products to reality to improve humankind. Our teams are hands-on, collaborative, and thought-provoking. We combine scientific methods of discovery and evolutionary engineering principles. This position is contingent upon contract award. What youll do: Design and develop safety-critical software components for the flight software, including flight controls, battery management systems, controls, and actuators. Write multi-level requirements. Software verification, validation, and testing using scripts and supporting documents. Participate in planning, designing, scheduling, prioritizing, and tracking the project. Decompose item requirements into high-level and low-level software requirements in compliance with DO-178C. What you need: Minimum of 7 years of experience. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related degree. Experience with battery management systems. Proficiency with C. Experience with 32-bit Microcontroller like STM32, ESP32, or any ARM Cortex. Experience working with Microcontrollers at a low level building BSP, drivers, bootloaders, with and without RTOS, bare-metal. Understanding of communication standards and protocols (RS-422/485/232, CAN, ARINC-429, AFDX, Ethernet, TCP/IP, etc.). Familiarity with debugging environments. Experience with the documentation process and source control, Git. Experience with several SDLC methodologies. Fluency with scripting like bash and Python. Experience with MATLAB/Simulink. Excellent organizational and communication skills. A problem-solving constitution, with a curious mind for discovery, coupled with self-discipline and an intrinsic drive for continuous self-improvement. A solid engineering or computer science background. Ability to work on-site in Melbourne, Florida. Nice to have: Experience in flight control software or a related field. Experience developing software complying with safety standards like DO-178C or ISO 26262 to high criticality levels (DAL-A/B). Familiarity with lab instruments such as oscilloscopes and bus analyzers. Experience with Model Based Software development and certification (DO-331). #J-18808-Ljbffr