SandboxAQ's AI/Quantum Navigation (“AQNav”) team is looking for a highly-accomplished, veteran software engineer to assist with design, implementation, and testing of robust, industry-proven, real-time avionics-grade software for the AQNav magnetic navigation system.
Requirements
- Experience working on industry fielded software solutions certified avionics software systems (e.g. DO-178); a successful candidate will leverage this experience to advise the AQNav team on best practices to ensure successful software certification.
- Strong expertise in both Python and C/C++. Experience with other languages (Java, HTML/CSS, Rust, Bash scripting, etc. preferred)
- Proficiency in software development methodologies and best practices (e.g., Agile practices, CI/CD, test-driven development.)
- Ability to diagram and specify requirements at system, subsystem, and component levels to aid in the finalization of design decisions; this includes responsibility for design documentation such as software architecture, software specification documents, and testing plans
- Strong Linux fundamentals (bash scripting, operating system configuration) and familiarity with common developer and devops tools such as Ansible, Chef, Terraform, Git, Github, and the Atlassian suite tools Jira and Confluence.
- Long, successful history of bringing software from initial conception through to architecture, development, testing, release into production, and maintenance.
- Experience working with one or more Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS) such as SafeRTOS, RT Linux, RedHawk, and/or VxWorks (SafeRTOS preferred)
Responsibilities
- Serve as a technical expert to guide, lead, and mentor a growing team of engineers to support successful development and deployment of our full-stack software
- Work scope will include tasks such as development/maintenance of internal tooling and libraries, integrating the AQNav system with external avionics systems, automating and streamlining routine complex processes
- Own roadmaps for developing long-term stable software requirements, verification/validation, and software solutions for unique realworld aerospace challenges
- Identify gaps and advocate for process improvements throughout the software development lifecycle
- Drive compliance of AQNav real-time software to DO-178 certification, while upholding quality and efficiency standards for the team, including acting as a software interface between the AQNav team and government certification authorities (e.g. Mil, FAA, EASA, etc)
- Serve as the liaison between AQNav software engineering team and third-party software engineering partners or suppliers
- Design and Planning: In partnership with your AQNav software engineering colleagues, you will take ownership of significant portions of the realtime software stack.
Other
- BS or MS in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent field of study
- 10+ years of postgraduate experience working software development (preferred), data science, systems engineering, robotics, systems analysis, or other related fields
- U.S. Citizenship is required due to US government contract requirements
- Must be able to obtain and hold a DOD Secret level security clearance
- Willing and able to travel both within the continental US and internationally as required (less than 20% of the time) to support customer engagements, meet with contracting partners, and attend customer product demonstrations
