Staff Embedded Software Engineer

The Staff Embedded Software Engineer on the Platform Software team participates in the architecture, design, development, test, and integration of software required to produce displays and video systems used in commercial passenger aircraft.

Duties and Responsibilities :

• Design and implement software for embedded devices and systems - from requirements to production
• Provide estimates for development effort
• Support, maintain and improve existing platform software
• Assess third party and open-source software and in some cases implement same
• Analyze and enhance efficiency, performance, stability, and scalability of system resources
• Integrate and validate new product designs
• Interface with hardware design and development teams
• Support software team members and other cross functional teams
• Participate in design approach discussions
• Review code and design, participate in peer reviews
• Support software Quality Assurance
• Write and / or report status
• Contribute / participate in DevOps / CI / CD pipeline
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience in a related field (Electrical Engineering training or experience is advantageous)
• 10+ years of experience working in a similar role
• Experience with Linux embedded operating system development – Board bring-up, driver experience, kernel development
• Experience with C, C++, Python, bash / sh
• Low-level software expertise, particularly with 32- and 64-bit ARM SoCs :
• Kernel development and maturity updates via porting and patch integration
• Microcontroller firmware
• Device drivers
• Operating System
• Boot Loaders
• Experience in abstracting / wrapping / limiting access to Linux kernel-level functions
• Experience with common embedded bus functionality : I2C, PCIe, SPI, MDIO, CAN, etc.
• The ideal candidate would also have full video stack experience in Linux graphics environment :
• MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, H.265 video formats
• Audio / Video (A / V) device drivers, A / V kernel modules and / or A / V libraries
• Knowledge of Audio / Video codec format / profiles / levels a plus
• 4K Video and Digital Rights Management (DRM) understanding
• KMS / Mesa / OpenGL
• Weston / Wayland
• Experience troubleshooting & root cause analysis of software and hardware problems, particularly at the device driver level
• Understanding of embedded circuit design and PCB schematics, particularly with ARM / x86 processors
• Experience with formal Engineering Requirements documentation and processes

The starting pay range for this position is $128,900 - $154,700 per year however, the base pay offered may vary depending on the level of the position, skills, experience, job-related knowledge, and location.

In addition to a comprehensive package of health benefits that include company contributions, Safran Passenger Innovations offers a variety of additional benefits and perks to enhance your work-life balance experience including but not limited to :