Salary
$150k – $175k per year
Location
In office (Palo Alto)
Seniority
Senior · 5+ years exp
Employment
Full-Time
Overview
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Pivotal focuses on reducing global catastrophic risks from emerging technologies, including AI and Biosecurity. We support exceptional talent working to minimize these threats, supporting crucial research and policy efforts for a safer, brighter future for all.
As part of the Embedded Software Engineering team, you will drive the development and maintenance of the manufacturing test systems used for our eVTOL aircraft.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement full avionics embedded firmware.
- Oversee firmware architecture for all avionics.
- Ensure development can conform to DO178-C
- Oversee and conduct trade studies between different design considerations
- Design and recommend sensor interfaces
- Implement code and V&V
- Collaborate with the systems engineering and other engineering specialty teams to define requirements related to the eVTOL aircraft and systems safety
Qualifications
- Undergraduate or graduate degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering
- 5+ years of professional engineering experience
- Experience with DO178-C regulatory Process
- One or more products from concept to aircraft production.
- Extensive experience with low level interfaces e.g., SPI, I2C, CAN FD, and UARTs
- Experience writing firmware (C/C++) for MCUs in embedded systems
- Experience writing python scripts and python development
- Experience reading circuit schematics with schematic capture tools
- Proficient at troubleshooting circuits with appropriate lab tools
Preferred Qualifications
- 5+ years of relevant experience with embedded development
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Science or Engineering.
- Experience with statistical analysis
- Experience taking at least one product through the entire development process
Familiarity/ experience with one or more of the following
- FAA Aircraft Certification Process
- Defense Airworthiness Process for Software
- Prototype and medium volume manufacturing
- BLDC Motor Controller integration/testing
- Lithium-based battery testing/monitoring
- Interest in RC planes, quadcopters, or aviation
Attributes aligned with Core Values
- Demonstrates a proactive safety mindset by embedding safety into daily operations, identifying and mitigating risks through assessments and training, encouraging open dialogue on safety concerns, and continuously improving protocols to ensure a safe work environment.
- Puts customers at the center of every action by deeply understanding their challenges, delivering exceptional value, and striving to exceed expectations to support their success as our core purpose.
- Actively seeks and values diverse stakeholder perspectives, builds cross-functional relationships, and fosters trust through empathetic, fact-based communication-committing to shared decisions for the greater good.
- Drives results with clarity and purpose by focusing on what matters most, adapting to change, taking initiative, and owning outcomes while aligning actions with a clear understanding of success at every level.
- Navigates ambiguity with resilience and bold thinking, challenges the status quo, and combines innovative ideas with practical best practices to overcome obstacles and drive progress.
- Fosters a high-performance culture grounded in respect, professionalism, and support-balancing high expectations with a healthy, collaborative environment and being a trusted, dependable teammate.
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