Ground Control Station Software Engineer
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Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain Ground Control Station software for monitoring and commanding eVTOL systems.
- Implement functionality for telemetry reception, processing, and visualization of aircraft state and system data.
- Develop vehicle command and control interfaces enabling operators to safely interact with airborne systems.
- Design and implement mission planning and execution tools to support operational flight scenarios.
- Implement health monitoring and status visualization features for aircraft subsystems and avionics components.
- Take end-to-end responsibility for GCS software requirements, architecture, and implementation, ensuring alignment with system-level requirements.
- Support software verification activities in accordance with applicable certification processes (e.g., DO-178C), including maintaining traceability between requirements, design, code, and tests.
- Design and implement communication interfaces with airborne systems, including protocols such as MAVLink, UDP/TCP, and telemetry links.
- Integrate GCS software with flight control systems, avionics networks, and vehicle communication infrastructure.
- Support software integration and validation activities using simulation environments, Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) test setups.
- Assist with ground testing and flight test operations by supporting GCS software deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred.
- Minimum of 6–10 years of experience in software development for ground control systems, UAV/UAS, aerospace systems, or similar real-time control environments.
- Demonstrated experience developing Ground Control Station or operator interface software for monitoring and commanding autonomous or remotely operated vehicles.
- Proficiency in modern software development languages and tools commonly used for GCS applications (e.g. C++, Qt/QML, or full stack development or other GUI frameworks).
- Familiarity with software development processes used in safety-critical systems, including traceability and verification practices aligned with DO-178C or comparable standards.
- Strong experience in implementing telemetry reception, command interfaces, mission planning tools, and system monitoring dashboards.
- Experience designing and implementing communication protocols with airborne systems, including MAVLink, UDP/TCP networking, and telemetry data links.
- Strong problem-solving, system integration, and cross-disciplinary collaboration skills, with the ability to work closely with flight control, avionics, and test teams.
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