Lead Software Developer

Technology Innovation Institute (Tii)

Role Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, integration, and validation of embedded flight software for autonomous and safety-critical systems.
• Lead the integration of platform security features and secure software deployment mechanisms.
• Lead software development, debugging, code reviews, and system integration activities.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and support to engineering teams throughout the development lifecycle.
• Drive platforms bring-up, software integration, validation, and release activities.
• Collaborate with hardware, systems, security, test, manufacturing, and DevOps teams.
• Support Git workflows, CI/CD pipelines, build automation, release management, and configuration control.
• Ensure software quality, reliability, maintainability, and compliance with engineering standards and processes.
• Comfortable making architecture decisions and representing the software team to stakeholders and customers

Experience

• 15+ years in embedded software; 8+ years in flight controller, autopilot, or safety-critical avionics.
• Proven track record leading embedded software teams and delivering products to production.

Technical And Leadership Skills

• Strong proficiency in C/C++ for real-time embedded systems and Python for tooling and test automation.
• Strong Autopilot stack expertise (e.g., PX4) and MAVLink/GCS integration (QGroundControl or similar).
• Experience with RTOS (e.g., NuttX) and embedded Operating system environments.: scheduling, POSIX, IPC, memory protection, drivers on ARM Cortex.
• Experience in Embedded security: ARM TrustZone, OP-TEE, trusted firmware, secure boot chains, eFUSE/OTP.
• Peripheral and build know-how: CAN-FD/SPI/I2C/UART
• Secure coding (MISRA C, SEI CERT), cryptography (TLS, AES/RSA/ECC), PKI/key management.
• Proficient with Git workflows (branching, pull requests, code reviews) and collaborative development.
• DevOps understanding: CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions), automated build/test, and release management for embedded firmware.
• Working knowledge of MATLAB or similar tools for test automation, data analysis, and validation workflows
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to mentor engineers and lead cross-functional technical discussions.
• Comfortable making architecture decisions and representing the software team to stakeholders.

Education And Certification Requirements

• Bachelor’s in computer science, Electrical, or Aerospace Engineering (Master's/PhD preferred).
• Safety-critical software certifications (DO-178C, ISO 26262); MATLAB for test and validation workflows.
• At TII, we help society to overcome its biggest hurdles through a rigorous approach to scientific discovery and inquiry, using state-of-the-art facilities and collaboration with leading international institutions.
• Our rigorous discovery and inquiry-based approach helps to forge new and disruptive breakthroughs in advanced materials, autonomous robotics, cryptography, digital security, directed energy, quantum computing and secure systems.