Principal Engineer-Software Development

Position details

• The position is based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
• The position role type is onsite.

Company and role overview

What you will do

• Lead the design, development, integration, and verification of embedded software for aerospace systems.
• Provide technical guidance and architectural direction to software development teams.
• Decompose systems requirements into software high-level requirements.
• Drive requirements, design, and code reviews and support technical decision-making.
• Mentor and coach engineers on software development best practices.
• Support estimation, planning, risk management, and technical problem-solving.
• Develop and maintain application software for embedded and real-time systems.
• Design and implement low-level device drivers for peripherals and communication interfaces.
• Develop software for CAN, UART, SPI, I2C, Ethernet, ARINC 429, or equivalent protocols.
• Perform debugging, performance optimization, and root cause analysis.
• Support corrective and preventive actions for field and customer issues.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automated build, test, and deployment workflows.

Additional responsibilities

• Develop Python scripts and tools for automation, testing, data analysis, and productivity improvements.
• Support software configuration management and release activities.
• Ensure compliance with aerospace software development processes and standards.
• Support requirements traceability, verification activities, and certification deliverables.
• Participate in software lifecycle reviews and audits.
• Collaborate with Systems, Verification, Hardware, Quality, and Program teams.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, backlog grooming, feature decomposition, and effort estimation.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the software organization.

Qualifications you must have

• Minimum 12 years of industry experience in a safety-critical domain and embedded software lifecycle development in accordance with DO-178C processes.
• Aerospace or avionics software development experience.
• Knowledge of DO-178C and certification processes.
• Experience with requirements management tools such as DOORS or Polarion.
• Experience with Git, Bitbucket, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or equivalent DevOps tools.
• Knowledge of software verification, regression testing, and structural coverage concepts.
• Experience with static analysis tools and software quality processes.
• Exposure to embedded systems and board bring-up activities.
• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, electronics and communication engineering, electrical engineering, information technology, or a related listed field.
• Strong Python programming experience.

Benefits

• Benefits include transportation, meal coupons or vouchers, insurance coverage, annual vacation and sick leave, employee scholarship support, work-life balance programs, car lease options, pension scheme participation, and leave travel allowance.