Senior Flight Software C++ Engineer

U.S. Citizenship is Required. Ability to qualify for a US Department of Defense Top Secret security clearance required. Candidate must be SAP program eligible.

This position is in person.

Toyon is seeking a passionate and talented Senior Flight Software C++ Engineer to join our growing team developing cutting-edge aerospace flight systems and diagnostic tools. This role is critical to research and development of new flight systems, from requirements definition to prototype hardware test and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own customer success through the design and delivery of a multi-year, multi-stakeholder software roadmap that spans across multiple teams
• Leverage internal product and program-specific engineering teams to rapidly deliver capability beyond the scope of current platforms, with a clear path for both architecture and capability evolution over time
• Partner with external teams, collaborating on interfacing requirements between diverse systems and technologies
• Lead a small team that architects, designs and implements trusted, safety critical Flight Software that balances constraints, restrictions and requirements in a multi-stakeholder environment
• Architect, design and implement scalable vehicle sub-systems including sensor processing, state estimation, contingency management, actuation, payload interfaces, and mission systems interfaces
• Act as a subject matter expert for software engineering, representing software equities in a multistakeholder environment including engineering, business and sales leadership.
• Drive the design and implementation of development processes for the initial delivery and subsequent iteration of software, including full lifecycle testing
• Drive the creation of test and simulation fixtures that operate with both software- and hardware-in-the-loop
• Support vehicle manufacturing and deployment
• Lead teams of multi-disciplinary engineers, including as a mentor for Senior Software Engineers from differing backgrounds