Flight Software Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the team responsible for safety-critical flight software
• Mature engineering processes to balance execution with DO-178C verification
• Provide technical and architectural guidance on flight software components, including flight controls and redundancy management
• Partner with GNC, Avionics, Systems, and Hardware leads to develop technical roadmaps and manage priorities
• Ensure the team is unblocked to deliver robust, certifiable flight software

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace, Computer Science, or a related discipline
• 7+ years of professional experience in real-time embedded software development (C/C++)
• 3+ years in a technical leadership or people management role
• Experience working on complex systems where hardware and software intersect
• Experience with Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) algorithms, flight dynamics, and state estimation

Preferred Qualifications

• Success scaling teams and maturing processes in high-growth environments
• Experience designing fault-tolerant systems and redundancy management schemes
• Experience with the full lifecycle of a DO-178C certification program
• Professional experience with Python for tooling, test, and data analysis

About the Company

Reliable Robotics is building safety-enhancing technology for aviation to enable a future of automated, transformative air transportation.