Software Engineer I/II, Flight Software

About the Company

At Heart Aerospace we are developing the ES-30, a regional hybrid-electric airplane with a capacity of 30 passengers, an electric zero-emission range of 200 km and an extended hybrid range of 400 km. Heart is targeting type certification of the ES-30 by the end of the decade.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain embedded software for safety-critical vehicle and industrial systems
• Write reliable, maintainable code for embedded environments including microcontrollers, bare-metal systems, RTOS, and embedded operating systems
• Collaborate cross-functionally with systems, hardware, flight sciences, and quality teams
• Contribute to verification and validation activities including unit testing, integration testing, and system-level testing
• Support simulation, modeling, and test activities
• Document designs, requirements, and test results clearly and effectively

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
• Proficiency in systems languages such as Rust, C, C++, or Python
• For Engineer I: 0–2 years of professional experience (internships, co-ops, academic project work)
• For Engineer II: 2+ years of professional industry experience
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with embedded execution environments (microcontrollers, bare metal, RTOS, embedded OS)
• Experience modeling cyber-physical systems (e.g., 6-DoF simulators, Monte Carlo simulations, battery pack models)
• Experience with software and hardware test development (CI/CD, automated testing, fuzzing)
• Experience with functional safety–compliant processes (e.g., DO-178C, ISO 26262, IEC 61508)