Designs, develops and analyzes complicated and difficult software programs for drone platforms and domains.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities (*Essential functions)

• Assist with expanding current functionality of the PX4 autopilot software and developing new functionality
• Work closely with Flight Test Engineers to troubleshoot, fix, modify, and improve aircraft behavior
• Assist with developing “bare-metal" microcontroller and/or RTOS applications running on embedded devices
• Work with a small team of other Software Engineers to integrate work.
• Document work in Confluence and Jira
• Design and develops software using basic compilers, assemblers, utility programs and operating systems
• Advises hardware design engineers on machine characteristics that affect software systems

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Required Skills Required Experience

• Bachelors’ degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, business or other related field or equivalent
• Minimum of 5-8 years related experience
• Working knowledge of desktop applications such as word processing, spreadsheet, and database programs
• Software development experience (Python, Java, C, C++, C, etc)
• Software Unit Testing Experience with Git source-control
• Experience with RTOSs and microcontroller-level firmware development
• Ability to obtain Secret clearance; U.S. Citizenship required

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with Jira and Confluence
• Experience operating commercially available drones (recreationally or commercially)
• Experience with Containerization (Docker)
• Experience with PX4 and ArduPilot
• Experience with ROS, Gazebo, AirSim, and/or other simulation tools
• Experience working with safety-critical systems
• Experience working under guidelines for certifying safety critical systems such as ASTM-F3201 or DO-178C or ISO26262
• Understand Hardware requirements of driving external devices, acquiring external analog and digital signals
• Experience with I2C, CAN open, J1939, USB, SPI, and or Ethernet
• Experience with Interrupt service , interrupt on change, and event driven interrupts.
• Demonstrate knowledge of control loops, basic control loop theory, PID, Open loop, observers, loop time, discrete time calculations, etc.
• Demonstrate experience with some embedded micro controller family. Pic, Arm, Arduino, TI320F, 8051, z80, etc.

Applicant selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. COLSA Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.