Senior Software Engineer - AT Future Flight (ONSITE)

Date Posted:

2025-12-19

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HIA32: Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE , Cedar Rapids, IA, 52498-0505 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

Have a passion for problem solving and want to shape the future of Avionics?  This position is for Senior Software Engineer to join the Autonomy team in the Aerospace Technologies – Applied Research and Technology department.  This group supports the Avionics Strategic Business Unit in researching, maturing, and transitioning technologies that enable advanced capabilities and operations in both commercial and military aviation spaces. Areas of near-term focus include prototyping autonomous Software solutions for Lab and Aircraft Integration.

As an Aircraft Autonomy Software Engineer, you will be part of a highly motivated and extremely innovative team supporting the development of rapid prototypes and proof of concepts for internal and external demonstrations and testing.  This is a unique position where every day will be a little bit different with new challenges and problems to be solved.  This will allow you to use your diverse set of skills and push you to continually to learn new ones.  The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of Software Engineering and Integration, a background in avionics, and a passion for developing new solutions.

This is an onsite position based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

What you will do:

• Effectively collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across domains.
• Design, implement and document new software solutions for Autonomous capabilities
• Integrate, test, and debug software solutions in a Lab and Aircraft environment
• Track, investigate, and report status of development and testing efforts
• Provide engineering estimates and bids
• Mentor less experienced Engineers in proper software
• Contribute to a culture of innovation and excellence in technical execution.
• Work independently or within a team
• Use strong innovation and problem-solving abilities to move projects forward

Education & Experience you must have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Qualifications you must have:

• Extensive background in Software Engineering
• Experience in requirements definition, design, and decomposition
• Avionics development experience
• Experience in Agile Application Development & Scrum methodologies

Qualifications we prefer:

• Proline Fusion or EDU experience
• Aircraft Integration and Test experience
• ROS / ROS 2 experience
• Experience with the development and coding algorithms, test vectors and data analysis
• Experience working with MATLAB and Simulink
• Experience with the software development process using Agile Methodologies and tooling, including JIRA and Confluence
• Experience working with cross-functional teams.
• Aircraft certification experience
• Familiarity with Technology Readiness Levels
• Flight Operations or Pilot experience

What We Offer: 

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees

• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option

• Tuition reimbursement program

• Student Loan Repayment Program

• Life insurance and disability coverage

• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection

• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits

• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning

• Adoption Assistance         

• Autism Benefit

• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions

• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program

• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits

• Bright Horiz