Embedded Software Application Engineer (Avionics / Aerospace)

Fast Dolphin is an international staffing company specializing in recruiting bilingual and multilingual IT experts across the Americas. They are seeking a highly skilled Embedded Software Application Engineer to support the design, development, integration, verification, and maintenance of safety-critical embedded software systems within aerospace and avionics environments.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, maintain, and enhance embedded software applications using Embedded C
• Participate in the complete Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) within safety-critical environments
• Analyze, interpret, and implement software requirements
• Support software architecture, design, coding, integration, and verification activities
• Perform software debugging, root cause analysis, and issue resolution
• Develop and execute software test procedures and verification activities
• Create and maintain requirements traceability and technical documentation
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, peer reviews, and lifecycle audits
• Collaborate with systems, software, testing, and integration teams to ensure compliance and quality objectives
• Support software integration activities involving communication protocols and avionics interfaces
• Contribute to continuous improvement of software development and verification processes

Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience in Embedded Software Development
• Strong hands-on experience with Embedded C
• Experience working in RTOS-based environments
• Experience in aerospace, avionics, defense, or other safety-critical industries
• Hands-on experience working within DO-178C software development environments
• Strong understanding of software requirements, design, coding, integration, verification, and validation processes
• Experience supporting safety-critical or mission-critical software systems
• Experience with requirements traceability and lifecycle documentation
• Experience with software debugging and troubleshooting in real-time embedded systems
• Familiarity with software development tools and version control systems
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
• Experience with DO-178 C DAL A programs
• Experience with FAA certification activities
• Experience using DOORS or other requirements management tools
• Experience with avionics communication protocols such as ARINC 429
• Experience supporting certification, audit, and compliance activities
• Experience with tools such as Git, Lauterbach Trace32, ARM development environments, and MS Visio
• Programming Languages: Python (Preferred)
• Operating Systems: Embedded Linux (Preferred)