ALTEN Technology USA is hiring: Senior Embedded Software Engineer/Test Engineer
ALTEN Technology USA, Troy, MI, US
Job Description
We're ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.
As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.
When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you'll collaborate on some of the world's toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.
As the Senior Software Engineer/Test Engineer, you will be responsible for:
- Analyze and interpret system requirements to develop high- and low-level software requirements for airborne applications.
- Design and test embedded software in C (and Assembly as needed) for ARM-based microcontrollers, considering performance, hardware constraints, and safety-critical operation.
- Perform integration of software with target hardware and other software components.
- Conduct troubleshooting and debugging of timing, performance, and functional issues in real-time systems.
- Lead or participate in peer reviews of software design, implementation, and verification artifacts.
- Develop and execute automated and manual test procedures to support requirements-based software verification.
- Perform and document software analyses, including worst-case execution time, memory usage, structural coverage, and data/control coupling.
- Generate and maintain software life cycle data in compliance with DO-178C Level A, including traceability, verification procedures, test cases, results, and analysis reports.
- Collaborate with software, hardware, and systems teams to ensure compliance with airborne system certification standards.
- Mentor junior engineers in best practices for safety-critical embedded software development and DO-178C compliance.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- US Persons (US Citizen or Green Card Holder)
- Minimum 5–8 years of experience in real-time embedded software development and/or verification for safety-critical systems.
- Proven expertise with DO-178C, including experience generating life cycle data for Level A certification.
- Strong proficiency in C programming; familiarity with Assembly language for ARM microcontrollers is a plus.
- Experience with embedded software testing, verification scripting, and test development methodologies.
- Solid understanding of embedded systems concepts including interrupts, task scheduling, built-in tests, and bare-metal development.
- Familiarity with communication protocols such as CAN, SPI, I2C.
- Hands-on experience using electronics lab equipment (oscilloscopes, power supplies, signal generators, etc.).
- Comfortable reading and interpreting schematics, reference manuals, and datasheets.
- Knowledge of DO-330 (Tool Qualification), DO-331 (Model-Based Development), and ARP 4754/4761 is preferred.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and documentation skills.
- Ability to work independently, as part of a team, or in a leadership/mentorship role.
Salary Range: $120,000 - $140,000
The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate's combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience.
ALTEN Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our Policy is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.
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Compliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
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