GNC Embedded Engineer
Tiberius Aerospace Inc.4 months ago
Tucson, AZ, USASenior
Base Salary
$155k - $200k/yr
Responsibilities
- Implement navigation filters, guidance laws, and autopilot control laws in embedded C/C++ for a flight computer.
- Define GNC flight software architecture, task scheduling, sensor interfaces, state machines, fault detection, and deterministic timing.
- Develop and maintain SIL infrastructure integrating production GNC flight code with MATLAB/Simulink 6-DOF plant models.
- Design and build HIL test benches with GPS stimulation, IMU stimulation, actuator emulation, avionics-bus interfaces, and data recording.
- Define software requirements, verification cases, coding standards, static-analysis requirements, and unit-test coverage expectations.
- Develop build, regression-test, and continuous-integration processes for GNC software.
- Characterize CPU usage, worst-case execution time, timing jitter, latency, memory usage, and stack depth.
- Support environmental, ground, range, and flight-test activities as the GNC software technical lead.
- Coordinate software schedules and deliverables with systems engineering, navigation, I&T, hardware, and subcontractor teams.
- Maintain configuration control, software version logs, test configurations, and post-test data extraction processes.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Aerospace Engineering.
- At least 8 years of embedded flight software development experience for flight-critical aerospace or defense systems.
- Expert-level C and C++ experience in real-time embedded environments, including RTOS and bare-metal architectures.
- Experience implementing Kalman filter variants or flight-control laws in embedded production code.
- Proficiency with MATLAB and Simulink Model-Based Design and production C-code generation using Embedded Coder or equivalent.
- Experience developing or operating SIL and HIL infrastructure for GNC algorithm verification.
- U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance.
- Preferred experience with GPS receiver interfaces, NMEA, proprietary binary protocols, M-code or SAASM timing interfaces, and high-g inertial sensor protocols.
- Preferred experience with DO-178C, MISRA-C, SPI, UART, MIL-STD-1553, RS-422, ARINC 429, FPGA co-design, and high-g avionics design.
- An active U.S. Secret or Top Secret clearance is preferred.
Benefits
- Full-time hybrid position in Tucson, Arizona, with on-site work for HIL activities.
- Equity participation, comprehensive health benefits, and a 401(k).
About Tiberius Aerospace Inc.
Tiberius Aerospace designs and manufactures defense systems for the United States, United Kingdom, and allied militaries, with a focus on guided munitions and AI-driven targeting and control. Its model centers on developing integrated software-and-hardware weapons that can be iterated and improved after deployment. The company is privately held and was founded in 2022, serving government and defense programs across allied markets.