Flight Software Infrastructure Engineer

We're building safety-enhancing technology for aviation that will save lives. Automated aviation systems will enable a future where air transportation is safer, more convenient and fundamentally transformative to the way goods — and eventually people — move around the planet. We are a team of mission-driven engineers with experience across aerospace, robotics and self-driving cars working to make this future a reality.

Flight Software links together the mechanical, avionics, algorithmic, and embedded worlds to actually make the airplane fly. As a Flight Software Infrastructure Engineer, you will own the interaction of our physical and cloud based infrastructure that allows the whole flight software stack to come together for our developers, engineers, and test pilots prior to flight.

Responsibilities

In your role as Flight Software Infrastructure Engineer, you will shape the infrastructure selection both on-premise and in the cloud. You will also lead optimization of that infrastructure to ensure the flight software build and test venues meet all design and performance expectations. You will architect the continuous integration testing, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and simulation infrastructure, a critical function of our flight software development program. You will work in a highly collaborative environment and coordinate with multiple stakeholders across engineering and IT functions. 

Basic Success Criteria

• 5+ years of experience large scale or mission critical environments implementing methodologies of continuous build, integration, and delivery (CI / CD)
• Experience with build automation, release automation, and configuration management tools
• Minimum of 5 years experience in C++ and Python
• Experience with Linux operating systems and networking concepts such as packet flow, sockets, and low-level networking (TCP/IP, DNS, and firewalls)
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience

Preferred Success Criteria

• Experience with performance optimization such as identifying and resolving bottlenecks in Linux and AWS, optimizing containers to enable efficient scaling, and lowering costs
• Experience working with AWS in a production environment
• Experience deploying infrastructure as code with tools like Puppet, Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar
• Strong technical, organizational, problem-solving, and root-cause investigation skills
• Excellent documentation and collaboration skills

As a Flight Software Infrastructure Engineer, you will be part of the Simulation and Test Systems team. The Simulation and Test Systems team is responsible for building the infrastructure necessary to enable the development, test, and deployment of our autonomous aircraft software. This infrastructure consists of everything from multi-language build systems, hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) testbed configuration, continuous integration pipelines, and cloud-based simulation container deployments. You will drive the optimization of our current infrastructure tooling as well as provide a roadmap for the future of our team’s development pipeline. You will help develop and maintain essential test tools for the company, to ensure our product is safe, successful, and meets certification requirements.

Must be willing to travel up to 10% of the time. 

The estimated salary range for this position is $185,000 to $230,000/annual salary + cash and stock option awards + benefits. At Reliable Robotics, we strive to provide competitive and rewarding compensation based on experience and expertise, as well as market conditions, location, and pay equity.

In addition to base compensation, Reliable Robotics offers stock options, employee medical, 401k contribution, great co-workers, and a casual work environment.

This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. An offer of employment will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to perform in compliance with U.S. export control laws.

All applicants are asked to provide documentation that legally establishes status as a U.S. person or non-U.S. person (and nationalities in the case of a non-U.S. person). Where the applicant is not a U.S. person, meaning not a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident, (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or not otherwise permitted to access the export-controlled technology without U.S. government authorization, the Company reserves the right not to apply for an export license for such applicants whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code requires authorization and may decline to proceed with the application process and any offer of employment on that basis.

At Reliable Robotics, our goal is to be a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, ancestry, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability or medical conditions, national origin, military or veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other basis covered by applicable law. All employment and promotion is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing an application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to [email protected]