Flight Software Verification Manager (Aerospace)

Location: Mountain View, CA; Remote. Location type: On-site. The role requires compliance with U.S. export-control laws and documentation establishing U.S. person or non-U.S. person status.

Salary: $190,000–$270,000 annually, plus equity and stock options.

Company

Develops safety-enhancing automated aviation systems intended to improve the safety and convenience of air transportation.

What you will do

• Lead and grow the team responsible for verifying flight software through DO-178C-compliant processes.
• Provide direction, guidance, training, and mentoring to software verification engineers.
• Own software verification efforts and triage issues in coordination with relevant teams.
• Identify, evaluate, and manage qualification of software verification tools, including test automation, static analysis, and coverage tools, according to DO-330 guidelines.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in safety-critical software verification objectives involving DO-178C, ISO 26262, IEC 62304, NPR 7150.2, or equivalent.
• 3+ years in a technical leadership or people management role.
• Proficiency with static analysis, structural coverage tools such as Rapita, VectorCAST, or LDRA, configuration management tools, and embedded programming environments using C/C++.
• Excellent documentation, collaboration, and cross-functional communication skills.
• Ability to comply with applicable U.S. export-control laws and provide documentation establishing U.S. person or non-U.S. person status.

Nice to have

• Experience scaling teams and maturing verification processes in a high-growth environment.
• Experience specifying and working with test environments for product and DO-178C verification objectives.
• Practical experience performing DO-178C verification analyses, including control and data coupling and worst-case execution time.
• Experience with tool qualification for DO-178C/DO-330.
• Certification liaison experience with Certification Authorities such as the FAA or EASA.
• Experience automating and reporting test results and coverage.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven engineering environment focused on aerospace, robotics, and self-driving technologies.
• Competitive compensation based on experience, expertise, market conditions, location, and pay equity.
• Equity, stock options, employee medical coverage, and 401(k) contribution.
• Casual work environment and equal-opportunity workplace.
• Reasonable accommodation is available during the application and selection process.