Staff Embedded Software Engineer, CCU - (SJ2026PS)

Location: San Jose, California, United States

Salary: $255,653–$268,435.65 per year

Company

hirify.global is an aerospace company developing, manufacturing, and operating an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for sustainable air mobility.

What you will do

• Lead the architecture, embedded development, and verification of safety-critical software for the aircraft Charge Control Unit.
• Direct charge-control software implementation and integration with 800V+ electrical components and analog/digital circuitry.
• Decompose item requirements into high- and low-level software requirements in compliance with DO-178C DAL-A/B.
• Design fault-detection and diagnostic algorithms for short circuits, sensor failures, and other hardware-level events.
• Analyze hardware schematics, signal integrity, and power distribution networks to define software constraints and hardware-software interface control documents.
• Define aerospace-compliant development and verification processes, support FAA certification audits, and mentor junior and mid-level engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Electronics.
• At least 60 months of experience designing and developing safety-critical embedded software using C/C++.
• Experience with Real-Time Operating Systems, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and debugging.
• Experience with communication protocols including CAN, SPI, or I2C.
• Experience with aerospace safety standards, including DO-178C and DO-326A, and certification activities.
• Work visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on an all-electric aircraft designed to reduce noise and support sustainable air mobility.
• Collaborate in an inclusive and equitable workplace that values diverse perspectives.
• Take on technically complex, safety-critical aerospace challenges.