Software Engineer (LVL 2) - Embedded UAV Controls
Sterling, VA

Job Description

Date Posted:

2019-04-30-07:00

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HVA34: Sterling, VA 22640 Davis Dr , Sterling, VA, 20164-7104 USA

SOFTWARE ENGINEER (LVL 2) - Embedded UAV Controls

Collins Aerospace is the premier developer and manufacturer of flight control navigation and electronic engine control systems specializing in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Our success and rapid growth equal new opportunities for talented engineers to join our team. At Collins you will work with enthusiastic and innovative business and technical professionals in a fast paced and positive environment. You will contribute directly to exciting projects on the cutting edge of controls technology.

Our group has become one of the go-to places for solving difficult flight control, estimation, and navigation problems. Our customers come to us because they know we have the skills, knowledge, and determination to tackle the tough problems and deliver products that work every time. Some examples of applications we support include:

- Unmanned aircraft landing systems

- Computer vision for precision pose estimation

- Hand-held targeting systems

- Fly-by-wire control systems for airliners

- Damage tolerant flight control for autonomous rotorcraft

For more information: https://www.rockwellcollins.com/Products_and_Services/Defense/Platforms/Unmanned_Air.aspx

Some cool videos showing what we do:

https://www.rockwellcollins.com/Data/Success_Stories/DARPA_Damage_Tolerance.aspx

Join a team of Collins Aerospace embedded software engineers responsible for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles' flight control and navigation systems.

The primary responsibility of this role is development of real time embedded navigation and flight control systems through the full software development life-cycle in a multidisciplinary avionics and aerospace environment.

Key Responsibilities:

* Design code test and provide ongoing support for embedded systems software and simulation software to meet technological and customer requirements
* Define and analyze system software design requirements and write software requirements documents to meet defined and anticipated customer needs and system quality and performance standards
* Write software integration and test plans; conduct software verification testing and integration efforts to identify required modifications and ensure optimum system performance at delivery
* Collaborate with electrical engineers controls engineers and program management team members in planning design and development
* Develop interface definitions in conjunction with design team and enforce interface control documents to record and validate system performance standards and results

Qualifications:

* Possess a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related Engineering discipline
* Have 2+ years of real time embedded software systems development experience including defining and documenting requirements, software design and development, programming, testing, and implementation
* A strong working knowledge of C/C++, object oriented design, and real time operating systems
* US Citizenship is required

A successful candidate may:

* Have knowledge and experience with the aerospace industry, sensor fusion, vehicle control, computer vision, and/or algorithm development
* Have demonstrated team leadership experience

Apply now and be part of the team that's redefining aerospace, every day.

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