Embedded Software Engineer - Airborne Stabilized Optical Systems

Embedded Software Engineer – Airborne Stabilized Optical Systems

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About The Role

This is not a narrow, stay-in-your-lane software role. As an Embedded Software Designer at PVLabs, you design and build real‑time software systems that sit at the core of our airborne optical platforms. Your work spans the full lifecycle—architecture, design, implementation, verification, debugging, deployment, and long‑term evolution—of software that directly controls flight‑proven, stabilized gimbals and ISR payloads. We treat software as a product, not a by‑product. Our architecture is modular, component‑driven, and intentionally designed for change. You’ll work on distributed, multi‑processor real‑time systems where clarity, testability, and long‑term maintainability matter as much as raw performance. Monolithic codebases and “just make it work” thinking don’t survive here. You’ll collaborate closely with systems, electrical, mechanical, and optical engineers—as a peer—bringing software judgment to solve hard problems in stabilization, sensing, and control within demanding operational environments.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

• Architect, design, implement, and verify complex real‑time embedded software in C++ (with some legacy C) across multi‑processor systems
• Actively participate in—and often lead—design and code reviews with a critical, constructive mindset
• Work with cross‑disciplinary teams to ensure requirements are understood, documented, and traceable
• Develop software aligned with military‑class development and verification standards
• Maintain source control, build artifacts, and package integrity to meet both internal and customer expectations
• Contribute to—and improve—our engineering standards, knowledge bases, and development workflows

Technical Skills You’ll Need

High‑Value (Nice‑to‑Have) Skills

About You As An Embedded Software Engineer

Take a continuous‑improvement mindset to code, process, and tooling

Qualifications

What’s in It for You

You’ll work on real, fielded technology : stabilized electro‑mechanical platforms, high‑speed motion control, camera and lens systems, real‑time video pipelines, distributed I / O, and advanced laser‑enabled payloads. These systems operate in demanding ISR environments where precision and reliability matter. You’ll join a team of engineers with serious technical depth and the autonomy to do meaningful work. We value mastery, autonomy, and purpose, and we strive for resilience, innovation, and productivity in everything we build. We move fast. We build complicated, expensive things that fly. We don’t do ego—we do execution. If you want hands‑on impact, technical ownership, and work that genuinely matters, PVLabs is where you’ll find it.

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing

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