At BETA Technologies we apply our intellectual curiosity passion for aviation and commitment to sustainability toward a shared mission of revolutionizing electric aviation. Regardless of the position one holds each team member brings their talent and desire to positively impact the environment and lives of others in a refreshing vibrant and inclusive culture.
BETA Technologies is seeking aSeniorSoftware Architect to support the design and development of DO-178Ccompliant avionics software. This role focuses on software architecturerequirementsdecomposition and implementation guidance for safety-critical embedded systems.
You will work closely with systems engineers verification engineers and software developers to ensure that software architecture design and implementation meet certification safety and reliability requirements. This position emphasizes hands-on technical contribution clear documentation and disciplined development practices in a regulated environment.
What Youll Do:
- Software Architecture & Design:
- Develop and maintain software architectures for avionics and safety-critical systems in compliance with DO-178C assumed DALs.
- Decompose high-level and low-level requirements into clear testable software designs.
- Define software components interfaces data flows and control logic suitable for embedded real-time systems.
- Ensure architectural decisions support determinism robustness and fault containment.
- DO-178C Compliance & Development:
- Support DO-178C objectives across the software lifecycle including planning development verification and configuration management.
- Produce and review certification artifacts such as software design descriptions low-level requirements and traceability data.
- Collaborate with verification engineers to ensure requirements are verifiable and testable.
- Participate in design reviews code reviews and certification audits.
- Implementation Support:
- Provide technical guidance to software developers implementing low-level requirements in C/C or similar embedded languages.
- Assist with integration debugging and issue resolution on target hardware or simulation environments.
- Ensure consistency between architecture implementation and verification results.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Work closely with systems engineering safety hardware and test teams to align software design with system-level requirements.
- Communicate technical decisions clearly through diagrams documentation and reviews.
What Were Looking For:
- Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or a related field.
- 5 years of experience developing embedded or safety-critical software.
- Practical experience working within a DO-178C (or DO-178B) development environment.
- Strong understanding of software architecture principles for real-time deterministic systems.
- Experience writing and reviewing low-level requirements and software design documentation.
- Proficiency in C/C or similar languages used in avionics systems.
- Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with FAA or EASA certification programs.
- Familiarity with ARINC 653 RTOS environments or partitioned systems.
- Exposure to model-based design static analysis or requirements management tools.
- Experience supporting DAL B or DAL C software projects.
- Why BETA Technologies
- Contribute to the development of certifiable flight-critical software for next-generation electric aircraft.
- Work in a collaborative engineering environment with strong safety and quality culture.
- See your software move from design to flight.
- Competitive compensation benefits and opportunities for technical growth.
$110000 - $145000 a year
The wage listed here reflects our best faith estimate for this role. We pay competitively and base compensation on a variety of factors including skills experience industry background and the evolving needs of the role. We remain committed to fair and equitable pay and were happy to discuss during the interview process.
Build electric airplanes with us!
We encourage all driven candidates to apply even if they do not meet every listed qualification.
We are an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner on race color religion age sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin ancestry citizenship disability veteran or military status genetic information pregnancy or any other protected characteristic under federal state or local law. BETA complies with all applicable federal state and local non-discrimination laws and does not tolerate discrimination of any kind in our workplace.
Employment offers are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check. BETA Technologies participates in E-Verify.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
At BETA Technologies we apply our intellectual curiosity passion for aviation and commitment to sustainability toward a shared mission of revolutionizing electric aviation. Regardless of the position one holds each team member brings their talent and desire to positively impact the environment and l...
At BETA Technologies we apply our intellectual curiosity passion for aviation and commitment to sustainability toward a shared mission of revolutionizing electric aviation. Regardless of the position one holds each team member brings their talent and desire to positively impact the environment and lives of others in a refreshing vibrant and inclusive culture.
BETA Technologies is seeking aSeniorSoftware Architect to support the design and development of DO-178Ccompliant avionics software. This role focuses on software architecturerequirementsdecomposition and implementation guidance for safety-critical embedded systems.
You will work closely with systems engineers verification engineers and software developers to ensure that software architecture design and implementation meet certification safety and reliability requirements. This position emphasizes hands-on technical contribution clear documentation and disciplined development practices in a regulated environment.
What Youll Do:
- Software Architecture & Design:
- Develop and maintain software architectures for avionics and safety-critical systems in compliance with DO-178C assumed DALs.
- Decompose high-level and low-level requirements into clear testable software designs.
- Define software components interfaces data flows and control logic suitable for embedded real-time systems.
- Ensure architectural decisions support determinism robustness and fault containment.
- DO-178C Compliance & Development:
- Support DO-178C objectives across the software lifecycle including planning development verification and configuration management.
- Produce and review certification artifacts such as software design descriptions low-level requirements and traceability data.
- Collaborate with verification engineers to ensure requirements are verifiable and testable.
- Participate in design reviews code reviews and certification audits.
- Implementation Support:
- Provide technical guidance to software developers implementing low-level requirements in C/C or similar embedded languages.
- Assist with integration debugging and issue resolution on target hardware or simulation environments.
- Ensure consistency between architecture implementation and verification results.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Work closely with systems engineering safety hardware and test teams to align software design with system-level requirements.
- Communicate technical decisions clearly through diagrams documentation and reviews.
What Were Looking For:
- Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or a related field.
- 5 years of experience developing embedded or safety-critical software.
- Practical experience working within a DO-178C (or DO-178B) development environment.
- Strong understanding of software architecture principles for real-time deterministic systems.
- Experience writing and reviewing low-level requirements and software design documentation.
- Proficiency in C/C or similar languages used in avionics systems.
- Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with FAA or EASA certification programs.
- Familiarity with ARINC 653 RTOS environments or partitioned systems.
- Exposure to model-based design static analysis or requirements management tools.
- Experience supporting DAL B or DAL C software projects.
- Why BETA Technologies
- Contribute to the development of certifiable flight-critical software for next-generation electric aircraft.
- Work in a collaborative engineering environment with strong safety and quality culture.
- See your software move from design to flight.
- Competitive compensation benefits and opportunities for technical growth.
$110000 - $145000 a year
The wage listed here reflects our best faith estimate for this role. We pay competitively and base compensation on a variety of factors including skills experience industry background and the evolving needs of the role. We remain committed to fair and equitable pay and were happy to discuss during the interview process.
Build electric airplanes with us!
We encourage all driven candidates to apply even if they do not meet every listed qualification.
We are an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner on race color religion age sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin ancestry citizenship disability veteran or military status genetic information pregnancy or any other protected characteristic under federal state or local law. BETA complies with all applicable federal state and local non-discrimination laws and does not tolerate discrimination of any kind in our workplace.
Employment offers are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check. BETA Technologies participates in E-Verify.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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