Principal Engineer, Software Process, Safety, and Airworthiness Lead
Shield AI
Dallas County, TX, USA
Posted on Oct 22, 2025
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Aircraft Software team is a motivated group of engineers focused on developing complex avionics software that merges hardware, operating systems and applications for cutting-edge Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). Our engineers work with customer programs, electrical engineers, Guidance, Navigation and Controls (GNC) engineers, systems engineers, test engineers and the Autonomy AI team to design and develop software systems which utilize modern aerospace sensors, state-of-the-art UAV avionics, and groundbreaking Artificial Intelligence applications.
As the Software Process, Safety, and Airworthiness lead you will develop and maintain software processes, procedures, and compliance artifacts to adhere to MIL-HDBK 516 and DO-178C process requirements. You’ll also be responsible for ensuring these processes are streamlined and automated ensuring constant and quick demonstration of compliance at any point in time.
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
Develop Software Development Plans, Software Safety Processes, and process implementation traceability
Act as the primary interface to software safety and Airworthiness for the Software teams
Implement software process via automation through Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment methodologies
Develop and implement interface and software configuration management practices
Develop and implement requirements traceability plans and process to be implemented by the teams
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
A minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree is required; or 5-7 years and a PhD.
Bachelors in CS, CE, EE.
Demonstrated track record of assuming ownership over development processes and features and delivering outstanding outcomes.
Strong C/C++ background
Experience in bare-metal firmware development for embedded systems
Experience in a collaborative development environment, focused on continuous integration/delivery & unit testing to assure software quality.
Familiarity with common version control (git) and build systems (CMake, or similar)
Demonstrated record of working hard, strong communication skills, being a trustworthy teammate, and being kind to others.
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