Software Engineer I/II, Flight Software

About this role

Heart Aerospace is hiring Software Engineers to develop flight software for the ES-30, a 30-passenger hybrid-electric regional aircraft. You'll build safety-critical embedded systems, implement aircraft control functions, and establish the technological foundation for the aircraft's software platform.

What you'll do

• Design, develop, test, and maintain embedded software for safety-critical aircraft systems
• Write reliable code for microcontrollers, bare-metal systems, RTOS, and embedded operating systems
• Collaborate cross-functionally with systems, hardware, flight sciences, and quality teams
• Contribute to verification and validation including unit, integration, and system-level testing
• Support simulation, modeling, and test infrastructure development
• Document designs, requirements, and test results

What they're looking for

• Embedded systems programming (C, C++, Rust, or Python)
• Safety-critical software development
• Systems design and architecture fundamentals
• Testing and test infrastructure (unit tests, CI/CD, integration testing)
• Fault tolerance and fault mitigation mechanisms
• System modeling and simulation
• Technical communication and documentation
• Cross-functional collaboration

Benefits

• Base pay: $119,000–$149,000 (Engineer I) or $137,000–$171,000 (Engineer II)