Firmware Validation Engineer

Mach
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 125,000 - 220,000 annuallyFunction: Hardware, Embedded & Systems EngineeringSkills: ["Collaboration","Issue investigation","Problem-solving","Continuous improvement"]

Lead firmware validation for individual vehicle components and system-level (airframe) validation, from new product design through manufacturing. Collaborate with firmware, avionics, manufacturing, and flight operations to deliver high-quality firmware releases for flight test and customer deployments. Create and execute comprehensive nominal and fault-injection test specifications, build SITL/HITL simulation test scenarios, investigate failures, and continuously improve validation tooling for faster iteration across airframe variants.

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Mach
Mach
2 weeks ago

Firmware Validation Engineer

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Job Summary

Lead firmware validation for individual vehicle components and system-level (airframe) validation, from new product design through manufacturing. Collaborate with firmware, avionics, manufacturing, and flight operations to deliver high-quality firmware releases for flight test and customer deployments. Create and execute comprehensive nominal and fault-injection test specifications, build SITL/HITL simulation test scenarios, investigate failures, and continuously improve validation tooling for faster iteration across airframe variants.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Hardware, Embedded & Systems Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Collaborate with firmware, avionics, manufacturing, and flight operations to enable high-quality firmware releases for flight test operations and customer products.
  • •Design and execute system-level (airframe) and individual component test specifications covering nominal and fault-injection scenarios.
  • •Develop test scenarios using Software-in-the-Loop (SITL) and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL) simulation to support validation specifications.
  • •Execute SITL and HITL tests, investigate issues from test runs, and reproduce/track issues found during test flight operations.
  • •Improve validation tooling and introduce new tools to reduce iteration times and scale across current and future airframe variants.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 125,000 - 220,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionRetirement SavingsPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • •Strong electrical engineering fundamentals.
  • •Proficiency in Python and C.
  • •Design and execute validation plans from new product design phase through manufacturing.
  • •Create and run system- and component-level validation test specifications, including nominal and fault-injection scenarios.
Skills:CollaborationIssue investigationProblem-solvingContinuous improvement
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonCC++NVIDIA JetsonEmbedded LinuxARMSoftware-in-the-Loop (SITL)Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL)AvionicsEmbedded GPUFault-injection

Eligibility

Nationality:US National
Visa:Green Card

Company Brief

Mach
Designs and manufactures unmanned systems, tactical engines, and decentralized defense manufacturing infrastructure (Forge) to scale production of autonomous aerial systems and related propulsion for U.S. defense customers and partners.
Industry: Defense Manufacturing
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Valuation: USD 250M to 500M
Funding: Series B
Headquarters: Huntington Beach, United States
Founded: 2023
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