R&D Software Integration Engineer

At Wisk, we're transforming the future of urban mobility through safe, all-electric, autonomous flight. We are a passionate team working together toward a sustainable future, solving high-impact problems that have never been solved before. By delivering everyday flight for everyone, we're making it possible to spend less time getting there and more time being there. If you want to be part of shaping the future of mobility, then read on!

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our R&D team. The R&D team is responsible for rapid evaluation of autonomy systems in a flight environment, and the development of future technologies that enable autonomous eVTOL operations.

The goal of this position is to facilitate the development of autonomous systems through the use of surrogate platforms like helicopters, and simulation.  This position will facilitate the integration of new software modules in our helicopter platform & bench setups, develop software architectures that enable rapid test and evaluation, automate software deployment, and automate data extraction and validation.  

Due to the nature of the work required for this position, this is an onsite opportunity. You will be required to work from our Hollister location.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for working with other software engineers to continue to develop and maintain a full stack autonomy system that is flown in surrogate aircraft.

• Be responsible for developing software used in the end-to-end testing of embedded sensors from simulation to flight test. 

• Work with the systems engineers to understand the functional and performance requirements for the confliction detection, navigation, & flight path management system and subsystems.

• Work with the R&D team to develop test plans specifying flight tests that  need to be performed, the sensor and ground truth data that needs to be collected, and the expected results.

Requirements

• B.S. in Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, STEM, or equivalent real-world experience and 3+ years industry experience with software development. 

• Demonstrable proficiency in Python programming for robotics, IO for low level devices, or network-based services. 

• Experience with commonly used project management, bug tracking, continuous integration tools e.g., JIRA.

• Experience with capturing, monitoring and analyzing network traffic, e.g., Wireshark, tcpdump, iPerf.

• Experience with Linux, e.g., configuration management, shell scripting.

• You have experience with Docker or experience with containerization in general.

• Experience with the Google Cloud Products and BigQuery is a plus.

Desired:

• Experience with real time operating systems (RTOS), and other low-level C/C++ software.

• Experience C/C++ programming with the GNU Toolchain (gcc, gdb).

• Familiar with flight simulators leveraging both software and hardware “in-the-loop” testing strategies

• Familiar with Agile software development, unit Testing and test driven development.

• Familiar with flight test operations.

• Familiar with sensors used in the aviation industry, e.g., ADS-B, GPS, INS, ACAS, etc.

• Familiar with embedded systems communication protocols, e.g., CAN, ARINC, I2C, SPI

Job Type: Full-time

Pay range the company expects to pay: $167,000 - $208,000 per year - The starting base salary within this range for this role varies based on factors such as your geographical location, and your relevant job-related experience that is consistent with a business necessity.

Wisk HQ is located in Mountain View just a couple of hundred feet from Shoreline Lake and its surrounding walking/jogging trails. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, 9 off Fridays for full-time employees throughout the year, flexible vacation time off, 11 company holidays, a 401(k) plan with 50% company matching vested immediately, commuter assistance, and education assistance. And on top of all that, we also offer a variety of perks such as free catered lunches, flight lessons, wellness allowances, snacks, drinks, employee referral bonus, charitable giving match, patent bonus program, and more.