Principal Engineer (Hybrid)

Overview

Principal Engineer role developing and validating safety-critical avionics embedded software for next-generation aerospace platforms, with technical leadership across the software development life cycle.

What you'll do

• Develop and validate complex safety-critical embedded software applications.
• Lead software development across the complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Analyze customer and system requirements and translate them into high-level and low-level software requirements.
• Define software architecture, design approaches, and verification strategies.
• Develop and review software test plans, test cases, and validation procedures.
• Ensure compliance with aerospace certification standards and engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Systems Engineering, Verification & Validation, Certification, and Program Management.
• Drive technical excellence while mentoring engineers and contributing to continuous process improvements.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Electronics, or a related STEM discipline.
• 12+ years of experience in embedded software development, preferably within the aerospace or other safety-critical industries.
• 8+ years of strong knowledge of aerospace software certification standards: DO-178, ARP4754A.
• 6+ years of solid understanding of avionics communication protocols: ARINC 429, AFDX, ARINC 653, ARINC 615A.
• 8+ years of strong expertise in software lifecycle processes, requirements engineering, and verification methodologies.
• 7+ years of experience deriving software requirements from customer and system-level requirements.
• 8+ years of proven experience defining software verification and validation strategies.

Nice to have

• 6+ years of hands-on embedded software development experience using C++.
• Programming experience in embedded systems and scripting languages.
• Knowledge of Flight Management Systems (FMS).
• Exposure to aerospace certification and regulatory compliance processes.
• Strong analytical, communication, and technical leadership skills.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (Northgate campus, Yelahanka Hobli).
• Work mode: Hybrid.