Chief Software Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Arizona, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Serve as the main technical liaison between our engineering teams and client leadership.

• Transform customer specifications, contract scopes, and certification requirements into a coherent, actionable architectural strategy.

• Facilitate architectural discussions, trade studies, and critical technical decisions with customer stakeholders.

• Assist in steering the customer's technical direction while ensuring alignment with program scope and delivery commitments.

• Present the architecture, compliance strategies, and technical risks during customer and executive reviews.

• Define and direct the software architecture for embedded, real-time, high-assurance systems.

• Maintain alignment with essential standards and processes, including DO-178C (DAL A–C), ARP4754A system allocations, safety assessments, hazard mitigation, certification goals, and supporting documentation.

• Propel core architectural decisions regarding modernization strategies, partitioning approaches, interface design, timing and resource management, fault containment, system robustness, and safety-driven design patterns.

• Offer practical architectural guidance across various engineering teams and/or scrum teams.

• Assist in deconstructing requirements into distinct, testable, and implementable components.

• Mentor engineers at all levels in safety-critical development methodologies.

• Lead design reviews, interface evaluations, and technical quality assessments.

• Ensure uniformity in the implementation of solutions across different teams.

• Identify architectural risks proactively and establish mitigation strategies.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.

• Extensive experience in architecting software that complies with DO-178C (preferably with DAL A experience).

• Experience in an engineering services or supplier delivery setting.

• Demonstrated capability to lead software architecture initiatives across multiple teams and programs.

• Strong foundation in embedded software development (C/C++ in avionics-type environments).

• Experience collaborating directly with clients on regulated aerospace projects.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, life, and disability insurance coverage.

• 401(k) plan with employer matching.

• Support for professional development.

• Flexible and welcoming workplace.