Sr. Embedded Software Engineer - Platform

Location and compensation — Irvine, California with hybrid work options. Salary ranges from USD 116,000 to 194,000 per year. The role requires a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Software Engineering (or equivalent) and a minimum of 8 years of experience.

Panasonic Avionics Corporation invites a Sr. Embedded Software Engineer - Platform to design and implement embedded Linux software and platform services for a data-first aircraft software platform. This role enables observability, data models, and hardware abstraction across head-end, seat-end, and ground-connected environments.

Benefits and culture

• Flexible hybrid work opportunities
• Unlimited PTO for exempt salaried employees; vacation, sick, and personal days accrual for non-exempt employees; 11 paid holidays; company-wide shutdown
• Medical insurance from Aetna and Kaiser (CA and HI)
• Dental insurance with PPO and DMO options
• Vision insurance (EyeMed or VSP)
• 401K with 50% match on up to 8% contributed, fully vested from day 1
• Wellness Program
• Counseling services
• FSA and HSA
• Life Insurance for employee, spouse, and child
• AD&D Insurance
• Long-term and Short-term disability
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Legal Assistance
• Pet Insurance
• Identity Theft Protection
• Dependent Care FSA
• Education Assistance
• Commuter Program
• Employee Purchase Program
• Service Award Program

Responsibilities

• Design, modify, and implement complex embedded software solutions for onboard data distribution, messaging infrastructure, and platform services
• Define, implement, and manage onboard messaging topology using Zenoh and related data-centric messaging technologies, including routing strategies and partitioning
• Configure and optimize data distribution paths based on system constraints, performance needs, and reliability requirements
• Code, integrate, test, debug, and refine software to produce scalable, reliable, and maintainable platform solutions
• Develop tooling to visualize, troubleshoot, and validate messaging topology, data flows, and system state
• Enable observability through telemetry, tracing, metrics, and service health reporting
• Review, evaluate, and analyze system designs, interfaces, integration approaches, and data flow requirements
• Prepare, review, and evaluate interface documentation, specifications, test plans, and procedures
• Assist in definition, analysis, and allocation of requirements
• Document designs in engineering documents including functional block diagrams, data models, and data/logic flow charts
• Maintain the developed software efficiently through familiarity with software lifecycles
• Provide leadership and technical guidance to lower-level engineers, designers, and support personnel as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Software Engineering (or equivalent) and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience
• Strong experience in C/C++, Golang, or Rust; Golang and Rust are preferred, but strong C++ is acceptable
• Experience developing software under Linux in embedded or resource-constrained environments
• Experience with data-centric distributed messaging systems such as Zenoh, DDS, MQTT, or similar
• Experience designing messaging topologies, routing strategies, and partitioning approaches in embedded environments
• Solid understanding of distributed systems principles including reliability, scalability, fault tolerance, and service integration
• Experience working with structured data models, schema evolution, and system state modeling
• Understanding of secure data distribution, access control, and software security practices
• Experience integrating legacy systems through adapters, bridges, or translation layers
• Familiarity with observability concepts including telemetry, tracing, metrics, and service health monitoring
• Familiarity with digital twin concepts and system state modeling is desirable
• Working knowledge of networking fundamentals such as TCP/UDP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, and DHCP is helpful; deep network administration is not required
• Familiarity with containers, virtualization, Docker, or similar deployment technologies is desirable
• Ability to resolve complex problems quickly and efficiently in embedded, distributed, and performance-constrained environments
• Ability to work well in a fast-paced environment with iterative, user-centric design and development cycles
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and use resources efficiently
• Experience leading and providing technical guidance to other engineers
• Professional, seasoned engineer with a solid understanding of industry practices and company policies
• Ability to address a wide range of issues with imaginative and practical solutions
• Comfort working on problems with diverse and complex scopes where data analysis involves multiple factors
• Effective interaction with senior internal and external personnel
• Strong engineering communication skills, both written and verbal
• Familiarity with DevOps CI/CD pipelines and GitLab
• Familiarity with Agile or Scrum development environments
• In-Flight Entertainment domain knowledge and system development experience is a plus

Technologies

• C
• C++
• Golang
• Rust
• Linux
• Embedded Linux
• Zenoh
• DDS
• MQTT
• Docker
• GitLab
• TCP/UDP/IP
• HTTP/HTTPS
• DNS
• DHCP

Other requirements

May require travel up to 5 percent of the time to domestic and international locations.

Our Principles

• Contribution to Society
• Fairness and Honesty
• Cooperation and Team Spirit
• Untiring Effort for Improvement
• Courtesy and Humility
• Adaptability
• Gratitude