Senior Software Engineer, Test Equipment Design
Are you a software engineer who thrives on solving complex challenges and creating innovative solutions? Our client, is looking to hire a Senior Software Engineer, where you'll take the lead in developing advanced, LabVIEW-based automated test equipment for cutting-edge aerospace products. In this hands-on role, you'll design, integrate, and maintain software solutions that ensure our test equipment meets the highest product testing standards. Working closely with a multidisciplinary team, you'll help build and sustain a reusable software architecture that drives efficiency and consistency across multiple projects.
This is a great opportunity to refine your technical expertise, mentor junior engineers, and lead smaller projects—all while collaborating with industry experts across software, hardware, electrical, and manufacturing disciplines. Whether you're already proficient in LabVIEW or eager to master it, this role offers the chance to shape the future of aerospace testing and leave a lasting impact. If you're ready to push boundaries in software innovation, we'd love to have you on board!
What YOU Will Do:
- Design, develop, test, validate, and maintain software to meet test equipment requirements that are traceable to customer system specifications and software detail specifications for various types of specialized automated test equipment.
- Maintain and advance the development of a reusable and configurable standard software architecture.
- Develop and maintain test documentation, plans, procedures, and reports.
- Write requirements and detailed design documents.
- Develop Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) from conception through implementation.
- Troubleshoot complex issues that may be software, hardware, system, or product related to determine root cause and corrective action
- Communicate technical issues through written, verbal and presentation media.
- Support to the manufacturing/operations group as needed to help ensure on-time delivery of product.
- In performing these activities, the Software Engineer will interface with Customers, External Suppliers, Program Managers, Engineering Managers, Mechanical, Software, Electrical, and Systems Engineers, as well as the Manufacturing organization.
- Project management of various projects with small teams of test engineers and outsourced test equipment hardware build.
What YOU Will Learn:
- Master LabVIEW development: Deepen your expertise or gain mastery in LabVIEW by building sophisticated automated test solutions that support aerospace innovations.
- Expand your knowledge of avionics protocols: Work hands-on with industry standards like 1553, ARINC, CAN, and RS485 to design future-ready systems.
- Lead multidisciplinary projects: Hone your project management and leadership skills by guiding small engineering teams and coordinating with experts across software, electrical, hardware, and manufacturing domains.
- Optimize complex systems: Troubleshoot and solve intricate software and hardware challenges to improve product quality, performance, and delivery timelines.
- Innovate with state-of-the-art tools: Develop cutting-edge automated test equipment using PXI, cRIO, FPGA, and other advanced data acquisition systems.
Qualifications You Must Have:
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 9 years of relevant experience
- U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or greencard holder
Qualifications We Prefer:
- National Instruments Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer (CLAD) or Certified LabVIEW Developer (CLD)
- National Instruments Certified LabVIEW Embedded Developer (CLED)
- Familiarity with standard avionics busses including 1553, ARINC, CAN, RS485, RS232, and 1394
- Experience with PXI based National Instruments hardware, cRIO, FPGA, and data acquisition systems
- Strong background in electrical troubleshooting