Principal Software Engineer at Regent · LumiJobs

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REGENT is scaling from prototype Seagliders to Viceroy, our first certified production vehicle — and software is the connective tissue of every one of them. In this role as Principal Software Engineer, you will set software technical direction across REGENT's vehicle programs: the architecture patterns, engineering standards, and certification strategy that current vehicles and every future program draw on. On Viceroy, that means delivering the avionics software architecture as a whole — partitioning and redundancy, inter-subsystem interfaces and timing budgets, and the certification approach that turns a novel vehicle's software into an approvable one.
This is a principal-level individual contributor role reporting directly to the Director of Software Engineering. You will work across integrated product teams, partner with each program's chief engineer on architecture and design reviews, and take on named program leadership assignments as the work demands. You will lead through architecture decisions, standards, and mentorship rather than an org chart — and you'll stay hands-on: this role designs, writes, and proves flight-critical software, not just diagrams.
If you’re energized by working at the intersection of cutting-edge innovation, real-world impact, and hands-on engineering, you’ll be in the right place - and we’d be thrilled to have you on the team!
Set software technical direction: architecture patterns, engineering standards, and certification approach built for reuse across programs.
Own avionics software architecture: time/memory partitioning, criticality segregation, redundancy management and failover, inter-subsystem interfaces, and timing budgets — documented through a standing architecture decision practice.
Partner across integrated product teams: the senior software voice on architecture compliance, interface control, and design reviews with each program's chief engineer.
Drive the software certification strategy: plans, processes, and evidence across criticalities; lead staged reviews with classification-society and flag-state authorities through to approval, including serving as a program's named software certification lead.
Lead software system integration: interface control across hardware and software, SIL/HIL campaigns on representative hardware, and vehicle-level integration milestones that produce certification evidence.
Stay hands-on: design, implement, and verify flight-critical modules yourself.
Establish standards and mentor: run design and code reviews; mentor senior engineers across teams.
Qualify tools and supplier software: select and qualify development and verification tools; govern SOUP/COTS acceptance and supplier evidence.
Advise engineering leadership on software architecture, certification risk, and build-vs-buy.

Principal Software Engineer

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Regent

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