About Wing:
Wing offers drone delivery as a safe, fast, and sustainable solution for last mile logistics. Consumer appetites for on-demand services are increasing, but current delivery methods are inefficient, costly, and contribute to road accidents and air pollution. Wing’s fleet of highly automated delivery drones can transport small packages directly from businesses to homes on-demand, in minutes. We design, build, and operate our aircraft, and offer drone delivery services on three continents. Our technology is designed to be easy to integrate into existing delivery and logistics networks, offering a scalable drone delivery solution for a broad range of businesses. Wing is a part of Googles parent company, Alphabet, and our mission is to create the preferred means of delivery for the planet. If youre ready to do the greatest work of your life, come join us.
About the Role:
Wing is looking for a Senior Software Systems Engineer to join our Systems Engineering team. This role will be based in Palo Alto, CA. The Wing Systems Engineering Team is a multi-discipline group that supports development and operational efforts across Wing, from concept through the entire life cycle. We are looking for talented people who are motivated to navigate through uncertainty to understand problems, drive change, verify, validate, and see solutions through to deployment into real world drone delivery operations.
What You’ll Do:
- Support software development and help drive design decisions from inception to launch by formulating system solutions and generating technical requirements.
- Create system level documentation such as concepts of operation, interface descriptions, performance analyses and design documents.
- Collect information regarding product required functionality, software service interfaces, and interoperability requirements.
- Collaboratively develop and execute processes for software design and implementation.
- Develop large scale regression tests to assess system performance, quantify design implementations, and analyze compliance to system requirements.
- Apply analytical skills to extract insights from large and complex datasets.
- Plan and execute verification and validation activities, and develop evidence based test reports for internal and external consumption.
- Work with developers to define tests and improve hardware and software based implementations.
- Develop documentation to capture test and verification activities and results.
What You’ll Need:
- BA/BS in Software Engineering, Computer Science,a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of related domain experience as a Software Engineer, Aerospace Engineer, or Product subject matter expert.
- Proficient reading and writing in C / C++
- Experience with system engineering methods focused on large scale software applications, automation, data analytics, or safety systems, including requirement derivation and verification and validation
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Bonus:
- Experience partnering with business and regulatory teams and working with external stakeholders.
- Passion for Aviation.
The US base salary for this full-time position is the salary below + bonus + equity + benefits. Your recruiter will share more about the specific salary details during the hiring process.
Salary
$201,000—$234,000 USD
Wing is an equal opportunity employer and it is Wings policy to comply with all applicable national, state and local laws pertaining to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity. Employment at Wing is based solely on a persons merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. Wing does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law.
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