Chief Software Engineer

🕒 June 23

🌵 Arizona, Ohio, +1 more states – Remote

🌵 Arizona – Remote 🏈 Ohio – Remote ❄️ Minnesota – Remote

💵 $160k - $190k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Quest Defense

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201 - 500 employees

🚀 Aerospace

🎖️ Defense

Aerospace • Defense

Quest Defense is a company specializing in providing advanced engineering solutions for the defense sector, particularly in the domains of air, land, sea, and space. They deliver mission-critical and safety-focused solutions, integrating cutting-edge technologies such as AI, IoT, and digital threads throughout the product lifecycle to enhance efficiency, performance, and safety. Their expertise encompasses a wide range of services including mechanical engineering, engineering process optimization, and sustainment and product support. Quest Defense partners with leading defense organizations to meet the most challenging industry standards and demands, working on innovative technologies to optimize aerospace, naval, land, and space systems. The company is committed to diversity, inclusion, and maintaining high ethical standards in its operations.

📋 Description

• Act as the primary technical point of contact between our engineering teams and customer leadership • Turn customer requirements, contract scope, and certification needs into a clear, executable architecture approach • Lead architecture discussions, trade studies, and key technical decisions with customer stakeholders • Help guide customer technical direction while staying aligned with program scope and delivery commitments • Present architecture, compliance approach, and technical risks in customer and executive reviews • Define and lead software architecture for embedded, real-time, high-assurance systems • Ensure alignment with key standards and processes, including DO-178C (DAL A–C), ARP4754A system allocations, safety assessments and hazard mitigation, certification objectives, and supporting evidence • Drive core architectural decisions around modernization approaches, partitioning strategy, interface design, timing and resource management, fault containment and system robustness, safety-driven design patterns • Provide hands-on architectural guidance across multiple engineers and/or scrum teams • Help break down requirements into clear, testable, and implementable components • Mentor engineers at all levels in safety-critical development practices • Lead design reviews, interface reviews, and technical quality checks • Ensure consistency in how solutions are implemented across teams • Identify architectural risks early and put mitigation plans in place

🎯 Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field • Significant experience architecting DO-178C compliant software (DAL A experience preferred) • Background working in an engineering services or supplier delivery environment • Proven ability to lead software architecture across multiple teams and programs • Solid embedded software foundation (C/C++ in avionics-type environments) • Experience working directly with customers on regulated aerospace programs

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive pay • Comprehensive medical/dental/life and disability coverage • 401(k) with employer match • Professional development support • Flexible, friendly workplace