Embedded Software Engineer Intern Jobs in Bethlehem, PA

The Senior Software Engineering Manager leads the development, certification, and sustainment of flightcritical embedded software for aircraft power systems and components. This role is accountable for managing DALA-certified software in compliance with RTCA/DO178 (DAL A/B/C) standards and ensuring delivery of safe, robust, and compliant products for aerospace customers.

This leader will manage a direct team of software engineers in Harleysville, PA, with dottedline leadership of a global support team in India and collaboration across engineering groups in Wichita, KS; Bothell, WA; and Bangalore, India. Success in this role requires deep technical credibility in safetycritical avionics software, strong people leadership, and disciplined execution in a regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical & Certification Leadership

• Provide technical and organizational leadership for DO178 DALA-certified software, including planning, execution, reviews, and audits.
• Own software lifecycle compliance from concept through certification, release, and inservice support.
• Ensure development artifacts meet certification needs, including:
• Software Development Plans (SDP), SVP, SCMP, SQAP
• High and lowlevel requirements
• Traceability, verification, and configuration baselines
• Serve as a technical authority during certification activities with FAA, DERs, and customer audit teams.

People & Team Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop highperforming software engineers, technical leads, and future managers.
• Foster a culture of quality, accountability, and engineering rigor, especially for safetycritical systems.
• Provide functional leadership and work prioritization for a global, dottedline support team in India.
• Support hiring, onboarding, succession planning, and performance management across locations.

Program & CrossFunctional Execution

• Partner closely with systems engineering, hardware, quality, manufacturing, and program management to deliver integrated power system solutions.
• Translate systemlevel and certification requirements into executable software plans and schedules.
• Manage staffing, capacity, and technical risk across multiple concurrent programs.
• Escalate and resolve technical, schedule, or certification risks early and decisively.

Technology, Process, & Continuous Improvement

• Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and to reduce costs. The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs.
• Establish and maintain best practices for embedded and airborne software development, including coding standards, design reviews, and verification strategy.
• Drive continuous improvement in software development efficiency while maintaining certification integrity.
• Champion disciplined use of requirements management, change control, and defect management tools.
• Mentor teams in modern but certappropriate development approaches (e.g., Agile within DO178 constraints).

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Typically 10+ years of progressive software engineering experience in embedded or realtime systems.
• Significant engineering leadership experience, including people management.
• Demonstrated ownership of DO178 DALA or DALB software programs, from planning through certification including SAE ARP4754A / ARP4761  guidelines.
• Strong understanding of safetycritical software architecture, verification independence, configuration management, and tool qualification considerations.
• Proven ability to lead multisite and global engineering teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in a relevant technical discipline.
• Experience with aircraft electrical power systems, avionics, or flightcritical control software.
• Prior interaction with FAA, DERs, or certification authorities.
• Familiarity with:
• DOORS or equivalent requirements management tools
• Cybersecurity elements relevant to avionics (e.g., secure boot, encryption, hashing)
• Embedded C/C++, realtime operating systems (RTOS)
• Experience operating within matrixed or dottedline organizational structures.

Key Competencies & Attributes:

• Safetyfirst mindset with uncompromising attention to product quality.
• Strong technical judgment and ability to balance schedule, cost, and certification risk.
• Clear, concise communicator with engineers, executives, and external stakeholders.
• Comfortable making decisions in complex, regulated environments.
• Trusted leader who sets direction, removes obstacles, and develops talent.

Why AMETEK PDS:

• Work on mission and flightcritical aerospace systems with realworld impact.
• Lead highly specialized teams in a technically challenging, certificationdriven environment.
• Access to global expertise across AMETEK businesses while maintaining product ownership.
• Competitive compensation, benefits, and longterm career growth.