Open / Full-time · 2027 hiring
Avionics & Embedded Systems Engineer
Integrate the sensors, telemetry and embedded electronics that connect our aircraft, payload and ground systems.
- Team
- Engineering
- Location
- Salt Lake City, Utah · Headquarters
- Employment type
- Full-time employee, normally 40 hours per week.
- Annual base salary
- USD $110,000–$150,000
- Compensation
- No equity or bonus is included in this package. Compensation within the range will reflect relevant experience and role scope.
- Work arrangement
- On-site at headquarters and approved field locations.
- Travel
- Up to 15% travel for field troubleshooting.
- Benefits
- 15 paid vacation days, 10 paid company holidays, 5 paid sick days, employer contribution of 75% of employee-only medical/dental/vision premiums, required work equipment, approved business travel reimbursement, and a $1,500 annual professional-development budget.
- Relocation policy
- Applicants willing to relocate are welcome; relocation expenses are not included.
- Visa policy
- Employment visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
About Alto Cirra
Alto Cirra develops drone-deployed cloud seeding technology and data-backed program capabilities for ski resorts, water districts and watersheds. Our headquarters is in Salt Lake City.
This planned 2027 headquarters role supports our next phase of development. Hiring dates will be agreed individually; regional deployment plans do not represent confirmed local bases or flight authorizations.
Responsibilities
- Integrate sensors, telemetry links and embedded controllers.
- Design and debug power distribution and electrical interfaces.
- Write and maintain embedded firmware and diagnostics.
- Support bench testing, harnessing and hardware bring-up.
- Document hardware configurations and changes.
Qualifications
- 3+ years in embedded firmware, electronics integration or avionics.
- Experience with C/C++, microcontrollers and serial interfaces such as UART, SPI, I2C or CAN.
- Ability to read schematics and debug power, signals and communication using bench instruments.
- Disciplined hardware bring-up, configuration tracking and technical documentation.
Preferred experience
PCB design, RTOS development, GNSS, telemetry radios and environmental testing.
Core skills
Embedded Systems, C++.
Apply through Wellfound
Submit your resume and relevant project or work examples through this Wellfound posting only. Share only material you are authorized to disclose. Applications are not accepted by email or through company website forms.
Candidates with relevant equivalent experience are encouraged to apply. Selection will focus on job-related skills and experience.