Overview
Our new global headquarters is conveniently located in Irvine, CA near John Wayne Airport in the Park Place development. For our onsite and hybrid employees you will be able to enjoy amenities such as access to many restaurants and shops, running trails, a fitness deck, outdoor seating, dry cleaning, car wash, free garage parking, car charging stations, shuttle service for train commuters, outdoor games like bocce, horseshoes, gaming tables, pickle ball, and basketball. For more information on Park Place visit www.parkplaceirvine.com
Who We Are:
Ever wonder who brings the entertainment to your flights? Panasonic Avionics Corporation is 1 in the industry for delivering inflight products such as movies, games, WiFi, and now Bluetooth headphone connectivity!
How exciting would it be to be a part of the innovation that goes into creating technology that delights millions of people in an industry that’s here to stay! With our company’s history spanning over 40 years, you will have stability, career growth opportunities, and will work with the brightest minds in the industry. And we are committed to a diverse and inclusive culture that will help our organization thrive! We seek diversity in many areas such as background, culture, gender, ways of thinking, skills and more.
If you want to learn more about us visit us at www.panasonic.aero
And for a full listing of open job opportunities go to www.panasonic.aero/join-us/
The Avionics Way:
The Avionics Way captures the essence of what makes our employees special, and by extension, our organization. It’s comprised of 5 core identifiers - Pioneers, Problem Solvers, Accountable, Collaborative, and Customer Focused - that together form a robust, working framework for our continued success. Beyond a philosophy, the Avionics Way is our guide to daily practices. It provides a clear, actionable model to help employees, at all levels, realize their ambitions through outsized contributions to their teams and the company. This model clearly defines expectations for performance at all levels of the organization, as well as establishes specific actions and modes of working that reinforce our philosophy on the path to achieving our goals.
Responsibilities
Manages engineers and technical staff in the research, design, development, coding, and testing of software systems, solutions, and products applying principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis.
What you will be doing:
- li">Lead, mentor, and manage a team of engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment.
- Set clear goals, provide regular feedback, and support professional development for team members.
- Oversee the development and maintenance of a robust AWS infrastructure, ensuring it meets high standards of performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Guide the team in debugging and maintaining complex code C++/Go/Python that operates in a distributed environment.
- Design, develop, and maintain CloudFormation Templates (CFT) to support infrastructure as code practices.
- Utilize observability tools such as Datadog, ELK, and CloudWatch to monitor system performance and ensure uptime.
- Ensure the team meets SLA requirements and provides critical support for system uptime.
- Develop and enforce best practices for monitoring, alerting, and incident response to maintain system stability.
- li">Hire, train, develop and appraise direct staff.
- li">Anticipates financial needs, quantifies budget to support project planning, and li">manages budget per forecast and schedules.
The salary range of $131,000 - $220,000 is just one component of Panasonic’s total package. The final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to individual’s knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this role may be eligible for discretionary bonuses and incentives.
Base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge and location.
Qualifications
What we are looking for:
- BS (4-year degree), preferably in Engineering, Computer Science, or other Technical Degree.
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering or 9+ years of relevant software experience in lieu of a 4-year degree.
- 2+ years supervisory, team lead, or project leader experience.
- Cabin avionics and In-flight entertainment experience highly preferred.
- Working knowledge of designing, development, coding, testing, debugging and implementing technical projects for the fabrication, modification and evaluation of new or existing software solutions or products
- Proficient with commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures within the Software Engineering field.
- Proficient in designing and developing requirements from specifications, oral instructions, or preliminary sketches.
- Agile software development and DevOps skills preferred.
- Ability to facilitate organizational transformation to support business strategy.
- Demonstrated ability to drive ownership and accountability in delivering quality products on time to customers.
- Ability to develop and implement test methods and procedures.
- Ability to work in a diverse, fast paced, ever changing environment.
- Demonstrated leadership, people and team building skills. Ability to effectively resolve staff issues as they arise.
- Excellent written and verbal skills with proactive attitude.
- Ability to effectively communicate between several departments within the global organization.
- Outstanding communication skills and demonstrated ability in developing and delivering complex business and technical presentations for senior management.
- Ability to introduce new technologies to improve cost, environmental and other product requirement constraints.
- Problem solving and troubleshooting skills required to meet design and qualification requirements.
- Ability to receive assignments in the form of objectives and determines how to use resources to meet schedules and goals.
- Proven ability to direct and coordinate staff in developing solutions to technical problems that require extensive investigation and clarification.
- Recommends changes to policies and establishes procedures that affect immediate organization(s).
- Works on issues of diverse scope where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of a variety of factors, including an understanding of current business trends.
- Ability to travel both domestically and internationally up to 15 of time.
What we offer:
At Panasonic Avionics Corporation we realize the most important aspects in leading our industry are the bright minds behind everything we do. We are proud to offer our employees a highly competitive, comprehensive and flexible benefits program.
- Paid time off: Exempt Salaried employees receive unlimited PTO. This means that there is no fixed number, range, or limit to the amount of Personal and Vacation Days that may be taken for exempt employees. Non-exempt hourly employees accrue 14 vacation days per year + 7 sick days + 3 personal days. Accrual rate increases with tenure. All employees receive 11 company paid holidays per year plus a paid company-wide shut down in the U.S. between Christmas and New Year.
- Insurance: Medical insurance offerings from Aetna and Kaiser (CA &HI). Options for Employee Only, Employee + Spouse/Domestic Partner, Employee + Children, or Family. Dental PPO and DMO options & Vision insurance through EyeMed or VSP.
- 401K with 50 match on up to 8 contribution, full vested from day 1.
- Other offerings include: Wellness Program, Counseling services, FSA & HSA, Life Insurance for employee, spouse and child, AD&D Insurance, Long-term and Short-term disability, Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance, Pet Insurance, Identity Theft Protection, Dependent Care FLSA, Education Assistance, Commuter Program, Employee Purchase Program, Service Award Program.
Panasonic is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by law or company policy. All qualified individuals are required to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. Pre-employment drug testing is required for safety sensitive positions or as may otherwise be required by contract or law. Due to the high volume of responses, we will only be able to respond to candidates of interest. All candidates must have valid authorization to work in the U.S. Thank you for your interest in Panasonic Avionics Corporation.
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Salary Range
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- BS (4-year degree), preferably in Engineering, Computer Science, or other Technical Degree.
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering or 9+ years of relevant software experience in lieu of a 4-year degree.
- 2+ years supervisory, team lead, or project leader experience.
- Cabin avionics and In-flight entertainment experience highly preferred.
- Working knowledge of designing, development, coding, testing, debugging and implementing technical projects for the fabrication, modification and evaluation of new or existing software solutions or products
- Proficient with commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures within the Software Engineering field.
- Proficient in designing and developing requirements from specifications, oral instructions, or preliminary sketches.
- Agile software development and DevOps skills preferred.
- Ability to facilitate organizational transformation to support business strategy.
- Demonstrated ability to drive ownership and accountability in delivering quality products on time to customers.
- Ability to develop and implement test methods and procedures.
- Ability to work in a diverse, fast paced, ever changing environment.
- Demonstrated leadership, people and team building skills. Ability to effectively resolve staff issues as they arise.
- Excellent written and verbal skills with proactive attitude.
- Ability to effectively communicate between several departments within the global organization.
- Outstanding communication skills and demonstrated ability in developing and delivering complex business and technical presentations for senior management.
- Ability to introduce new technologies to improve cost, environmental and other product requirement constraints.
- Problem solving and troubleshooting skills required to meet design and qualification requirements.
- Ability to receive assignments in the form of objectives and determines how to use resources to meet schedules and goals.
- Proven ability to direct and coordinate staff in developing solutions to technical problems that require extensive investigation and clarification.
- Recommends changes to policies and establishes procedures that affect immediate organization(s).
- Works on issues of diverse scope where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of a variety of factors, including an understanding of current business trends.
- Ability to travel both domestically and internationally up to 15 of time.
What we offer:
At Panasonic Avionics Corporation we realize the most important aspects in leading our industry are the bright minds behind everything we do. We are proud to offer our employees a highly competitive, comprehensive and flexible benefits program.
- Paid time off: Exempt Salaried employees receive unlimited PTO. This means that there is no fixed number, range, or limit to the amount of Personal and Vacation Days that may be taken for exempt employees. Non-exempt hourly employees accrue 14 vacation days per year + 7 sick days + 3 personal days. Accrual rate increases with tenure. All employees receive 11 company paid holidays per year plus a paid company-wide shut down in the U.S. between Christmas and New Year.
- Insurance: Medical insurance offerings from Aetna and Kaiser (CA &HI). Options for Employee Only, Employee + Spouse/Domestic Partner, Employee + Children, or Family. Dental PPO and DMO options & Vision insurance through EyeMed or VSP.
- 401K with 50 match on up to 8 contribution, full vested from day 1.
- Other offerings include: Wellness Program, Counseling services, FSA & HSA, Life Insurance for employee, spouse and child, AD&D Insurance, Long-term and Short-term disability, Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance, Pet Insurance, Identity Theft Protection, Dependent Care FLSA, Education Assistance, Commuter Program, Employee Purchase Program, Service Award Program.
Panasonic is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by law or company policy. All qualified individuals are required to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. Pre-employment drug testing is required for safety sensitive positions or as may otherwise be required by contract or law. Due to the high volume of responses, we will only be able to respond to candidates of interest. All candidates must have valid authorization to work in the U.S. Thank you for your interest in Panasonic Avionics Corporation.
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