MTS IV, Software Engineer - Platform & Cloud-Native Systems

Responsibilities

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, Wi-Fi, and now Bluetooth headphone connectivity!

Panasonic Avionics Corporation is seeking a highly experienced Member of Technical Staff (MTS) IV – Software Engineer to design, develop, and architect advanced cloud-native software systems that power next-generation In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) and distributed edge platforms.

This role emphasizes strong software engineering fundamentals, hands-on development, and scalable system design. The MTS IV engineer will build robust, production-grade software applications and platform services that enable Git Ops-driven deployments, Kubernetes-based infrastructure automation, and configuration transformation systems across ground and aircraft environments.

This is a senior individual contributor role with deep ownership of software architecture, code quality, system reliability, and technical direction.

• Software Design & Architecture
  • Architect and design scalable, modular, and maintainable software systems using modern design principles and patterns.
  • Translate complex functional and system requirements into well-defined technical designs.
  • Drive API design, service contracts, and integration strategies across distributed components.
  • Ensure software solutions are resilient, testable, observable, and production-ready.
• Hands-on Software Development
  • Write high-quality, performant, and secure production code (Go and/or Python preferred).
  • Implement microservices, controllers, automation agents, and platform tooling.
  • Develop reusable libraries and frameworks to improve engineering productivity.
  • Conduct code reviews and enforce engineering best practices.
  • Refactor and optimize existing systems for performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Testing & Quality Engineering
  • Implement comprehensive unit, integration, and system-level tests.
  • Build automated validation pipelines and continuous integration workflows.
  • Support system testing efforts, analyze results, and drive defect resolution.
  • Promote engineering discipline around versioning, backward compatibility, and release stability.

• Kubernetes & Git Ops Systems
  • Design and implement Kubernetes-based platform components (controllers, operators, automation tooling).
  • Build Git Ops workflows using ArgoCD or similar tools to enable declarative system management.
  • Develop Helm-based packaging and automated artifact promotion pipelines.
  • Design cluster lifecycle automation and fleet-level configuration management systems.
• Infrastructure as Code & Automation
  • Create infrastructure automation frameworks for provisioning, configuration, and upgrades.
  • Develop tooling that transforms hardware/software configuration inputs into validated system-level runtime configurations.
  • Automate air-gapped image distribution strategies and local OCI registry integration.
  • Implement secure configuration and secret management mechanisms.
• Observability & Reliability Engineering
  • Design telemetry pipelines (metrics, logs, traces) using Open Telemetry or equivalent frameworks.
  • Embed observability directly into software components.
  • Define reliability standards, SLOs, and performance baselines.
  • Lead root cause analysis and implement systemic reliability improvements.

• Own complex software subsystems end-to-end from design through production.
• Provide architectural leadership across IaaS, PaaS, Developer Experience, and Operations domains.
• Mentor engineers in software craftsmanship,…