Senior/Principal Software Engineer Avionics

Position: Senior/Principal Software Engineer – Avionics

Closing date: 20 March 2026

Incomar is an aerospace and defence company based in Centurion, South Africa. We are continuously expanding our specialised product development and flight operations capabilities. The group was established in South Africa in 1999, with its origins in military aircraft weapons and avionics integration and flight testing. The company is well established in the local and international industry, with a strong capability in several specialist areas, including:

• Systems Design, Development, and Integration.


• System Testing on a range of platforms / products.


• Product Development.


• Flight Test Execution and Support.

Incomar Aeronautics is looking for motivated individuals to take up a senior role in the embedded software development effort on Avionics systems, as well as test software related to these systems.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronic or Computer Engineering, or a relevant software-related tertiary qualification.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 10+ years of professional embedded software development experience.


• Software architecture design & development skills.


• Proficient in C, C++ and/or C# programming languages.


• Exposure to software version control tools (SVN, GIT, etc).


• Proficient in development environments and software design packages (e.g. MS-Visual Studio, Eclipse, MS-Visio).


• Technical writing and software documentation skills.


• Product development and system engineering skills involving all aspects of the "V" life cycle and the system engineering management process.


• Proficient in requirements management (experience with Cradle preferable, but not mandatory).


• Proficient in MS Office.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Military, Defence Industry and/or Avionics development experience.


• Knowledge or experience in the RTCA DO-178C design process.


• Exposure to continuous integration tools (Jenkins, Atlassian Bamboo, etc).


• Knowledge or experience in Firmware development.


• Exposure to real-time operating systems.


• Experience with test bench software development.

Responsibilities:

• Performing software development activities, including architectural design, interface design, implementation, coding, documentation, verification & testing.


• Conducting software development according to the "V" product life cycle and system engineering management process.


• Writing and maintaining system and sub-system specifications and relevant design documentation related to software development activities.


• Writing and maintaining relevant interface and protocol documentation.


• Configuration and version management of all software source code and software files.


• Simulation, data analysis and report writing applicable to allocated tasks.


• Ensuring that customer requirements and applicable standards are met.


• Assisting with cost and time estimates for engineering tasks/projects.


• Planning and executing tasks within agreed to budgets and timescales.


• Apply sound ethical principles.