Summer Interns Welcome
Waynesboro, VA

At allocortech, we design, develop, and manufacture complete core flight control solutions for next-gen aircraft innovators, primarily in the UAS & UAM markets. In addition to our off-the-shelf product offerings, we provide extensive customization to meet our customers’ unique needs. Additionally, our small size fosters an agile, efficient workspace created to align with the quickly evolving unmanned air market.

Looking for individuals with electronics, embedded systems, and linux experience.  If you have interest in working with us over your summer please reach out to us!

Electrical Engineer
Waynesboro, VA

At allocortech, we design, develop, and manufacture complete core flight control solutions for next-gen aircraft innovators, primarily in the UAS & UAM markets. In addition to our off-the-shelf product offerings, we provide extensive customization to meet our customers’ unique needs. Additionally, our small size fosters an agile, efficient workspace created to align with the quickly evolving unmanned air market.

We are currently seeking to hire an Electrical Engineer to assist with the design, development, production and testing of allocortech’s new and existing products. This is a team effort, you will be working closely with our existing electrical, mechanical, and software engineers when developing new solutions.

Knowledge of use of Altium, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, power supplies, and signal generators is extremely helpful. In addition, familiarity with low to mid speed buses like i2c, SPI, CAN, MII and 10/100 Ethernet, various types of static and dynamic memories, and USB 2.0 High Speed are valuable. You should be self-motivated and be comfortable in a position with high levels of accountability.

All work that allocortech performs is export controlled and we do not always have the ability to apply for export licenses. Therefore, to comply with export control laws, we require that employees are one of the following: a U.S. citizen, a lawful permanent resident of the United States (“green card holder”), an asylee, or a refugee.

Responsibilities

• Designing, maintaining, implementing, or improving electrical circuits and PCBA designs 
• Designing fixtures, harnessing and other support equipment for manufacture and test
• Performing a wide range of engineering tasks by operating computer-assisted design or engineering software and equipment.
• Conferring with customers, engineers, and others to discuss existing or potential engineering products or projects.
• Writing reports and compiling data regarding existing and potential electrical engineering projects and studies.
• Preparing specifications for purchases of electrical equipment and materials
• Assisting with supply-chain management and manufacturing of PCBAs

Qualifications

• Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout, Altium Designer a huge plus
• Experience with DC/DC converter design, both with modules and custom
• Experience with serial protocols including RS-232, RS-422, RS-485, CAN
• Experience with Ethernet MAC and Phy interfaces is a plus
• Experience with embedded systems for real time and safety critical applications
• Team player without an ego, passionate about system development with the group
• Located or willing to relocate to central Virginia (Waynesboro)
  • a 50/50 rotating position may be considered
• Lawful permanent resident of the U.S. (“green card holder”), an asylee, or refugee

Job responsibilities of the Electrical Engineer position will primarily be on-site in Waynesboro, VA.

If this job description sounds like an exciting opportunity but does not fully align with your current experience and skill set, we welcome the opportunity to consider your application.  Please send us your resume and cover letter.   

Our headquarters is located in Waynesboro, Virginia. We offer a comprehensive benefits package to all full-time employees, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, flexible PTO, ten company holidays, 401k, and incentive stock options.

Procurement Specialist
Waynesboro, VA

Allocortech is an emerging startup company providing robust, Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) and bespoke hardware and software building blocks to accelerate development of next generation vehicles for air, land, and sea operations. We engineer safety-critical systems using modern technologies and automation to provide robust, flexible solutions to our customers.

We are looking for a motivated, positive individual that is comfortable working in a growing fast-paced environment.  allocortech is looking for a Procurement Specialist.  The Procurement Specialist will be responsible for enabling our sales, operations, and engineering teams to meet all internal and external goals. Using strong organization skills, expert spreadsheet development, and the ability to multitask, the Procurement Specialist will work closely with the rest of the team to manage inventory needs and planning; prepare, submit, and track purchase orders; oversee packing, shipping, and receiving; manage office supply needs; and provide administrative and clerical support. The procurement specialist will represent allocortech to vendors and customers as needed and will communicate regular updates to team leads

Description:

• Inventory Management
  • Develop and maintain a best practice tracking for inventory planning, ordering, and tracking
  • Oversee the receipt, storage, and movement of all parts and products in the business.
  • Warehouse and track inventory, monitor inventory levels, and order when low levels are triggered
  • Communicate and coordinate with project leads to understand inventory requirements and timelines
  • Prepare Bill of Materials, purchase orders, and other documentation
  • Research the market for best quality, price, and speed, quantity discounts, and similar
  • Monitor all orders to understand potential shipping delays, missing parts, and problems that could delay production schedules
  • Maintain relationships and regular communication with vendors
• Shipping and Receiving
  • Place orders with vendors in accordance with project requirements
  • Receive all orders and check for accuracy, completeness, and quality
  • Prepare and ship all deliveries to customers
• Facilities Management
  • Track, order, and stock office supplies
• Project Support
  • Oversee subcontractor/major material purchase orders and all associated tracking of material
  • Support projects by providing administrative and clerical support
  • Participate in team meetings to provide updates and to stay informed on project goals, timelines, and requirements
  • Other duties as assigned

Required Experience

• 2+ years’ experience working in professional lab, office, or similar environment
• Near expert level spreadsheet proficiency
• Self-starter with strong organizational skills
• Excellent communication skills to work with both internal and external team members at all levels – engineers, technicians, senior leaders, vendors, customers

Bonus Points

• Experience with electrical manufacturing and electrical component ordering
• Experience working in or with an early-stage startup company.
• Experience with implementing ERP systems

Job responsibilities of the Procurement Specialist will be on-site at our headquarters in Waynesboro, VA.

If this job sounds like an exciting opportunity but does not fully align with your current experience and talents, we welcome the opportunity to consider your application.  Please send us your resume and cover letter to be considered.

Allocortech offers a comprehensive benefits package to all full-time employees, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, flexible PTO, ten company holidays, 401k, and incentive stock options.

Embedded Software Engineer
Waynesboro, VA

At allocortech, we design, develop, and manufacture complete core flight control solutions for next-gen aircraft innovators, primarily in the UAS & UAM markets. In addition to our off-the-shelf product offerings, we provide extensive customization to meet our customers’ unique needs. Additionally, our small size fosters an agile, efficient workspace created to align with the quickly evolving unmanned air market.

We are seeking to hire an Embedded Software Engineer fluent in C++ (we use 17 internally, but knowledge of 11 is sufficient to bootstrap.) You will design, test, and document operating system level software with a level of rigor suitable for something that you really don’t want crashing down on your head. Current projects involve STM32 peripheral and board bring up, managed Ethernet switch drivers and traffic management, lithium ion battery management and modelling, and framework development.

If terms like linker scripts, cross compilers, toolchains, GCC, GDB, JTAG, IPC, make, MCU, UART, interrupt handler, mutex, priority inversion, memory protection, stack, heap, and fixed-point are part of your daily vernacular, you’ve got about half the job down! You should also have good knowledge of hardware aspects of embedded systems design and be able to debug issues at the circuit level, particularly around the CPU.

Use of oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, power supplies, and signal generators is a must. You will be one of very few engineers on the team, so you should be self-motivated and be comfortable in a position with high levels of accountability.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and implement the embedded software that runs the avionics and control systems of aircraft, and ensure that sensors and communication peripherals work right
• Work with the electrical engineers to bring up and debug new hardware
  Develop robust bootloaders for updating software on a distributed processor architecture
• Implement drivers in C/C++ and write test scripts to verify them across a variety of operating scenarios
• Support algorithm implementation, system integration, test, and debug
  Identify points of weakness in the software and electronics; help develop plans for improving and robustifying the product

Qualifications:

• Experience developing and testing embedded system software for real time applications/robotic systems
• Strong C/C++ micro controller experience, preferably including development with ARM processors
• Ability to review schematics and read data-sheets; experience supporting hardware bringup and debug
• Experience with customizing board support packages
• Experience developing and testing bootloaders
• Familiarity with U-Boot and building/customizing kernels and kernel drivers
• Familiarity with FreeRTOS
• Familiarity with Linux and the RT patchset
• Experience implementing robust drivers for basics comms protocols (UART, ethernet/lwIP, I2C, SPI, etc.)
• Familiarity with some scripting language (Python preferred)
• Experience with automated software development processes and modern tools (Git, CI, Bazel)
• Team player without an ego, passionate about aviation, and doing whatever it takes to deliver value
• Located or willing to relocate to central Virginia (Charlottesville) — a 50/50 rotating position may be considered

If this job description sounds like an exciting opportunity but does not fully align with your current experience and skill set, we welcome the opportunity to consider your application.  Please send us your resume and cover letter.   

Our headquarters is located in Waynesboro, Virginia. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, flexible PTO, 10 company holidays, 401k, and incentive stock options.