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
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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.

As an MTS III, Software, you’ll play a key role in shaping the core systems that bring in-flight entertainment and connectivity to life.

You'll design, develop, and optimize high-performance software solutions with a focus on real-time event logging and streaming. Your work will directly impact how passengers experience entertainment, communication, and data services in the air. If you're passionate about building scalable systems that operate at altitude and speed, this is your chance to engineer technology that literally takes off.

• Design, develop, and maintain high‑performance backend systems using C/C++ and Golang in Linux-based environments
• Build and evolve event‑driven systems for real‑time logging, telemetry, and streaming data pipelines
• Design and maintain robust APIs (raw TCP streams, gRPC, REST) for distributed and embedded systems
• Improve system performance, scalability, resiliency, and fault tolerance, especially in constrained or real‑time environments
• Apply cloud‑native design principles using AWS services (compute, storage, messaging, observability)
• Integrate AI/ML‑assisted capabilities (intelligent monitoring, anomaly detection, data insights) into existing platforms
• Write clean, maintainable, and well‑tested code following modern engineering best practices and AI tools.
• Perform code reviews and provide constructive technical feedback to improve overall code quality
• Debug, test, and troubleshoot complex production issues across system boundaries
• Collaborate actively in sprint planning, stand‑ups, design reviews, and architecture discussions
• Stay current with emerging technologies, tools, and industry trends in software, cloud, and AI

The salary range of $39 - $64 hourly 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.

What We Are Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 3+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong proficiency in C/C++ and/or Golang
• Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms (IAM, EC2, S3, SQS, SNS, CloudWatch, etc.)
• Solid understanding of concurrent programming, memory management, and system-level debugging
• Experience designing and building scalable, distributed systems
• Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures, logging, and observability
• Exposure to AI/ML use cases such as intelligent monitoring, anomaly detection, or data-driven optimization
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with Git-based workflows and modern version control practices
• Strong understanding of unit testing, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps fundamentals

Good-to-have skills and experience:

• Familiarity with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)
• Hands-on experience building or operating metrics, logs, and traces pipelines for distributed systems
• Experience integrating AI-assisted insights into operational dashboards and embedded services.

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.