Software Engineer III

Overview

Location: Irvine, CA - (Hybrid)

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, Wi-Fi, 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.

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 https://careers.na.panasonic.com/avionics/jobs.

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

We are seeking a highly motivated Software Engineer who combines strong software development skills with operational excellence to support mission-critical applications and services. This role is responsible for designing, developing, automating, monitoring, and supporting production systems while ensuring high availability, reliability, performance, and customer satisfaction.

The ideal candidate is equally comfortable writing code, troubleshooting production incidents, improving system reliability, and collaborating across engineering, product, and support teams. This individual will embrace end-to-end ownership of services from development through production operations.

What you will be doing

Software Development

• Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable software solutions and backend services.
• Implement enhancements, bug fixes, and operational tooling to improve system performance and reliability.
• Develop automation solutions for monitoring, deployment, incident response, and operational workflows.
• Participate in architecture discussions and provide recommendations for scalable and supportable solutions.
• Ensure adherence to coding standards, security requirements, and engineering best practices.

Production Operations & Support

• Monitor production environments and proactively address reliability, performance, and availability issues.
• Participate in on-call rotations and provide timely resolution of production incidents.
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Manage application configurations, deployments, and operational readiness activities.
• Support release activities and validate production health following deployments.
• Maintain system documentation, runbooks, and support procedures.

Reliability & Continuous Improvement

• Implement observability solutions including monitoring, logging, alerting, and dashboards.
• Identify opportunities to automate repetitive operational tasks and reduce manual effort.
• Analyze system performance and capacity trends and recommend improvements.
• Drive operational excellence through preventative maintenance, resilience testing, and process optimization.
• Collaborate with development teams to improve application supportability and reliability.

Cross-functional Collaboration

Partner with Product Management, Engineering, QA, Infrastructure, Security, and Customer Support teams.

Assist in troubleshooting customer-reported issues and drive resolution through closure.

Provide technical guidance during incident management and recovery activities.

Contribute to release planning, production readiness reviews, and operational risk assessments.

The salary range of $97,000 - $157,000 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.

What we are looking for

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in software development, production support, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or DevOps.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as, Go, Node.js, Python.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Strong understanding of APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and software development lifecycle.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred

• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and containerized deployments.
• Knowledge of observability platforms such as Datadog, Grafana, CloudWatch, Splunk, or New Relic.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar).
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
• Experience supporting customer-facing SaaS products.

Success Criteria

• Consistently delivers reliable and maintainable software enhancements.
• Demonstrates end-to-end ownership from development through production support.
• Reduces operational incidents through automation and proactive monitoring.
• Resolves production issues within defined service levels.
• Improves system reliability, availability, and operational efficiency.
• Maintains high standards for quality, security, and customer satisfaction.

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

$97,000 - $157,000 Annual REQ-156190