Overview

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

Strategic technical advisor and leader responsible for defining and driving the global Connectivity architecture vision across hardware and software systems. Partners with executive leadership and management to align architecture with product strategy, enabling scalable, high-performance solutions that meet complex customer and market requirements. Serves as the senior architectural authority, guiding cross-functional teams and ensuring the delivery of reliable, cost-effective, and future-ready software solutions for our in-flight entertainment and connectivity systems.

What You Will Be Doing

Connectivity Architecture

Serves as the architectural leader for in-flight entertainment and connectivity platforms, setting technical direction for the design, development, and lifecycle management of high-performance, low-latency software systems.
Partners with executive stakeholders and cross-functional leaders to define system requirements, shape solution architectures, and drive enterprise-wide technical initiatives aligned to business and customer outcomes.
Establishes and champions software engineering excellence, defining standards for code quality, testing rigor, scalability, and long-term maintainability across the organization.
Architects advanced content management and delivery solutions that optimize performance and enhance the end-to-end passenger experience.
Drives the adoption and evolution of cloud-native architectures, enabling highly scalable, resilient, and distributed systems.
Anticipates and evaluates emerging technologies and industry trends, guiding strategic adoption to maintain competitive advantage and future-proof systemcapabilities.
Acts as the senior technical authority in addressing complex, cross-system challenges, leveraging deep architectural expertise to drive best practices and design enhancements that ensure long-term reliability, scalability, and performance at global scale.

Technical Leadership

Leads and influences cross-functional teams as the senior technical authority, driving the development and deployment of enterprise-scale solutions.
Provides strategic technical guidance to executive stakeholders while mentoring and developing senior technical talent, including Principal Architects.
Anticipates and evaluates emerging technologies and industry trends, guiding their adoption to drive innovation and long-term organizational capability, while fostering a culture of knowledge sharing across the engineering community.

Connectivity Architecture Strategy

Ensures end-to-end architectural alignment across Network, Systems, Software, and Services, serving as the single architectural authority integrating all subsystems within the connectivity ecosystem.
Full accountability for driving the Connectivity Architecture roadmap in partnership with Product Management, the Connectivity Business Unit, and enterprise engineering teams.
Leads architectural strategy and governance within PI Planning, closely aligning with Product Management to translate business priorities into executable technical direction.
Acts as the primary escalation point for complex issues that span across Connectivity services
Partners with senior engineering leadership to inform performance calibration, contributing architectural perspective to talent assessment and organizational capability development.

The salary range of $205,000 – $343,000 annually 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.

Qualifications

What we are looking for:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Advanced degree strongly preferred.
15+ years of experience in software development.
Experience working with global connectivity providers and airline customers.
Significant experience in systems architecture or solution architecture roles.
Proven experience with connectivity systems, SATCOM, or aviation platforms.
Experience in in-flight connectivity (IFC/IFEC) systems preferred.
Familiarity with aviation regulatory and certification environments preferred.
Proven ability to design and architect complex systems, balancing performance, scalability, and reliability considerations.
Expert-level background in low-latency systems design and development, with a focus on performance optimization.
Expertise in C++, Java, and Go programming languages.
Extensive experience with cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
Strong knowledge of:
- Satellite communications and network architecture including Multi-Orbit (GEO; LEO; etc) technologies.
- Distributed systems and cloud-native platforms.
- End-to-end system integration across hardware and software.
- Proven ability to directly impact Connectivity product performance, scalability, and customer experience.
- Proven ability to influence strategic technology investments and long-term roadmap direction.
- Strong ability to enable delivery of next-generation IFC capabilities.
Proficiency in content management systems and optimization techniques.
Solid understanding of software version management tools such as Git or SVN.
Experience with Edge systems and resource-constrained environments.
Superior communication and leadership skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with team members and stakeholders – including enterprise-wide executives.
Deep understanding of business drivers, product strategy, and customer outcomes, with the ability to align architecture decisions to measurable business value.
Experience influencing without authority across large, matrixed environments

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.

Salary Range

$205,000 - $343,000 annually REQ-154788

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