LeadSoftwareEngineer

### Description **About Manna** At **Manna** , we’re changing how the world receives things — by taking delivery to the skies. Our mission is simple but ambitious: **to make high-speed suburban delivery affordable, green, and safe**. We design and build our own aviation-grade drones that deliver food, coffee, groceries, and more — directly from local stores and vendors to people’s doors in just a few minutes. We’re a team that **Drive with Impact** , are **Safety Focused** , and knows that the best ideas come from **Team Players** who show up as their **Authentic Selves**. We move fast, we are passionate about what we do, and we’re always pushing a growth mindset to **be better** — in everything we do. If you want to build world-changing technology with real-world impact (and have a bit of fun while doing it), you’ll love it here. **Welcome to Manna — where we deliver the future.** Role Purpose As the Lead Software Engineer on the Aircraft team, you will drive the technical strategy for onboard and embedded aircraft systems. You’ll set long-term architecture direction, lead high-stakes multi-project delivery, and mentor senior engineers across the wider software organisation. This role is ideal for someone who is equally comfortable going deep on embedded/robotics software and stepping back to shape systems, standards, and teams. ### Key Responsibilities Define the architecture for aircraft onboard software and supporting firmware. Set standards for reliability, performance, and scalability across aircraft systems. Contribute to architectural decisions that span multiple teams (e.g., Aircraft ↔ Airspace ↔ QA). Lead design reviews for critical components, ensuring high-confidence deployment in safety-critical environments. Ensure roadmap execution while balancing near-term operational needs with long-term system health. Own risk management, rollout strategy, incident learnings, and continuous improvement for aircraft software. Partner closely with Hardware, Autonomy,