Assistant Real-Time Embedded Software Engineer

Software Engineering Institute | Carnegie Mellon University • Pittsburgh, PA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

SEI is seeking an enthusiastic assistant real-time embedded engineer to work on safety-critical embedded software. You will work closely with a variety of software and hardware systems including bare-metal embedded systems, RTOSes, FPGAs, and embedded Linux. You will have opportunities to develop tools, techniques, and processes to solve some of the most difficult software problems that our government faces.

Requirements

• BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related disciple.
• Worked in a collaborative team environment as a software developer, software engineer, verification engineer, or related field.
• Proficiency in one or more of the following: C, C++, VHDL, Verilog, Python, C#.
• Built, analyzed, debugged, and/or tested bare-metal systems and are familiar with a CMSIS/HAL/specific peripheral driver.
• Experience in one or more of the following: Java, Go, Rust, Ada, MATLAB.
• Experience with FPGAs and/or heterogenous computing boards that require communication and synchronization between specialized hardware/chips.
• Exposure with modern RTOSes, e.g. VxWorks or Integrity, and developed and analyzed embedded software.
• Worked with common embedded interfaces and protocols: I2C, CAN, SPI, RS-232, RS-422, etc.
• Developed embedded software and performance tests and have experience interpreting the results.
• Understanding of the Department of War (DoW) Systems Engineering lifecycle.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to convey difficult engineering or technical challenges to stakeholders.
• Willing to work 100% of your week onsite at either the SEI or customer facility.
• Can pass a background check and obtain and maintain an active Department of War (DoW) security clearance.
• Willingness to travel (25%) outside of your office location to other SEI offices, sponsor sites, conferences, and offsite meetings.

Responsibilities

• Understand complex, inter-dependent systems that hit multiple abstraction levels for embedded systems, interacting across a number of system interfaces.
• Design and develop embedded software tools and capabilities to analyze, test, and evaluate existing software.
• Apply systems engineering knowledge to identify and communicate weaknesses and flawed implementations of embedded functionality tracing from requirements.
• Utilize static analysis, dynamic testing, and complexity analysis tools to uncover software weaknesses, security vulnerabilities, and instances of poor engineering judgment, guiding a high-impact, safety-critical system toward robustness, reliability, and engineering soundness.
• Conduct research, experimentation, and present knowledge-sharing initiatives to enhance software development processes, demonstrate analytical capabilities, and foster a comprehensive understanding of system-of-systems (SoS) integration and performance.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance
• Tuition benefits
• Generous time off
• Robust retirement savings policy
• 8% monthly contribution for your retirement plan without having to contribute to it yourself
• Tuition benefits to attend classes at Carnegie Mellon University for you and your dependent children
• Access to university resources, including campus fitness facilities, mindfulness programs, childcare, free transportation on the Port Authority Transit System, and more
• Paid parental and military leave
• Relocation assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level