Secret-Cleared Embedded Software Engineer

PGS Worldwide•Chandler, AZ

6h•Onsite

About The Position

PGS Worldwide is seeking a Secret-Cleared Embedded Software Engineer for a one-year onsite contract-to-hire role supporting a leading aerospace & defense company. This position will develop and integrate real-time embedded software for complex aerospace and defense systems. The engineer will support the full software development lifecycle, including requirements, architecture, detailed design, coding, unit testing, integration, and system-level testing.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship required.
Active DoD Secret security clearance with an investigation completed within the last 5 years.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Systems, or a related technical discipline.
Experience with object-oriented software development using C/C++ in a Linux environment.
Experience developing, debugging, and testing embedded real-time software.
Experience working with real-time operating systems such as VxWorks, Integrity, LynxOS, Yocto Linux, or an equivalent RTOS.
Experience with the full software development lifecycle.
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work effectively within a collaborative, multidisciplinary engineering team.

Nice To Haves

Experience with PowerPC, ARM, and/or RISC-V architectures.
Experience with real-time computer-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop test environments.
Experience designing, integrating, and testing embedded software with real-time computing hardware.
Experience developing software interfaces supporting weapon-system integration.

Responsibilities

Develop requirements for real-time embedded software systems.
Support software architecture development and detailed design.
Develop embedded software using C/C++ in Linux and RTOS environments.
Perform code development, unit testing, debugging, and troubleshooting.
Support software integration and system-level testing.
Develop and integrate software for real-time computing platforms.
Participate in computer-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop testing activities.
Develop interfaces supporting integration with larger system and weapon-system architectures.
Ensure established software development standards and engineering practices are followed.
Collaborate with software, systems, hardware, test, and other engineering disciplines throughout development.