Principal Embedded Software Engineer
About The Position
The Software Product Assurance Center’s Software Security Sensors and Effectors Department is seeking a highly skilled individual to join our software team to employ Agile development techniques on embedded targets to continuously develop and deploy critical capabilities to the warfighter. We strive for technical excellence by drawing upon a workforce whose knowledge base and experience covers the complete spectrum of modern computing languages and platforms. As a professional embedded software engineer, the candidate will be involved with software and firmware design, development, integration, and testing of real-time embedded solutions with application software, with a focus on overall system integrity. This role works side by side with Systems engineering to support generation of design concept and system architectural documentation. Responsibilities include the breakdown of architectural documentation in support of the generation and decomposition of requirements needed to support software development activities. The ideal candidate will also participate in Technical Integration Meetings with subcontractors to ensure selected hardware meets hardware and software requirements. Other aspects of the role consist of working individually or as part of a team to apply embedded principles to the design and development of hardened software applications. Our software applications are developed using C and C++ on a variety of computing platforms running Linux and other real-time operating systems. Lastly, the ideal candidate will ensure consistency across teams and remove impediments as they arise.
Requirements
- Requires a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field and minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience
- Experience in an Agile and DevSecOps environment developing and maintaining software on an embedded processors/microcontroller.
- Demonstrated ability to work closely across other engineering disciplines (Systems Engineering, Hardware Engineering, etc.) to debug system and board level issues using software tools
- Experience working in a Linux environment with ability to modify and maintain Linux Kernel root file systems
- Experience developing multi-threaded applications.
- The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.
- U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
Nice To Haves
- Proficiency with RTOS Systems, Linux device drivers, and/or embedded Linux
- Experience developing and troubleshooting on embedded targets
- Experience designing, implementing, testing, or deploying real-time embedded software solutions.
- Willingness to learn new techniques and apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills to diagnose customer issues.
- Knowledge of modern computer architectures and hardware technologies including: x86, ARM Architectures, Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs)
- Working knowledge of the Linux Kernel development and device drivers for the Linux Kernel.
- Experience with bare-metal software development.
- Experience using version control systems such as Git or Subversion.
- Strong knowledge of building up and maintaining a code base built with CMake and Google Test.
Responsibilities
- Employ Agile development techniques on embedded targets to continuously develop and deploy critical capabilities to the warfighter.
- Involved with software and firmware design, development, integration, and testing of real-time embedded solutions with application software, with a focus on overall system integrity.
- Work side by side with Systems engineering to support generation of design concept and system architectural documentation.
- Break down architectural documentation in support of the generation and decomposition of requirements needed to support software development activities.
- Participate in Technical Integration Meetings with subcontractors to ensure selected hardware meets hardware and software requirements.
- Apply embedded principles to the design and development of hardened software applications.
- Ensure consistency across teams and remove impediments as they arise.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life insurance
- short-term disability
- long-term disability
- 401(k) match
- flexible spending accounts
- flexible work schedules
- employee assistance program
- Employee Scholar Program
- parental leave
- paid time off
- holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
