Principal Embedded Software Engineer

Curtiss-Wright Corporation•Tewksbury, MA

1d•$125,300 - $175,000•Onsite

About The Position

Do you have a passion to invent, design and implement embedded software along with a curiosity and desire to learn. Your job will be to create or modify Board Support Packages (BSPs), device drivers, power-on firmware (BIOS/U-Boot), built-in test and design verification test software for Digital Signal Processing computer boards (DSPs). This is your opportunity to be innovative, flexible, self-directed and to bring your software engineering skills to our dynamically growing organization.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship and active US DoD Clearance required
Bachelors in electrical engineering or computer engineering (or equivalent) with minimum 10 years' experience
Hands-on and demonstrable experience with software development using C/C++
Hands-on and demonstrable experience with Linux (Red Hat, LynxOS, WindRiver), VxWorks (7.x)
Hands-on and demonstrable experience with Linux and VxWorks device drivers
Hands-on and demonstrable experience with Scripting(bash/csh)
Hands-on and demonstrable experience with high-level application software
Hands-on and demonstrable experience with Python
Hands-on and demonstrable experience with LabVIEW and IPMI
Hands-on and demonstrable experience with development tools such as IDEs (Visual Studio, Eclipse-based), AMD/Xilinx Vivado/Vitis, Petalinux, GCC, CMake, Yocto, and MS Office.
Hands-on and demonstrable experience with with Intel x86 Processors, ARM, and AMD Zynq MPSoCs.
Knowledge and experience with protocol/standard, e.g., Ethernet, Infiniband, RDMA, PCIe Gen3/4, SPI, I2C, and RS232/RS422
Experience reading/understanding IC datasheets, board schematics.
Active secret clearance or ability to obtain secret clearance desirable

Responsibilities

Plan, design, develop, and test new embedded computing software or complex enhancements to existing software for embedded systems based on specifications, and in compliance to industrial, military, and aerospace standards.
Apply established development processes and assist in process improvement.
Analyze requirements and develop design alternatives.
Develop test software and procedures.
Implement and integrate, or debug embedded software including bootloaders (BIOS, SlimBootLoader and U-Boot), device drivers (Linux and VxWorks), customized applications and embedded test software, and product simulation and production test software.
Diagnose and resolve advanced software defects by collaborating with cross-functional technical staff and applying expert-level analytical and troubleshooting skills
Evaluate and respond to customer-reported issues, recommending and implementing software modifications or enhancements to improve functionality and user experience
Assist in the development of software design and test documentation, and user manuals.