Senior Embedded Software/Firmware Engineer

Radiance Technologies•Ruston, LA

About The Position

Radiance Technologies, a rapidly growing employee-owned company, is searching for talented scientists and engineers with interest in microelectronics security and systems security development to join our Advanced Technology Development Operation (ATDO). Modern embedded systems face physical security threats across the entire system lifecycle. Addressing these challenges requires individuals capable of out-of-the-box thinking, with an innovative mindset and the ability to work as part of multi-disciplinary engineering teams. ATDO is involved in the development and analysis of anti-tamper / protective technology capabilities and products, advancing the state-of-the-art in areas ranging from secure microelectronics packaging to system-level security for weapons systems. ATDO is looking for an Embedded Software/Firmware Engineer with the breadth and versatility to work at all design and development stages, from ideation to formal production acceptance testing for electronics subsystems utilizing embedded commercial processors, ASICs, SoCs, GPUs and FGPAs. The candidate must have experience turning up initial custom hardware prototype designs, and maturing said prototypes into deployable solutions. Must work well as part of small, fast-paced and mission-driven team(s). Experience with system security architectures and cryptography is desirable but not required.

Requirements

B.S. or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or relevant technical field with 10+ years direct experience developing embedded systems
Active Secret security clearance or the ability to obtain a DoD security clearance
Understanding of schematics
Ability to perform lab tests on designs and components
Experience with custom electronics turn-up, and troubleshooting and improving new and existing embedded designs
Embedded Debugging / Emulation
Real-time OS experience
Embedded Linux and Linux hardware driver creation
Expert level C programmer

Nice To Haves

Experience with system security architectures and cryptography
Advanced degrees in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or relevant technical field with 15+ years of relevant work experience
Active Top Secret clearance
Demonstrated expertise as technical lead / architect for embedded projects
Entrepreneurial mindset
Excel at verbal and written communication with customers and team members
Microcode
Secure Boot
Bare metal development
Cryptographic algorithm implementation
Development of cryptographic primitives beyond encryption
Advanced knowledge of Roots of Security / Secure Processors
Hardware Security experience - tamper vulnerability research including hardware exploitation, side-channel attacks, fault-injection attacks, and nation-state level reverse engineering threat vectors

Responsibilities

Turning up initial custom hardware prototype designs
Maturing said prototypes into deployable solutions
Working at all design and development stages, from ideation to formal production acceptance testing for electronics subsystems utilizing embedded commercial processors, ASICs, SoCs, GPUs and FGPAs
Performing lab tests on designs and components
Custom electronics turn-up, and troubleshooting and improving new and existing embedded designs
FPGA interface and integration
Conceptualizing solutions to open-ended problems, deriving implementable requirements, and conveying design intent to a broader team
Proposing new ideas, processes, tools and solutions
Providing reports, technical documentation, and guidance
Participation in the systems engineering process including architecture selection
Assisting ATDO in capturing additional business through customer interactions, proposal development, and authoring enhanced white papers
Authoring of software development plans
Mentoring junior technical personnel