C++ Software Engineer

Elwood Roberts•Camden, NJ

2d•Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for a talented and experienced embedded Software Engineer to guide the next generation of mission-critical national security systems. You will have a strong background in modern computer architecture, hardware bring-up and debugging, development of low-level embedded system-software including custom drivers, board support packages, and bootloader.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship with an Active Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance
Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science etc
Ideally over 8 years experience in software development
Ideally over 5+ years of experience developing and debugging drivers, BSPs, bootloaders, bare-metal applications, or other low-level development in embedded systems
Experience with development of embedded systems in C\C++, assembly, and/or Rust
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Experience developing embedded Linux systems
Proven experience developing device drivers and board support packages for modern RTOSs (Integrity, VxWorks, Zepher, seL4, Yocto)
Proven experience with hardware bring-up on prototype or first-run hardware
Experience building and customizing Yocto/OE or buildroot based Linux distributions, deep knowledge of BitBake, device trees, and the Linux Kernel ideal, but not required.
Strong understanding of standard interface protocols such as UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, AXI, PCI/PCIe

Responsibilities

Develop device drivers and board support packages for custom embedded systems
Diagnosis and debugging of complex hardware-software boundary issues
Develop software to test manufactured circuit boards and diagnose manufacturing or design issues
Participate in peer reviews, identify, track and repair defects
Work closely with cross functional members of the engineering organization to develop and evaluate interfaces between hardware and software, operational performance, and design of the overall system
Support and participate in all phases of the software development life cycle, including requirements analysis, design, implementation, hardware-software integration, and formal test
Investigate root causes of complex issues, and implement solutions, working independently or with a multi-discipline team
Develop software test plans and procedures, and other relevant technical documentation