The United States Government needs innovative, cutting-edge, security solutions, and the company is looking for an Embedded Software Engineer to develop embedded software code for spacecraft bus avionics, spacecraft payloads, and ground support equipment.
Requirements
- High proficiency in C programming language (and/or C++) is required.
- Extensive experience with software development in the Linux environment (command line, GCC, Makefiles, shell scripting, etc.)
- Embedded development experience including cross-compiling to separate targets, and testing/development on highly-embedded systems.
- Expertise in all aspects of the satellite system design life cycle, including spacecraft level environmental testing, launch, and operations is desired.
- c/c++, linux, Embedded software, Embedded c, Rtos, Embedded linux, Embedded system, r&d, spacecraft, space flight hardware, ground support equipment
Responsibilities
- Significant focus on developing embedded software code for spacecraft bus avionics, spacecraft payloads, and ground support equipment. Includes development of special utilities for support development on deeply embedded systems.
- Evaluates the integration of the engineering solution within the overall engineering environment; and ensures that appropriate documentation, testing, maintenance, and engineering updates completed.
- Determines technical objectives for solution(s) to advanced technical engineering problems.
- May function in an advisory or leadership role for a project/program and provide direction and guidance to less experienced professional staff or team of professional staff.
- Plans and coordinates the maintenance of engineering solutions including documentation, reporting, publishing, and making technical and other presentations to ensure viability of the solution(s) in an evolving environment.
- Communicates with engineering professionals, solution users, and management throughout the solution development cycle, represents the company as a prime technical contact on contracts and/or projects, interacts with external personnel on technical matters requiring coordination between the organizations, and participates in the development of new or expansion of existing business.
Other
- Bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or PhD in a related technical discipline from an accredited institution and progressive engineering experience as follows: twelve or more years of experience with a bachelor’s degree, ten or more years of experience with a master’s degree, or seven or more years with a PhD.
- Must possess the ability to understand new concepts quickly and apply them accurately throughout an evolving environment; strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills to effectively interface with other departments, customers, government representatives, and/or professionals;
- The capability of representing the organization as a prime technical contact; and the ability to provide leadership and guidance to less experienced professionals.
- Demonstrates a detailed and extensive technical expertise and application of engineering principles, concepts, theory, and practice with the ability to organize, plan, schedule, conduct, and coordinate workloads to meet established deadlines or milestones with some experience in project leadership.
