GE Aerospace Defense and Systems is looking for an Embedded Software Engineer to join their Emerging Technologies team to develop innovative solutions for custom hardware related to stores management, cyber security, networking, sensing and signal processing, and AI/ML.
Requirements
- Proficiency in C, C++, or equivalent languages.
- Knowledge of scripting languages (Python, Perl, Tcl, etc.) and code management tools (Git, CVS, SVN, Perforce, etc.).
- Experience with RTOS (Linux, FreeRTOS, QNX, VxWorks, etc.) and device drivers for complex systems using parallel processing, multi-threading, distributed processing, multi-core, SoM, and/or secure processing.
- Experience with embedded software testing, debugging, and integration on hardware using debuggers (gdb, lldb, etc.), test equipment (scopes, analyzers, multi-meters, etc.), and UARTs, JTAGs and oscilloscopes.
- Experience working in mission-critical industries (aerospace, automotive, defense, first responder, medical devices, etc.) and turning CONOPS, Specifications or Requirements into software design, code, test plans and execution.
- Innovative, critical thinking and troubleshooting skills and proficiency with IDEs, version control tools, defect tracking tools and scripting tools.
- Experience with bare metal software design and optimization for cycles and memory and fundamental facility with compilers, build and source code control tools.
Responsibilities
- Designs and/or programs/develops a small module or a large component, feature, set of features, whole feature area or entire embedded software product.
- Define and formalize system, hardware, software, and human integration requirements.
- Define and execute engineering test, validation, and verification activities.
- Follow established software development methodologies and principles and document your tasks and designs.
- Validate and verify software designs in a diversity of system integration environments – from local desktop computer simulations to fully representative flight tests.
- Implement protocols and algorithms for resource-constrained environments and collaborate with the hardware team to enable communication between modules and applications.
- Ensure software robustness, resilience, and fail-safe operation for critical devices, and mitigate potential safety and security vulnerabilities.
Other
- U.S. citizen and hold a U.S. Security Clearance.
- Move to Grand Rapids, MI.
- BS + 5 years of related software engineering experience or MS + 2 years of experience in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related fields
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
- This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information.
