Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Location: Camden, NJ – Relocation Assistance Available

Seniority Level: Mid-Senior

Experience: 7+ to 10 years

Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree

Willingness to Travel: Never

Management Experience Required: No

Position Overview

• We are seeking an experienced embedded Software Engineer to guide the next generation of mission-critical national security systems.
• The candidate should 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.

Essential Functions:

• 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

Qualifications:

• U.S. citizenship with an Active Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance
• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• At least 8+ years experience in software development
• At least 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

Preferred Additional Skills:

• 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
• Deep understanding of modern SoC architectures, their boot processes, and security/safety capabilities
• Proven experience interfacing with hardware peripherals including custom logic in FPGA fabric
• Experience building and customizing Yocto/OE or buildroot based Linux distributions, in particular a deep knowledge of BitBake, device trees, and the Linux Kernel
• Experience with bare-metal and kernel-space software development
• Strong understanding of standard interface protocols such as UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, AXI, PCI/PCIe
• Experience developing safety or security critical systems, including DO-178 and ASIL-D
• Experience with Xilinx, Microchip, and other SoC’s with programmable fabric
• Experience with bare-metal Rust development

Skills and Certifications

• embedded software background
• Security Clearance Required: No
• Visa Candidate Considered: No
• Relocation Assistance Available - Yes

Screening Questions

• Do you have an active secret clearance or higher?
• Willingness to be onsite 100% of time with an every other Friday off schedule (9/80)