Embedded Software Development Engineer

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Full Time
100% Travel

Skills

"Embedded Software Engineer" AND ("C" OR "C++") AND ("RTOS" OR "VxWorks" OR "Linux") AND ("TS/SCI" OR "Secret Clear

Job Details

Role: Embedded Software Development Engineer
Location: Grand Rapids, MI- ONSITE 
 
 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.
·       Create detailed design and technical documentation, optimize existing applications, and implement new features.
·       Participate in task prioritization, execution, requirements, specifications, code and design reviews, and mentorship across the software development life cycle.
·       Apply best practices for software engineering and understand the key business drivers and product roadmap.
·       Deliver your work to support project scope, cost, and schedule targets, and interface effectively with all levels of the organization and customers.
·       Propose novel solutions to technical challenges, generate cost and time estimates for future bids and programs, and utilize hardware/software to demonstrate capability against customer expectations.
 
Required Qualifications:
·       BS + 5 years of related software engineering experience or MS + 2 years of experience in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related fields
·       Proficiency in C, C++, or equivalent languages.
·       Grand Rapids, MI opportunity - Corporate relocation assistance provided.
Desired Qualifications:
·       Master's degree in engineering or computer science with extensive experience in Ada, C/C++ for embedded software design, development, and testing.
·       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.
·       Experience with model based engineering on Cameo.
·       Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
·       Knowledgeable of system interfaces (e.g. Ethernet, Mil-Std-1553, Serial).
·       Knowledgeable of component interfaces (e.g. I2C, SPI, PCIe).
 
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