Job#: 3056224 Job Description: Engineer Embedded Software 3
Location: San Diego, California (On-site)
Role Overview
An experienced Software Engineer is required to join the Software and Digital Technologies department. This position involves designing, developing, integrating, and testing embedded and real-time systems, with a primary focus on cryptographic software code bases. The successful candidate will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, including Systems Engineering, Digital Engineering, Hardware, and Integration & Test, within an Agile development environment. Key responsibilities include analyzing system capabilities to resolve challenges related to software functionality, data acquisition, and programming techniques.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, integrate, and test real-time embedded software for complex applications.
- Architect and administer embedded software code bases with a focus on cryptographic mechanisms.
- Collaborate with multi-disciplinary engineering teams in an Agile software development environment.
- Analyze system capabilities to resolve software and design problems, ensuring correct program intent and output requirements.
- Implement cryptographic mechanisms using dedicated software libraries.
- Integrate low-level firmware and software in complex, multi-threaded real-time systems.
- Utilize modern software development tools for debugging, version control, and task management.
Required Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or another STEM discipline.
Experience: Minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree, or 3 years with a Master's degree, or 1 year with a PhD.
Technical Skills: Proficient in C/C++; hands-on experience with Yocto/Petalinux or WindRiver Linux; experience with Xilinx platforms (Zynq, Ultrascale+, and VERSAL); familiarity with network protocols (TCP/IP) and common network configurations; experience using Jira, Bitbucket, and Git; proficiency in the formal software lifecycle process from requirements to testing; ability to work full-time on-site at the designated facility.
Preferred Qualifications
- Foundational knowledge of Rust.
- Experience with low-level driver development and bare-metal embedded device drivers.
- Familiarity with Linux kernel driver development or modifications.
- Proficiency working with Linux containers such as Docker, Kubernetes, or similar container orchestration platforms.
- Experience with Software Defined Radios and avionics operating systems.
- Experience with communication protocols including I2C, SPI, UART, PCIe, and Ethernet.
- Familiarity with Xilinx tools including Vitis and Vivado.
- Familiarity with modern security standards and PowerPC architectures.
- Familiarity with engineering tools such as Rhapsody, DOORS, Clearcase, and Green Hills AdaMulti.
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