Senior Software Engineer

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Free food & snacks
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Satwave Arrays, Inc. is an innovative Atlanta-based startup in the Satellite Communications industry. We seek a full-time Senior Software Engineer to lead our software team as we complete our development of leading-edge flat panel array antennas as well as future work on developing advanced antenna systems. The ideal candidate should possess a strong background in software development, experience leading engineers, and the ability to own the software development lifecycle from requirements through release while collaborating effectively within a multidisciplinary engineering team to deliver a system that satisfies software and timing requirements.

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field;
Master’s preferred

• Own the development, implementation, maintenance and upgrading of software in all its aspects to operate Satwave’s phased array antenna
• Lead and manage the software team, including assigning tasks, conducting code reviews, mentoring engineers, and supporting their professional growth
• Own the software development lifecycle, including requirements, design, implementation, testing, release, and maintenance
• Manage software releases, deploy builds, and control the software configuration on in-house antenna systems
• Manage issue tracking, triage defects, prioritize the backlog, and report software status to program management
• Establish and enforce high reliability coding standards such as MISRA C and MISRA C++ compliance across the codebase, and select and configure static analysis tools to verify compliance
• Select, establish, and maintain compliance with applicable software safety standards such as DO-178C, and prepare the documentation and evidence needed for audits and certification
• Use industry standard best practices in software configuration management, including Git, issue tracking, SCM workflows such as Git Lab Flow, semantic versioning, and release processes
• Build and maintain the continuous integration and automated build and test pipelines
• Write tests and test the system on all levels, including unit test, integration test, and system test
• Participate in requirements setting, design, and review of embedded hardware or hardware controlled by embedded software
• Work with a multidisciplinary engineering team to determine software architecture and features that meet customer requirements
• Work with the program manager to estimate the duration of tasks for the creation of a schedule
• Contribute to technical presentations and documentation as required
• Work with the engineering team to validate that the software meets feature and timing requirements

• 7 or more years of experience in software development, with time spent on embedded or safety-critical systems
• Experience leading a software team, including planning, code review, and mentoring
• Experience with C or C++ (required)
• Experience in Python (required)
• Working knowledge of MISRA C and/or MISRA C++ and the tools used to enforce them
• Familiarity with software safety standards and certification processes such as DO-178C, ISO 26262, or IEC 61508
• Experience owning software releases, semantic versioning, and configuration management
• Experience with static analysis, code coverage, and requirements traceability tools
• Experience with Dev Ops tools for containerized and automated build and test
• Familiarity with common communication protocols and hardware interfacing (UART, I2C, SPI, etc.)
• Experience writing software that operates on a Real Time Operating System;
  FreeRTOS or Zephyr preferred
• Familiarity with instrumentation such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers a plus
• Experience with various coordinate systems, coordinate system transforms, rotations matrices, and/or quaternions a plus
• Familiarity with Control Theory a plus
• Ability to work independently and to set technical direction for others