Radar Software Engineer​/C++ Security Clearance

Position: Radar Software Engineer/C++ with Security Clearance
Job Details Job Type
Full-time
Huntsville, AL
• SA-Tech Description
The Eikon Research team is expanding and we are seeking a Radar Software Engineer/Developer to join our team in Huntsville, Alabama. This is a long-term opportunity to work with radar designs and build something new. The ideal candidate will offer design, development, and improvement of software for our family of ground-based radar systems. The successful candidate will take software designs/requirements and translate them into clear, well-documented, code.

A strong understanding of development language fundamentals, computer networking, and parallel processing paradigms is required. This is an onsite position in Huntsville, AL. The radar software engineer duties will include, but not limited to:

• Develop software implementations of radar algorithms, from low-level radar signal processing to high-level tracking algorithms. Implementation targets may include virtual machines, embedded systems, etc.

• Develop software to interface with embedded systems, microcontrollers, and FPGAs. Software may include command-line test tools, benchmarks, or other utilities to assist in testing firmware

• Develop unit and integration tests for new and existing codebases

• Develop new functionalities using distributed message frameworks and message passing architectures; add functionalities to interact with the radar user interface

• Develop documentation in-code and in PowerPoint / Word for use in product documentation

• Develop performance improvements to existing code

• Participate in Agile development practices including daily standups and sprint planning / reviews

• Utilize tools such as Git, Git Lab, Jira, and Doxygen for code management, issue tracking, Agile planning, and documentation

• Flexibility to assist on other projects at Eikon as needed. This may include development in other languages (C++/C, Java, MATLAB, JavaScript), participation in software architecture design discussions, documentation, code testing, code reviews, etc. Minimum Candidate Requirements
Candidate must have Bachelor's Degree in computer science or engineering-related field or 5+ years additional experience in lieu of a degree.
Candidate must be US Citizen
Candidate must have active DoD Secret Clearance, or ability to obtain DoD Secret Clearance
Candidate must have 5+ years experience with the following:

• C++11 or later, CMake, and GCC for ARM and x86-64 targets

• Practical Linux usage

• Version Control Experience (Git, Git Lab)

• Ability to work in-office when performing hardware integration and testing

• Ability to work in both a group and individual capacity Desired Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Background in radar, signal processing, or electrical engineering

• Background in embedded systems and real-time software development

• Background experience with Xilinx field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs)