Embedded Software Engineer

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support embedded software/firmware activities for product development
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to a highly technical project independently along with mentoring and coaching other engineers.
• Review customer specifications and requirements and develop designs to best support them, including cost as a key design factor.
• Conduct peer reviews of software designs and code, unit tests and bug fixes.
• Document component and subsystem specifications and material requirements.
• Communicate Clearly (written and oral) with program management and the customer as required
• May participate in preparation of complex and significant proposals.
• Provides technical expertise and assistance to other engineers and support personnel.
• Interact with technical management, other professionals, technicians and support personnel to coordinate, recommend and confer regarding technical activities and progress.
• May mentor and coach the work of others as assigned.

• BS or MS in Computer Science / Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of embedded software development at a BSP, processor, and microcontroller level with experience in C and C++.
• Expert knowledge of VxWorks 7.0 BSP and Device Drivers is required.
• Knowledge of optimal designs using VxWorks, VxWorks Workbench, Real-Time OS is desired.
• Boot loader "Root of Trust" experience, Intel Arria 10 and NXP LS1046A BSPs / Drivers.
• In-depth understanding of embedded software development and debugging.
• Experience with Shell, Bash and scripting languages such as Python welcomed.
• Familiar with many of the following area
  • Experience working with embedded development kits and board bringup, evaluation boards, Signal Generators, Logic Analyzers and other tools
  • Device Driver Development
  • Experience with Lab integration of sensor systems
  • Software Security Hardening, Trusted Computing / TPM, Secure Boot. STIG analysis
  • Familiarity with GIT, JIRA, Subversion (or other CM tools)
  • Ethernet Networking, routing, iptables / netfiiter, routers.
• Good verbal and written communication skills and experience with the Microsoft Office tools.
• Must be a motivated, self-starter with the ability to work in a team environment and solve complex problems.
• SECRET security clearance is an advantage but not required.