Embedded Systems Software Engineer

About Galois

Galois tackles the hardest problems in computer science. Our mission is to assure trust in critical systems that protect the privacy and integrity of information in the real world. Core to this is the application of formal analysis techniques that allow systems to be modeled, analyzed, and mathematically proven correct to ensure that a system behaves exactly as we intend under all circumstances.

We are a community of researchers, engineers, and operations people dedicated to creating trustworthiness in critical systems in every functional area of the organization. Our organization is highly collaborative, and we pursue working from first principles, transparency, building deep trust, learning and innovating, and creating space for you to be authentically you. Our unique organizational structure enables us to adapt to the needs of the innovative projects we deliver.

We are employee-owned and aspire to provide employees with a sense of freedom to pursue passions in and out of work — whether it be opportunities to learn, career growth, a sense of community, or whatever else brings you value as a person.

Research Engineers at Galois design and develop advanced technologies for safety- and security-critical systems, networks, and applications. Engineers work in small team settings and must successfully interact with clients, partners, and other employees in a highly cooperative, collaborative, and intellectually challenging environment.

Our research engineers work in small teams and successfully interact with clients, partners, and other employees in a highly collaborative environment. We're looking for people who can invent, learn, think, and inspire.

For more on our organizational structure, visit Life at Galois.

About This Role

We are currently seeking researchers/engineers with embedded systems and software assurance expertise to perform research on embedded systems. Software assurance is pivotal in fulfilling our mission to make critical systems trustworthy.

Responsibilities

As a Research Engineer, you will have the following responsibilities:

• Requirements gathering:
  Engaging the client in a series of discussions, where each iteration refines the needs of the client and leads to suggestions for means to meet those needs
• Architecture and design: constructing high-level architectural descriptions of systems, and constructing deeper designs by fleshing out architecture prototypes. Architectures must be designed with assurance in mind, determining where and how formal methods are to be applied
• Implementation: extending design prototypes through to a finished product, with care taken to ensure robustness and ease of use.
• Software Assurance: use mechanical reasoning tools and techniques such as static analysis, property-based testing, bounded model-checking, or symbolic execution to demonstrate or analyze desired security and correctness properties of software systems
• Testing and validation: constructing and regularly conducting system, unit, and regression tests, as well as conducting semi-formal validation and verification
• Technology research and development: conducting speculative research and development of cutting-edge technology, and incorporating that technology in product prototypes.
• Technical infrastructure development: developing (designing, implementing, and maintaining) tools to be used within Galois, and developing library code to be shared among projects

Key Qualifications

• Education - Minimum of a BS in computer science, electrical engineering, or mathematics
• Required Technical Expertise
• Experience building highly performant and trustworthy cyber-physical software for mission-critical applications
• Experience with C, C++, and Rust programming languages
• Experience with advanced software analysis tools based on symbolic execution (e.g., Kani, Frama-C, Verus, or Astree)
• Experience developing, testing, and operationalizing capabilities in integrated (SWIL/HWIL) lab environments
• Ability to work in a small team to rapidly prototype and operationalize new features and capabilities
• Eagerness to learn new tools and techniques emerging from the R&D community
• Desired Technical Expertise
• Experience…