Embedded Software Computer Engineer

Job in Ridgecrest, Kern County, California, 93555, USA

Listing for: DCS Corp

Full Time position
Listed on 2026-06-04

Job specializations:

Software Development
Software Engineer, Embedded Software Engineer, C++ Developer, DevOps

Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 82004 - 107593 USD Yearly USD 82004.00 107593.00 YEAR

Salary Range: $82,004 - $107,593 Seeking an Embedded Software Engineer to join our team supporting ongoing F/A-18 aircraft software projects. These are multi-year initiatives for the U.S. Marine Corps and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Essential Job Functions Software Engineering support for new and evolving projects as well as sustainment of existing programs for F/A-18 Hornet. Execute software engineering life-cycle activities in a managed, controlled, and efficient manner consistent with the established organizational processes.

Perform software engineering duties over the product life cycle environment, encompassing requirements development, requirements analysis, design, coding, unit testing, system integration, and problem investigation. Participate in the technical peer review process to uphold best practices in code, architecture and requirement functionality. Communication skills required, both verbally and in writing, to interface with an Integrated Product team that includes Systems and Software Engineers as well as technical leadership in both government and contractor roles.

Integrate Software with external Software Components from external entities. Develop Software code in Assembly Language within an embedded environment.

Required Skills:

Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required. Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Engineering, or Computer Science, with 2 plus years of related experience. Other engineering disciplines with strong software experience will be considered. Excellent communication skills, both orally and in writing. Self-guided, inquisitive, and able to research, learn and work in very large code base to go from problem description to effective solution.

Ability to troubleshoot and debug issues. Desired Skills Bonus skills/interests:
Experience relating to C#, embedded systems and low-level languages.

Experience with Bitbucket (git), Jira, Confluence, and Assembly.