Principal Software Engineer

Description:

We have multiple openings for individuals with experience and a passion for real-time, embedded software development. The Principal Software Engineer plans, leads, and performs a variety of tasks across the areas of software requirements analysis, software architecture and design, implementation (code and unit test), documentation, hardware-software integration, troubleshooting, problem solving, and software verification testing. The Principal Software Engineer:

• Plans, leads, and executes efforts to architect, design, develop, maintain, upgrade, port, and verify/qualify embedded product software and/or product support software to enhance, implement and support project/system functionality.
• Mentors less experienced software engineers to help develop their software development and test capabilities and troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Collaborates across the other engineering disciplines such as Mechanical, Electrical, Controls, and Systems.
• Ensures that technical approach is consistent with established engineering principles and practices.
• Ensures that cost and schedule targets are met, product outcomes meet customer needs, and customer and company technical, system, performance, process, and quality requirements are met.
  
  

Skills Required:

• Object-oriented software architecture, software design, C coding, and unit testing of embedded software with knowledge of requirements-based software verification and traceability
• Use of version control and issue tracking tools
  
  

Skills Pref:

• Developing and troubleshooting communications, device drivers, and IO interfaces
• Integrating or testing software on bare metal and with various real-time operating systems such as vxWorks and Linux/Unix derivatives
  
  

Experience req:

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in real-time embedded software development
• Experience to include requirements analysis, software design, implementation (code and unit test) and authoring of formal deliverable documentation
  
  

Experience pref:

• Experience in architectural level software design using Magic Draw, Enterprise Architect, or similar model-based engineering tool
• Experience either standing up or extending software verification environments in support of automated software verification testing
• Familiarity with weapon systems, munitions, and/or combat vehicle functionality and capability
• Experience using GitLab or other CI / CD tools
  
  

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in STEM field
• Bachelor's degree and/or master's degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science
  
  

We work a 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off, and our hybrid approach provides flexibility for working remotely some days. With at least 50% of engineering work occurring on site, there is also plenty of collaboration and support for new staff onboarding