Job: Software Engineer (C / C++)
Location: Camden Waterfront Campus, New Jersey.
Industry: Aerospace / Aviation / Defense
Security Clearance: Required and active (U.S. citizenship required).
Salary Range: $100,000 – $175,000
Relocation Assistance is available along with a sign on bonus for the right people.
Based onsite.
We are looking for a talented and experienced embedded C++ Software Engineer job based in New Jersey to guide the next generation of mission-critical national security systems. You will have a strong background in modern computer architecture, hardware bring-up and debugging, development of low-level embedded system-software including custom drivers, board support packages, and bootloader.
What you will do and be responsible for:
- Develop device drivers and board support packages for custom embedded systems
- Diagnosis and debugging of complex hardware-software boundary issues
- Develop software to test manufactured circuit boards and diagnose manufacturing or design issues
- Participate in peer reviews, identify, track and repair defects
- Work closely with cross functional members of the engineering organization to develop and evaluate interfaces between hardware and software, operational performance, and design of the overall system
- Support and participate in all phases of the software development life cycle, including requirements analysis, design, implementation, hardware-software integration, and formal test
- Investigate root causes of complex issues, and implement solutions, working independently or with a multi-discipline team
- Develop software test plans and procedures, and other relevant technical documentation
We are looking for people with the below experience:
- U.S. citizenship with an Active Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance
- Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science etc
- Ideally over 8 years experience in software development
- Ideally over 5+ years of experience developing and debugging drivers, BSPs, bootloaders, bare-metal applications, or other low-level development in embedded systems
- Experience with development of embedded systems in C\C++, assembly, and\or Rust
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Experience developing embedded Linux systems
- Proven experience developing device drivers and board support packages for modern RTOSs (Integrity, VxWorks, Zepher, seL4, Yocto)
- Proven experience with hardware bring-up on prototype or first-run hardware
- Experience building and customizing Yocto/OE or buildroot based Linux distributions, deep knowledge of BitBake, device trees, and the Linux Kernel ideal, but not required.
- Strong understanding of standard interface protocols such as UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, AXI, PCI/PCIe
This is a great opportunity to work closely with a leading defence business and work along side a talented team developing tomorrows defence systems, there are excellent career opportunities and a great place to progress your career and experience. The culture in the business is great, team is supportive, ambitious and smart. Apply now for immediate consideration and seize the opportunity now!