Sr Principal Embedded Software Engineer (level 4)

Description

The team is based onsite in Cincinnati, Ohio, and builds sensing, communication and cyber systems for military and intelligence customers and allies around the world.

Engineers work in multi-disciplinary program teams on specialized communication and sensing systems, taking part in every phase from requirements and hardware selection through software development and system integration and test.

The work is engineering-heavy and runs on tight schedules, covering SIGINT, EW and cyber applications such as advanced waveforms, low SWaP processing systems, space communication payloads and persistent signal surveillance.

Responsibilities

• Lead embedded software development for sensor, communication and cyber systems.
• Take part in all program phases, including requirements, hardware selection, software development, integration and test.
• Research and solve problems in advanced waveform development, low SWaP processing, space communication payloads and persistent signal surveillance.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in science, engineering or a related field plus 8 years of experience, or 6 years with a master's degree, or 4 years with a PhD.
• Technical leadership of small teams of 3+ engineers.
• Hands-on work in C, C++ and embedded assembly for ARM, PIC and AVR.
• Experience with embedded development environments such as Xilinx SDK, TI Code Composer Studio, IAR Embedded Workbench, and GCC with its associated tools.
• Experience debugging and analyzing embedded systems with tools such as JTAG emulators, remote GDB servers, and USB or benchtop logic analyzers.
• Scripting experience in Python, Bash, Batch or similar languages.
• Experience across the full development lifecycle, from requirements through design, implementation, integration, test and product release.
• Familiarity with version control systems such as Git, GitLab, GitHub or Bitbucket, and Agile planning tools such as Jira or Rally.
• US citizenship is required.
• Ability to obtain a DoD Top Secret clearance before starting; the company will sponsor the clearance.
• Preferred: an active Top Secret clearance.
• Preferred: experience with embedded communications protocols such as SPI, I2C, RS-232, CAN, SpaceWire and MIL-STD-1553B.
• Preferred: interest in digital signal processing (DSP).
• Preferred: experience with GNU Radio or other software-defined radio (SDR) platforms.
• Preferred: proficiency in MATLAB or Octave.
• Preferred: experience with embedded real-time operating systems such as FreeRTOS, Zephyr, VxWorks, or Linux with PREEMPTRT.

Conditions

Top Secret clearance is required to start.

Relocation assistance may be available.

Travel is about 10% of the time.

Flexible schedules include 9/80 and 4/10 options.

Base salary range is $142,200.00 to $213,200.00, a general guideline set by scope, responsibilities, experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

The application window is estimated at 20 days from the posting date, and may be shortened or extended based on business needs and candidate availability.

Benefits

• Health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan with 401k matching, paid company holidays, and paid time off for vacation or personal business.
• Depending on the position, overtime, shift differential and a discretionary annual bonus that rewards individual contributions and shares company results.
• Long Term Incentives may be available for vice president and director positions.
• Training and learning opportunities that support technical and personal growth.