Staff Software Engineer (CUDA/GPU)

Description

The company's Space Sector is hiring a Staff Software Engineer (Level 5) for its Western Region Software Engineering Directorate. The role is onsite in Redondo Beach, CA.

The position depends on the company winning program awards, securing and keeping customer or business funding, and holding final clearances before the start date.

The company describes itself as having a long record of technical firsts, from early aviation to stealth aircraft and lunar landings, and works on systems that affect people worldwide.

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

Responsibilities

• Design, build, document, integrate, test and debug software for end-user customers.
• Help with the architecture, development and lifecycle management of embedded and real-time systems.
• Work within an Agile process alongside Systems Engineering, Digital Engineering, Hardware, and Integration & Test teams.
• Examine system behavior to find and fix problems involving program intent, output requirements, data acquisition, programming methods and control strategies.
• Work in a lab with rapid development cycles that move quickly.

Requirements

• Hold a STEM bachelor's degree with 12+ years of software development experience, a STEM master's degree with 10+ years, or a STEM Ph.D. with 8+ years.
• Hold an active U.S. Government Secret security clearance at the time you apply.
• Have strong skills in C and C++ development.
• Have extensive experience with the VxWorks real-time operating system.
• Have hands-on experience with GPUs or CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture), including building, tuning or debugging GPU-accelerated applications.
• Preferred: prior experience supporting Directed Energy programs.
• Preferred: image processing experience.
• Preferred: Linux or Red Hawk Linux experience.
• Preferred: experience with low-level development.
• Preferred: experience with Curtis-Wright VPX processors.
• Preferred: experience with Acromag AcroPack interface VPX cards.
• Preferred: prior experience with MATLAB.
• Preferred: experience with adaptive optics processing.

Conditions

Onsite in Redondo Beach, CA.

Travel of about 10% of the time.

Secret clearance required to start.

Relocation assistance may be available.

Pay range: $177,000.00 to $265,600.00 base salary, set as a general guideline based on scope, responsibilities, experience, education, skills and market conditions.

The company is an equal opportunity employer.

Benefits

• May be eligible for overtime, shift differential and a discretionary annual bonus tied to individual contributions and company results.
• Vice President and Director roles may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• Health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, paid company holidays, and paid time off for vacation and personal business.
• Total Rewards package details are available on the company's Total Rewards site.