What Your Job Will Be LikeAre you passionate about your work and dream of utilizing state-of-the-art facilities to explore solutions? Would you like to join a dynamic team that solves significant issues for our nation's security? If so, we encourage you to explore this exciting opportunity within Sandia National Laboratories.
The Resilient Embedded Systems department (5327) is seeking a motivated embedded software engineer to support large multi-disciplinary programs critical to national security. The successful candidate will support the design, development, test, and deployment of novel embedded software solutions. The successful candidate will have a background and understanding of embedded software and systems, FPGAs, and a readiness to apply this understanding to a variety of hardware systems.
You will work alongside world-class authorities and emerging leaders and use your skills in the following areas:
- Embedded software
- Debugging alongside electrical engineers
- Verification & validation techniques
- Real-time data processing
- Object-oriented software frameworks and architecture development
- Networked and distributed architectures
Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant will be required to work onsite.
Salary Range$102,400 - $199,700
*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.
Qualifications We Require- A Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development
- Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q security clearance
Qualifications We DesireThe ideal R&D S&E Computer Science candidate will in addition possess the following:
- Graduate degree in Computer Science or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).
- Demonstrated software development skills and familiarity with modern software development practices and tools (e.g., Agile).
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams, and a passion to improve and expand technical skills.
Also for this posting we are seeking individuals with the following experience:
- An advanced degree (Masters or Ph.D.) in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or relevant field; or a Bachelor's degree in field above with at least 4 years of relevant experience
- Experience developing and deploying embedded software
- Experience targeting embedded processors in SOCs (system on chip)
- Experience with embedded OS (Ubuntu, GreenHills, etc)
- Demonstrated ability using revisions control and bug tracking tools (Jira, Gitlab, Git)
- Demonstrated experience with C, C++ and Python
- Familiarity with guidance, navigation, and control algorithms
- Testing and debugging software systems
- Experience with large distributed command, control, and data processing systems
- Experience developing test plans to verify and validate high-rigor designs
- Interest in leading multidisciplinary technical teams
About Our TeamOrganization 5327, the Resilient Embedded Systems department focuses on the development of secure and resilient computing solutions critical for national security.
Posting DurationThis posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of three (3) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.
