OverviewWe are looking for a professional Embedded Software Engineer, a team player with solid technical skills to add to our core engineering team. Candidates must have a strong technical background and be capable of coming up to speed on new technologies quickly. Good communication skills, great problem-solving skills, and the ability to work both individually and collaboratively in a team environment are required. If you enjoy working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with the smartest team and the very latest technologies, then this is the job for you!
This is a cross-functional engineering position, developing embedded software for our satellite products on a Linux platform.
This position is based in Herndon, VA.
Responsibilities- Develop the C++ applications that control our next generation of satellite terminals
- Design, code, test, and integrate software from requirements to production and commercial deployment
- Assist with the estimation of time and effort required to implement new features
- Participate in design reviews, peer code reviews, and improve product quality
- Interface and work with cross-functional teams to successfully implement feature dependencies
- Integrate and validate new product designs
- Act as a member of an Agile scrum team
Qualifications- 4+ years of experience in software development
- Understanding of hardware design and architecture
- Solid programming experience in C/C++ object-oriented design and development
- Linux or a POSIX O/S environment
- Familiarity with software configuration management, defect tracking tools, and peer review
- Strong documentation and writing skills
Additional experience in the following areas is a plus:- Embedded development including hardware debug, device drivers, and real-time constraints in a complex multi-processor system
- Cross-functional (hardware/firmware/software) development and verification
- Satellite communications protocols such as DVB-S2 and TDMA
- Networking protocols such as TCP/IP, UDP and IPv6
- 509 Certificate and Crypto key management
- Shell scripting, Perl, Lua, or Python
- Docker, Conan, cmake, C++11
- Knowledge of Jira, Confluence, BitBucket, Git, SharePoint, Jenkins and Artifactory is a plus
- Working knowledge of GCC, grep/awk/sed command line tools, bash scripting, GDB debugger, systemd suite
Education- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software, Systems, Mathematics, or related technical field/experience
Clearance- Active DoD clearance or ability to obtain a DoD clearance
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