Principal/Sr. Principal Embedded Software Engineer (Active Secret)

About the role

The Western Region Software Engineering organization comprises over 800 highly skilled professionals, including Software Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Database Administrators, and Network Engineers, at all levels—ranging from early-career engineers to senior chief engineers and architects.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, and verify/test flight software solutions for embedded and real-time systems.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams—including Systems Engineering, Digital Engineering, Hardware, and Integration & Test—within an Agile development environment.
• Understand system requirements, how they apply to system design, and implement and debug software to meet defined completion criteria.
• Work in a rapid, fast-paced program environment and operate efficiently in a team setting.
• Prioritize and make recommendations to Technical Leads, as required, to implement assigned tasking.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 5+ years of software or relevant engineering experience; Master's degree in a STEM discipline with 3+ years of stated experience; Ph.D. in a STEM discipline with 1+ years of stated experience.
• Active U.S. Government Secret security clearance required at the time of application.
• Strong background in embedded C/C++ development with emphasis in object-oriented and thread-safe programming.
• Strong background in integrating and troubleshooting embedded software in a lab environment.
• Proficiency with Python.
• Experience writing driver-level software for serial or networking applications (UART, TCP, UDP).
• Experience developing in a Linux environment.
• Experience working in Agile software development using the Atlassian Tool Suite (Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence) and Git version control.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 8+ years of software or relevant engineering experience; Master's degree in a STEM discipline with 6+ years of stated experience; Ph.D. in a STEM discipline with 4+ years of stated experience.
• Strong background in embedded C/C++ development with emphasis in object-oriented and thread-safe programming.
• Strong background in integrating and troubleshooting embedded software in a lab environment.
• Proficiency with Python.
• Experience writing driver-level software for serial or networking applications (UART, TCP, UDP).
• Experience developing in a Linux environment.
• Experience working in Agile software development using the Atlassian Tool Suite (Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence) and Git version control.

Skills

• Experience with software development in Docker containerized environment.
• Experience with Shell scripting.
• Experience with CCSDS Space Packet Protocol.
• Experience with software development leveraging CI/CD pipeline tools such as Jenkins.
• Experience developing or interfacing with Optical, RF, or IR payloads.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage.
• 401k.
• Educational Assistance.
• Life Insurance.
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions.
• Paid Time Off.
• Health & Wellness Resources.
• Employee Discounts.
• Flexible Schedules.

Pay

• Primary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00
• Secondary Level Salary Range: $142,200.00 - $213,400.00

Schedule

• Full-time.