Software Engineer

Pay rate: up to $72.99/hr. Location: Salt Lake City, UT 84116. Start date: immediate. Contract: 12 months with potential for contract-to-hire.

About the role

Our customer is seeking a Board Support Package (BSP) software engineer with experience in embedded real-time software development. This position supports existing and next-generation military communications software while working close to hardware, drivers, boot code, RTOS, interfaces, and platform integration.

Responsibilities

• Configuring and patching U-boot and Linux for an embedded system.
• Configuring the root file system for an embedded system.
• Configuring Linux device trees.
• Linux boot process on an embedded system.
• BASH scripting.
• Creating designs, adding features to current designs, and developing operating system configurations.

Requirements

• Active DoD Secret Clearance (required).
• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience, or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience, or in lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.

Skills

• Minimum of 4 years embedded software engineering experience.
• C++ experience.
• Experience or familiarity with:
  • PetaLinux
  • Yocto
  • VxWorks
  • Linux driver development
  • Buildroot
  • jffs2, UBI, and ubifs
  • Busybox
  • Board bring-up / JTAG
• Experience debugging hardware.
• Experience with Linux kernel/device drivers.
• Design and implement software for embedded devices from requirements to production using C and C++ in a cross-compiled environment.
• Third-party and open-source software license documentation.
• Familiarity with code revision management tools such as BitBucket.