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GE Aerospace · 3 months ago

Embedded Software Development Engineer - DoD Secret Clearance

Grand Rapids

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$91K/yr - $121K/yr

5+ years exp

GE Aerospace is a leader in inventing the future of flight, and they are seeking an Embedded Software Development Engineer to join their Emerging Technologies team. This role involves designing, developing, and testing embedded software for mission-critical technologies and products while collaborating with a cross-functional team.

AerospaceCommercialManufacturing

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Designs and/or programs/develops a small module or a large component, feature, set of features, whole feature area or entire embedded software product

Define and formalize system, hardware, software, and human integration requirements

Define and execute engineering test, validation, and verification activities

Follow established software development methodologies and principles and document your tasks and designs

Validate and verify software designs in a diversity of system integration environments – from local desktop computer simulations to fully representative flight tests

Implement protocols and algorithms for resource-constrained environments and collaborate with the hardware team to enable communication between modules and applications

Ensure software robustness, resilience, and fail-safe operation for critical devices, and mitigate potential safety and security vulnerabilities

Create detailed design and technical documentation, optimize existing applications, and implement new features

Participate in task prioritization, execution, requirements, specifications, code and design reviews, and mentorship across the software development life cycle

Apply best practices for software engineering and understand the key business drivers and product roadmap

Deliver your work to support project scope, cost, and schedule targets, and interface effectively with all levels of the organization and customers

Propose novel solutions to technical challenges, generate cost and time estimates for future bids and programs, and utilize hardware/software to demonstrate capability against customer expectations

Qualification

Embedded systemsC/C++ programmingReal-time systemsRTOS experienceEmbedded software testingScripting languagesTroubleshooting skillsCommunication skillsCritical thinking

Required

U.S. citizen and hold a U.S. Security Clearance

BS + 5 years of related software engineering experience or MS + 2 years of experience in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related fields

Proficiency in C, C++, or equivalent languages

This role requires the successful candidate to obtain and maintain US Government Security Clearance; prerequisite for a security clearance is U.S. citizenship

Preferred

Master's degree in engineering or computer science with extensive experience in Ada, C/C++ for embedded software design, development, and testing

Knowledge of scripting languages (Python, Perl, Tcl, etc.) and code management tools (Git, CVS, SVN, Perforce, etc.)

Experience with RTOS (Linux, FreeRTOS, QNX, VxWorks, etc.) and device drivers for complex systems using parallel processing, multi-threading, distributed processing, multi-core, SoM, and/or secure processing

Experience with embedded software testing, debugging, and integration on hardware using debuggers (gdb, lldb, etc.), test equipment (scopes, analyzers, multi-meters, etc.), and UARTs, JTAGs and oscilloscopes

Experience working in mission-critical industries (aerospace, automotive, defense, first responder, medical devices, etc.) and turning CONOPS, Specifications or Requirements into software design, code, test plans and execution

Innovative, critical thinking and troubleshooting skills and proficiency with IDEs, version control tools, defect tracking tools and scripting tools

Experience with bare metal software design and optimization for cycles and memory and fundamental facility with compilers, build and source code control tools

Experience with model based engineering on Cameo

Outstanding written and verbal communication skills

Knowledgeable of system interfaces (e.g. Ethernet, Mil-Std-1553, Serial)

Knowledgeable of component interfaces (e.g. I2C, SPI, PCIe)