Embedded Software/Firmware Engineer, ELSYS

Key Responsibilities

• Design, test, and develop software applications to meet requirements
• Supervise lower-level researchers and students
• Follow embedded software development processes and verify managed developers are following embedded development processes
• Contribute to research reports, white papers, and competitive proposals
• Provide level of effort estimates for tasks
• Develop and maintain software and scripts to support embedded software development and processes

Additional Responsibilities

• Lead the development and composition of new/updated open architectures and standards
• Lead technical meetings with GTRI and sponsor personnel, and support issue tracking and hardware development planning
• Lead proposal efforts or new research areas suitable for internal research and development (IR&D) funding
• Lead teams of software/firmware, electrical, and mechanical researchers in support of sponsored research efforts

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Xilinx and Altera (Intel) development environments
• Embedded firmware systems including FPGA, DSPs, microcontrollers/computers, ASICs, and/or GPUs
• Software development and configuration skills
• Computer operating systems
• Real-time signal processing
• Communication and data transfer between system-level hardware and embedded hardware
• Embedded software development processes
• Documentation development to support design reviews and enhancements
• Engineering principles to firmware software creation and implementation
• Real-time hardware interface firmware
• Analysis, debugging, and testing of systems

Qualifications

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Experience with the definition and utilization of open architectures and standards such as OpenVPX, SOSA, HOST, OMS/UCI, Big Iron, AMS GRA, UC2, NIEM, OCI
• Experience developing software/firmware/hardware for embedded environments, including but not limited to FPGA designs, embedded microcontroller designs, embedded Linux, RTOS implementations
• Knowledge of computer architectures as it relates to embedded hardware and communications standards (e.g., Ethernet, PCI Express)
• Familiarity with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and the utilization of SysML to execute the Systems Engineering ‘V’

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Secret Clearance
• Experience architecting/developing mission systems and/or safety-critical systems
• Experience with full system lifecycle development from requirements definition to verification and validation within an MBSE environment
• Experience architecting/developing reference architectures with an MBSE environment
• Experience architecting/developing containerized software systems
• Experience architecting/developing RF and EO/IR sensor systems
• Knowledge of avionics protocols and interfaces, including but not limited to ARINC- and VITA-standard protocols, high-speed serial, discrete signal, MIL-STD-1553 and analog interfaces

Education and Length of Experience Levels

• 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field of study
• 3 years of related experience with a Masters’ degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field of study
• 0 years of related experience with a Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field of study

U.S. Citizenship Requirements

• Candidates must be U.S. Citizens.

Clearance Type Required

• Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain an active security clearance.