Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

DPP is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer for an opportunity with our client in the Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing industry. Work location: Onsite in Manhattan Beach, CA. Work schedule: 9x80. Duration: 4 months. Term: W2 contract. Work authorization: US Citizen; Must hold an active/current DoD Secret Security Clearance.

Position summary:

• Our client's Strategic Space Systems is looking for you to join their team as a Senior Embedded Software Engineer with the Software Engineering organization based out of Manhattan Beach, CA.
• The Software Engineer will test software which will operate in a resource constrained target environment with soft and hard real time requirements for various flight/space/ground systems. The software will typically implement complex data analysis, data routing, and/or control systems algorithms.
• The Software Engineer will need familiarity with various processors, memory, and I/O architectures and be able to implement both procedural and object-oriented software in C++.
• This role will work with real-time operating systems, such as VxWorks or Linux, and their associated host/development environments and tools.

Responsibilities:

• Designs, develops, documents, tests and debugs applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions.
• Conducts multidisciplinary research and collaborates with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product software.
• Determines overall system and user needs; analyzes system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls; prepares operating instructions; designs and develops utility programs.
• Ensure software standards are met.

Required knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Candidates should have academic and work experience in software engineering and development across the full life cycle for automated test sets/test systems on aerospace programs.
• Candidates should have experience working in a process-oriented environment utilizing Waterfall, Spiral, or Agile processes.
• Candidates should also have strong verbal and written communication skills and be comfortable working on large teams with talented engineering from other engineering disciplines in a lab environment.

Basic qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Software Engineering from an ABET university with 5+ years of software development experience
• Experience with Object-Oriented software design and C++ programming
• Experience executing in a RTOS environment (i.e., FreeRTOS, RT-Linux, GH Integrity)
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced lab environment with rapid development
• Must hold an active/current Secret Security Clearance

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience across the various life cycle phases including software systems architecture development, requirements definition and analysis, OO development, code and unit test, system integration and test
• Experience with lab instruments such as noise and signal generators; logic, spectrum, and network analyzers; and power sources and switches
• Experience with hardware validation and verification of RF, digital or mixed signal devices

Interested? Learn more: Click the apply button or contact our recruiter Jason at View email address on click.appcast.io to learn more about this position (# 26-00830). US Citizen: This role requires a current/active Secret US security clearance, which requires a thorough background search and US citizenship. Residency requirements may apply. EOE/AA/V/D DPP offers a range of compensation and benefits packages to our employees and their eligible dependents. Call today to learn more about working with DPP.