Associate Embedded Software Engineer

At MITRE, your passion fuels work that impacts our nation and improves lives. This is where your skills strengthen national security, cybersecurity, health, transportation, and citizen services. We’re a nonprofit engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization working in the public interest. With objectivity and integrity at our core, we lead federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies – collaborating with industry and academia to deliver integrated, high-impact solutions that advance our nation’s health, security, and prosperity. Our people tackle the toughest technical challenges, supported by competitive benefits, meaningful career development, and a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. Choose MITRE for a career with purpose — and help shape the future.Would you like to join a team of world class researchers and engineers collectively focused on developing systems critical to national security? Are you seeking an opportunity to work in an environment where big ideas, sound technical arguments and sponsor impacts are valued? Then MITRE might be the place for you!At MITRE, we believe that good ideas lead to great solutions through testing, exploration, development, and demonstration. In MITRE's Electronic System Development and Embedded Security department, we apply this principle as we dig deep into hard problems to find innovative, practical ways to solve tough challenges for a variety of government sponsors across a range of technical applications.We are currently seeking entry-level candidates to grow our team, specifically those with experience implementing embedded software on SoC or other embedded platforms. As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to design and implement technical solutions for a wide range of challenges currently faced by our government sponsors. We specialize in rapid prototyping of advanced sensor, communication and navigation systems on real-time embedded platforms. As an applied research organization, we focus on capability development and demonstration while remaining decoupled from protracted product lifecycles and system support roles. Our world class labs provide a canvas for our team to conduct hands-on research and develop tangible solutions to support our military leaders and reinforce our nation’s defense. If this sounds interesting to you, then we would love to speak with you. Apply for this position!Roles & Responsibilities:This position provides an exciting opportunity to design and prototype state of the art embedded systems using commercial and custom platforms. Key opportunities include:Working on cross-disciplinary teams of similarly bright and motivated engineers on projects of national importanceReal-time communication and sensor systems leveraging state of the art processors, FPGA & SoC technology and cutting-edge SDR platformsAdvanced architectures for high throughput signal processingLow size, weight, power and cost (SWaP-C), highly integrated custom platformsA supportive culture of learning, professional growth, and developmentOpportunities to build on skills and work on a diverse range of projectsOutstanding continuing education programsBasic Qualifications:Typically requires less than 1 year of related experience with a related bachelor’s degree, or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.Strong oral and written communication skills.Proficiency in C and/or C++ programming languages.Familiarity with good software development practices, including approaches to design, implementation, testing, documentation, and debugging.Understanding of embedded systems and hardware/software interaction.Basic knowledge of low-level processor architectures, operating system concepts, and hardware interfacing.In addition, candidates must meet requirements to support project work onsite in our labs and classified facilities on the Bedford CampusMust have an active Secret U.S Government issued Security Clearance. Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site at our Bedford, MA facility.Preferred Qualifications:M.S. in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or similar fieldFamiliarity with object-oriented programming principles and working knowledge of one or more higher-level languages such as Python, MATLAB, or Perl.Exposure to modern reconfigurable SoC platforms (AMD Xilinx MPSoC, RFSoC, Versal, or Intel Agilex SoC)Familiarity with common software development tools (e.g., Git, Make, CMake).Understanding of development best practices including code reviews, regression testing, and user documentation.Familiarity with real-time operating systems, POSIX, embedded Linux (user- and kernel-space development).Experience with low-level hardware/software system debugging.Solid foundation of basic digital signal processing (DSP) concepts and experience implementing real-time algorithms for communication, radar, or navigation systems.Familiarity with networking protocols (wired and wireless)Basic knowledge of one or more hardware description languages (HDLs) such as VHDL, Verilog, or System VerilogThis requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):SecretThis requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):SecretSalary compensation range and midpoint:$89,200 - $111,500 - $133,800 AnnualWork Location Type:OnsiteIt is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. 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