Software Engineer (C/C++)

Overview

Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, MA. The 2,000+ employees of Draper tackle important national challenges with a promise of delivering successful and usable solutions. From military defense and space exploration to biomedical engineering, lives often depend on the solutions we provide. Our multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists work in a collaborative environment that inspires the cross-fertilization of ideas necessary for true innovation. For more information about Draper, visit www.draper.com.

 

Our work is very important to us, but so is our life outside of work. Draper supports many programs to improve work-life balance including workplace flexibility, employee clubs ranging from photography to yoga, health and finance workshops, off site social events and discounts to local museums and cultural activities. If this specific job opportunity and the chance to work at a nationally renowned R&D innovation company appeals to you, apply now www.draper.com/careers.

 

 

Equal Employment Opportunity

Draper is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.   We understand the value of diversity and its impact on a high-performance culture.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.   

 

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Responsibilities

Our group of software engineers is looking for a candidate with C/C++ experience to join us in developing support software for real time signal processing applications. The successful individual will develop main programs to manage processing components, state machine logic, interfaces with data feeds, controller software, and results frameworks; implement Object-Oriented wrapper classes to processing libraries along with unit and integration tests; and Bash scripts to run processing software on simulated data and analyze results. Our projects range from established operational deployed systems to short-term research prototype efforts exploring and engineering possibilities. If you enjoy working with a team to tackle difficult problems, devise solutions, and bring those solutions to life, we'd love to speak with you.

Qualifications

 Required Qualifications:   

• BS or MS in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, or a related field
• 4+ years professional experience 
• C/C++ software development
• Software build tools
• Software version control tools
• Shell scripting
• Unit Testing
• Experience working in a collaborative environment
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal & written

Preferred Qualifications:  

• Object Oriented Design
• Comfortable working in a unix environment
• Make build system
• Subversion and Git
• Familiarity with Boost, Protocol Buffers, and/or Nvidia CUDA Libraries
• Experience developing, debugging, and testing code for production deployments
• Experience developing multithreaded applications
• Experience with parallel processing
• Experience configuring and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines

 Security Requirement:     

• Current in scope Top Secret security clearance is required.