Sr Advanced Embedded Software Engineer - C / Linux

Basic Qualifications

Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field. Also requires 8+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 6 years of job-related experience. Agile experience preferred.

 

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS: Department of Defense Secret security clearance is preferred at time of hire.] Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities for this Position

General Dynamics Mission Systems is currently seeking a Sr Advanced Embedded Software Engineer - C/Linux on-site in our Canonsburg, PA facility.

 

Progeny Systems, a business area within the General Dynamics Mission Systems company, is a high-tech business focusing on software and hardware system integration, cutting-edge research and development, and manufacturing. We deliver architectures, designs, testing, and production of the current and next generation torpedo guidance and control systems for the Department of Defense providing the warfighter with advanced capabilities in target detection, acquisition, and prosecution. We are a technology leader in numerous areas including technology insertion; acoustic sensors; signal processing; guidance; cyber security; and high reliability systems.

 

Candidate will work on Naval Programs, developing middleware improvements for embedded systems, as well as taking a critical role in enhancing the capabilities for this architecture. The ideal candidate will report to the Program Software Lead and be responsible for all phases of software engineering, including architecture design & review, requirements review and analysis, software design, development, and documentation, assisting Integration and Test teams, and supporting Engineering Leadership and the Chief Engineer in all related efforts.  Candidate should have significant expertise across the development life cycle and technical leadership proficiency, including architectural expertise.

 

Duties and Tasks:

• Technical leadership and software development
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills
• Design, development, testing and delivery of software artifacts in support of customer requirements
• Leadership in and contributions to the next design of the embedded system services.
• Proactively driving the software engineering life cycle, from requirements gathering, analysis and documentation to government support and maintenance.Technical leadership and engineering expertise in diagnostics/debugging issues in existing code required for real time high surety systems.
• You will collaborate across the functional teams to resolve issues and recommend solutions to ensure that your software and the system meets requirements with the safety, security, and performance needed for deployment.
• You will engage with the customer community through reviews of progress, issues, feedback, and technology/capability roadmaps.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to communicate project vision, scope and technical details with other technical team members
• Knowledge of and experience using C (6+ years)
• Knowledge of and experience using Linux (shell scripting and command line expertise)
• Experience in embedded real-time systems
• Knowledge of and experience using message-oriented middleware
• Desire to work within the entire software engineering lifecycle
• A quick learner and adaptable to new technologies
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Comfortable in implementing ideas from scratch, owning major application features, and take responsibility for their maintenance and improvement over time.
• Experience participating in technical architecture decisions for complex products.
• Demonstrated in-depth experience developing, testing and debugging real time software.
• Compiling and assessing user and customer feedback to improve software performance.
• Experience with DevOps concepts such as:
  • Implementing Version Control and standing up branching strategies.
  • Automating processes for build, test, and deploy.
  • Applied experience with agile/lean principles in software development.

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with other message-oriented Middleware products such as AMQP, Data Distribution Service (DDS)
• Experience in developing in satisfaction of customer driven traditional waterfall development / integration milestones, appl