Embedded Software Engineer - Mission-Critical Systems

Embedded Software Engineer

Grand Rapids, MI

Full-Time

Akkodis is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer for a Direct Hire job with a client in Grand Rapids, MI.

Salary Range: $90,000 to $130,000; The salary may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.

** Must Hold Top Secret or Secret Clearance **

As a Embedded Software Development Engineer you will play a vital role in designing, developing, and testing Embedded Software (Firmware), platforms and systems for our mission-critical technologies and products. You will work with a team of passionate and skilled engineers who share your vision of creating innovative and reliable embedded systems. To succeed in this position, you will need a background in embedded systems, a keen eye for detail, and a deep understanding of real-time systems and their constraints. You will also need to demonstrate your ability to take full ownership of your role and deliver high-quality software solutions. The role has moderate autonomy, requiring high levels of operational judgment.

Responsibilities:

• Designs and/or programs/develops a small module or a large component, feature, set of features, whole feature area or entire embedded software product.
• Define and formalize system, hardware, software, and human integration requirements.
• Define and execute engineering test, validation, and verification activities.
• Follow established software development methodologies and principles and document your tasks and designs.
• Validate and verify software designs in a diversity of system integration environments – from local desktop computer simulations to fully representative flight tests.
• Implement protocols and algorithms for resource-constrained environments and collaborate with the hardware team to enable communication between modules and applications.
• Ensure software robustness, resilience, and fail-safe operation for critical devices, and mitigate potential safety and security vulnerabilities.
• Create detailed design and technical documentation, optimize existing applications, and implement new features.
• Participate in task prioritization, execution, requirements, specifications, code and design reviews, and mentorship across the software development life cycle.
• Apply best practices for software engineering and understand the key business drivers and product roadmap.
• Deliver your work to support project scope, cost, and schedule targets, and interface effectively with all levels of the organization and customers.
• Propose novel solutions to technical challenges, generate cost and time estimates for future bids and programs, and utilize hardware/software to demonstrate capability against customer expectations.

Required Qualifications:

• Grand Rapids, MI opportunity - Corporate relocation assistance provided.
• BS + 5 years of related software engineering experience or MS + 2 years of experience in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related fields
• Proficiency in C, C++, or equivalent languages.
• Grand Rapids, MI opportunity - Corporate relocation assistance provided.
• US Citizen & DoD Secret Clearance: This role requires use of technical data subject to U.S. Government contract restrictions and this posting is only for U.S. Citizens. GE will require proof of status prior to employment.
• This role requires the successful candidate to obtain and maintain US Government Security Clearance; prerequisite for a security clearance is U.S. citizenship.

Desired Qualifications:

• Master's degree in engineering or computer science with extensive experience in Ada, C/C++ for embedded software design, development, and testing.
• Knowledge of scripting languages (Python, Perl, Tcl, etc.) and code management tools (Git, CVS, SVN, Perforce, etc.)
• Experience with RTOS (Linux, FreeRTOS, QNX, VxWorks, etc.) and device drivers for complex systems using parallel processing, multi-threading, distributed processing, multi-core, SoM, and/or secure processing.
• Experience with embedded software testing, debugging, and integration on hardware using debuggers (gdb, lldb, etc.), test equipment (scopes, analyzers, multi-meters, etc.), and UARTs, JTAGs and oscilloscopes.
• Experience working in mission-critical industries (aerospace, automotive, defense, first responder, medical devices, etc.) and turning CONOPS, Specifications or Requirements into software design, code, test plans and execution.
• Innovative, critical thinking and troubleshooting skills and proficiency with IDEs, version control tools, defect tracking tools and scripting tools.
• Experience with bare metal software design and optimization for cycles and memory and fundamental facility with compilers, build and source code control tools.
• Experience with model based engineering on Cameo.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledgeable of system interfaces (e.g. Ethernet, Mil-Std-1553, Serial).
• Knowledgeable of component interfaces (e.g. I2C, SPI, PCIe).

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Benefits offerings include but are not limited to:

• 401(k) with match
• Medical insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision assistance
• Paid Time Off

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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

· The California Fair Chance Act

· Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance

· Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers

· San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance