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Lead Embedded Software Engineer - Secret Clearance

GE Aerospace

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Grand Rapids, MI
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Job Description

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 embedded 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:

Bachelor’s degree + 5 years of related embedded software engineering experience or Master’s degree + 2 years of experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related STEM fields

Proficiency in Ada, C, C++ or equivalent languages.

Location: Grand Rapids, MI. This is a fully onsite position requiring attendance five days per week. A comprehensive corporate relocation package is available for eligible candidates.

This role requires the successful candidate to maintain a US Government Security Clearance; prerequisite for a security clearance is U.S. Citizenship. Preference will be given to candidates who currently hold US Government Security Clearance.



Desired Qualifications:

Master's degree in engineering or computer science.

Extensive experience in Ada  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 network protocols with an understanding of Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking concepts, including Ethernet, Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) tagging where applicable. Familiarity with Neighbor Discovery (ND) in IPv6 is highly desirable.

Experience implementing or integrating Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) and Internet Key Exchange (IKE) (version 1 and/or version 2).

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 using 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).

Possess a current US Government Secret Security Clearance.​

Minimum of Secret Clearance & TS/SCI is a bonus.
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