Job Information
Actalent Software Lead in Fairfax, Virginia
Description:
At our client's Space Electronic Systems (SES) division, they believe in the power of using strong engineering principles to drive innovation and solve complex problems. They combine our expertise in space electronics with right-sized development processes to create innovative, high-performance space-based electronic systems that meet our customers' evolving needs. They are a mission partner supporting DoD, Intelligence, and Civil space customers, developing complex radiation effects mitigated designs that balance competing requirements in modern space programs, delivering cutting-edge solutions that enable our customers to achieve more in space. Our client is looking for an experienced Software Engineer that can help lead the team design/develop embedded software solutions for aerospace applications. Responsibilities: • Lead a team of software engineers in the design and development of embedded software solutions for aerospace applications. • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers within the software development team. • Define software architecture and design specifications based on system requirements and constraints. • Participate in improving and promoting the Software Development Process and build pipeline. • Collaborate with electrical engineers and firmware engineers to design software supporting embedded hardware components. • Develop and implement software for embedded systems, including device drivers and Linux kernel modules. • Lead software verification and validation activities, including design reviews, code reviews, unit testing, and integration testing. • Support system integration, final test, and certification activities for aerospace applications. • Create work estimates and schedules for software development efforts.
Skills:
Embedded C/C++, linux, Leadership, low-power electronics, space hardware, yocto, linux kernel, gui development, networking protocols, freertos, vxworks, jira, configuration management software
Top Skills Details:
Embedded C/C++,linux,Leadership
Additional Skills & Qualifications:
Required: • 5+ years of experience in technical leadership of software development teams • 10+ years of experience developing for Linux platforms • 10+ years of experience developing and debugging software for embedded platforms • Proven communication/interpersonal skills, self-motivated, and ability to be a strong team leader • Experience planning for and monitoring software development efforts, including creating cost estimates and estimates to complete • Experience using task management applications such as Jira • Experience with software development processes, standards, and product configuration management tools such as Subversion or Git • Experience with multiple programming/scripting languages including C and C++ • Experience developing for embedded operating systems such as Linux, FreeRTOS, VxWorks Preferred: • Experience developing high-reliability software for low-power embedded systems deployed in space environments • Experience using embedded Linux development tools such as Yocto • Experience developing Linux kernel modules and device drivers • Experience developing graphical user interfaces • Experience developing embedded networking software • Experience addressing cybersecurity vulnerabilities in software products, work estimates and schedules for software development efforts.
Experience Level:
Expert Level
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