Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Job description

**Description**

Do you want to accelerate your career growth?

Are you passionate about applying your expertise to solve problems of national importance?

If so, we have an amazing opportunity for you! You will be able to achieve your personal and professional goals in an environment that emphasizes and rewards the entrepreneurial spirit.

Not only will you solve challenging core problems, and you’ll grow your career in an exciting environment that promotes teamwork and cross-training in a wide range of related disciplines.

ARA’s Applied Electromagnetics Division, in Cypress, CA, is seeking a Senior Electronic Warfare Embedded Software Engineer.

If software development in support of our warfighter inspires you to contribute, please apply!

You will work closely with a focused team in Cypress, CA and colleagues at other ARA offices across the country to develop unique solutions in the areas of Electronic Surveillance, Electronic Attack, Digital RF Memory, unmanned aerial vehicles, and autonomous platforms.

Close collaboration with other engineering disciplines will allow you to grow your skillset.

You will be responsible for the development and integration of real-time embedded software for ARM and NVIDIA multi-core processors.

You will have the opportunity to experience the full lifecycle of our project and product development efforts.

You will be hands-on, working on a product from the ground up.

We are flexible about using the right tool for the job and encourage our engineers to explore exciting tech!

**Salary Range** : $150,000 - $180,000 dependent upon education and experience.

**What you’ll do as a Senior Electronic Warfare Embedded Software Engineer**

+ Develop embedded software, sensor interfaces, EW techniques, sensing and identification algorithms, and control systems for drones, sensors, and other technology.
+ Work on a collaborative team with software, electrical, mechanical and system engineers, program managers, and technicians.
+ Work with a team to develop Open and Modular Software Architectures as well as unique, application specific form factor designs.
+ Develop and maintain software throughout its lifecycle from gathering requirements, design, development, automated testing, integration testing, and maintenance.
+ Integrate sensor and communications/navigation to processing system.
+ Work with ARM and NVIDIA processors

**Senior Electronic Warfare Embedded Software Engineer Requirements**

+ Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related discipline and 10 to 12 years of related engineering experience **.

Master's degree** 8-10 years of related experience.

**PhD.** 6-8 years of related experience.
+ Experience with the following languages: C, C++.
+ Experience with real-time embedded system development.
+ Experiencing developing on platforms such as the NVIDIA Jetson and ARM processors.
+ Experience with real-time operating systems (RTOS) and low-level hardware interfaces.
+ Experience in designing robust, high-performance embedded systems.
+ Experience with digital signal processing.
+ Experience with Linux (e.g., RedHat, Ubuntu).
+ Experience with software application design and development principles and standards.
+ Ability to develop in Windows and Linux environments.
+ Experience with Software Version Control (git).
+ ACTIVE Secret or or higher Clearance needed

**Senior Electronic Warfare Embedded Software Engineer Preferences**

+ Experience/knowledge in Electronic Warfare (EW).
+ Experience developing on UAVs or USVs.
+ Experience with Python and LabView.

**Company and Division Information**

Applied Research Associates, Inc.

is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences.

The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 2,300 employee-owners and continues to grow.

ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement.

The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.

At ARA, employees are our greatest assets.

The corporation realizes that employee ownership spawns greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels.

ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners.

The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm.

Employees contributions not only add to the company’s success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).

The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience.

ARA has excellent benefits: Medical, dental, vision, personal leave, 9 paid holidays, both the traditional and Roth 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), and other benefits to enhance the employee-owners’ lives now and in the future.

The Applied Electromagnetics Division has 78 employees across the U.S., within four (4) satellite offices (Dayton and Columbus, Ohio; Lafayette, Colorado; Cypress, California) and multiple remote locations.

**For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, applicants need to apply at careers.ara.com, Job Code: SENIO009044; Senior Embedded Software Engineer.**

**Qualifications**

**Behaviors**
**Required**

+ **Innovative:** Consistently introduces new ideas and demonstrates original thinking
+ **Leader:** Inspires teammates to follow them

**Preferred**

+ **Enthusiastic:** Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest

**Motivations**
**Preferred**

+ **Self-Starter:** Inspired to perform without outside help
+ **Goal Completion:** Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks
+ **Growth Opportunities:** Inspired to perform well by the chance to take on more responsibility
+ **Entrepreneurial Spirit:** Inspired to perform well by an ability to drive new ventures within the business

**Education**
**Required**

+ Bachelor of Science or better in Software Engineering

**Preferred**

+ Master of Science or better in Software Engineering

**Experience**
**Required**

+ 10-12 years: With a Bachelor's degree need experience working in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related discipline
+ 8-10 years: With a Master's degree Experience working in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related discipline

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