Senior Embedded Software Engineer - 2023162

This position is based onsite at Eglin AFB in Florida. Relocation assistance is available.

What We D

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Are you a senior engineer who enjoys a challenge? Are you excited about working for an FFRDC focused on areas critical to national security? Do you want to join a collaborative team that helps advance software engineering principles and practices and serves as a national resource in software engineering, AI Engineering, and software security? If so, we want you for our team, where you’ll be part of an exciting and impactful culture of collaboration that delivers timely and high-quality result

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The SEI works closely with defense and government organizations, industry, and academia to continually improve software-intensive systems. Our core purpose is to help organizations improve software engineering capabilities and develop or acquire the right software, defect free, within budget and on time, every ti

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Position Sum

mary
This position within the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) will be physically located at Eglin AFB, to support the Advanced Deterrence group within the Enabling Mission Capability at Scale technical directorate. This group has expertise in the areas of software architecture, development, and engineering, including the ability to evaluate source code and hardware description language using both static, dynamic, and embedded tool analysis for the Department of Defense (DoD) and other government agency customers. This position will support the Software Engineering Institute’s (SEI) mission by working with these government programs to understand their challenges, identifying actionable solutions, and guiding programs to operationalize the most effective techniques and pract

ices.
If you are a senior engineer passionate about improving the ability to deliver high quality, high-demand systems, and you are committed to researching new ideas to bring innovation to government, then this is the position fo

r you.
Key activities i

• nclude:Provide embedded software engineering support at our customer location in Eglin A
• FB, FL.Required to work with government program offices to identify strengths and weaknesses within the acquisition program and their contractor base and build solutions to address the weaknesses and recognize and support the st
• rengthsUnderstand customer software engineering challenges in continuous software development, integration or deployment technologies and identifying tailored or integrated so
• lutionsAnalyze use of cyber security approaches, methodologies, tools, and techniques to prevent risks and issues, and mitigate those that
• emerge.Analyze FPGA hardware and software interface specifications described via VHDL or Verilog to ensure it meets system requir
• ements.Analyze software test and evaluation techniques and methodo
• logies.Analyze static, dynamic and complexity software tool outputs to identify areas of software weakness where additional design / refactoring may be re
• quired.Analyze software contractor’s task development, activities, deliverables, risks, issues, and recommend mitigation strategies and techniques as appro
• priate.Creating, applying and codifying new approaches to address challenges and advance software engin

eering.
Knowledge, Skills and A

• bilitiesBS with 10 years’ experience, MS with 8 years’ experience or PhD with 5 years’ experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field, with professional experience as a software developer or engineer, verification engineer in a collaborative team envi
• ronment.Willingness to travel to various locations to support the SEI’s overall mission. This includes within the SEI and CMU community, sponsor sites, conferences, and offsite meetings on occasion. Moderate (25%) travel outside of your home l
• ocation.You will be subject to a background investigation and must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense (DoD) security cl
• earance.Deep, detailed knowledge of software engineering fundamentals, including requirements development and management, software architecture and design techniques, software configuration management, software testing and verification, software assurance coding, and software
• metrics.Proficiency in software development languages e.g., C, C++, Ada and/or firmware development languages e.g., VHDL,
• Verilog.Experience with developing or analyzing embedded software built using modern Real Time Operating Systems like
• VxWorks.Excellent written and verbal communications skills and ability to present to principal partners internal and external to the organ
• ization.Demonstrated team related skills with the ability to lead and participate in multidisciplinar
• y teams.Excellent reasoning and problem-solving
• skills.Knowledge in machine learning and artificial intelligence methods and applications is