Flight Systems Software Engineer

Company: Jobot
Location: Hampton
Posted on: August 2, 2022

Job Description:

Every day we work to solve challenging problems for some of our nation's most important public and private organizations.

This Jobot Job is hosted by Kendall Clark

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Salary $100,000 - $120,000 per year

A Bit About Us

We are a startup focused on lidar sensors for autonomous systems. We are building a culture of high performance that we think can change the world for the better. We would like to add a motivated, fast-paced Firmware/Software Development leader with a diverse and solid background to our on-site team in Hampton, Virginia.



Why join us?


The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a Senior Flight Software/Embedded Firmware Engineer to provide design and development support for our second generation lidar to support space and defense markets. The role will include lab demonstrations, field tests, and prototypes to be supplied to potential customers for testing in their systems.

The work requires real time and offline algorithm adaption and coding of complex algorithms, low level driver development and implementation, software and firmware design, integrated opto-electronic control and housekeeping management, inter-module communication protocol, high speed electronics and software testing and debugging, high reliability techniques, signal processing, and in-situ, full system testing of instrumentation systems and navigation algorithms. Ability to collaborate with Systems Engineering and hardware builds to define function allocation among software and hardware resources is a must. These systems will be used for detecting, recording, measuring, or controlling physical conditions, phenomena, and environments encountered in defense and aerospace development programs.

Mentors junior engineers related to the study, development, and test of hardware, data system components, or equipment. Oversees the day-to-day development activities of small design and development teams in support of the project manager's work plan.

Job Details

Major Engineering Responsibilities

Software requirements definition

Design, develop, and test complex, high reliability micro-processor, micro-controller and FPGA based systems.

Deliver high quality design, documentation, and implementation that meet defined requirements as well as support products throughout the life cycle

Collaborate with team members across multiple engineering disciplines including Systems, Software, and Electrical/Firmware

Be an active participant in bids and proposals for new business

Active contributor to streamlining department processes and adopting industry best practices

Ability to architect, design, code, and test complex FPGAs is desired

Education And Qualifications

BS in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering (Master's degree is a plus)

7+ years of overall digital design based electrical engineering experience

Demonstrated knowledge/experience with designing and developing systems using microprocessors (single and/or multi-core), microcontrollers, and FPGAs

Demonstrated experience with any of the standard high-speed topologies (1/10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE), PCIe, Fiber Channel, Serial Rapid IO or similar)

Proficient with serial communications such as UARTs, SPI, I2C and the like

Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication, and problem-solving skills required

Ability to work alone or on a team setting

Experience with source control management tools

Fully skilled in MS programs such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, and Visio

Highly Desired Technical Skills

Experience with Xilinx Ultrascale+ series of FPGAs

Demonstrated HDL coding experience with Microsemi, Xilinx and/or Intel (Altera) FPGAs using either Verilog or VHDL.

Familiarity with signal integrity tools

Exposure to MATLAB and Simulink

Image processing experience such as OpenCV, OpenCL or similar

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