Flight Software Engineer

$105,800 - $189,388/Yr

General Atomics - Albuquerque, NM

Full-time - Mid Level

Albuquerque, NM

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Flight Software Engineer position at General Atomics involves providing on-site support to the Sandia National Labs for the Conventional Prompt Strike program. The role focuses on embedded software development for real-time flight systems, contributing to software design, development, and testing within a collaborative DevOps environment.

Responsibilities

• Implement the software development lifecycle process for the CPS program
• Develop embedded software for highly reliable real-time flight systems
• Write device drivers for real-time operating systems; enable integration of new avionics components
• Assist with software development associated with software test fixtures such as Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) test assets
• Support system-level hardware testing including participation on-console with Assembly, Integration, and Test teams
• Architect and implement software test methodologies
• Act as technical lead for software tasks
• Contribute to software architecture design and development
• Coordinate and collaborate with external program partners to meet program-level objectives and achievements
• Perform other duties as assigned or required.

Requirements

• Typically requires a bachelor's degree, master's degree or PhD in engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution
• Twelve or more years of experience with a bachelor's degree, ten or more years of experience with a master's degree, or seven or more years with a PhD
• Active DoD or DoE clearance required
• Must be able to obtain a DoD Top Secret clearance; Active DoD Top Secret security clearance is preferred
• Experience programming in C/C++ is required
• Experience in object-oriented programming is required
• Experience with Git required
• Experience in embedded software development is required
• Experience developing for real-time operating systems is desired
• Applications experience with real-time embedded software engineering at the hardware level, including I/O driver software, interrupt service routines, and networking protocols is desired
• Familiarity with the Greenhills INTEGRITY® Real-time Operating System is desired
• Experience with Matlab, Python, Powershell or other scripting languages desired
• Experience with MISRA or AUTOSAR coding standards is desired
• Lab experience with use of common digital debugging tools (e.g. oscilloscopes, logic probes, and logic analyzers) is desired
• Experience with software unit, integration, and functional testing is desired
• Experience with Google Test is desired
• Experience in the application of software engineering standards is desired
• Proven strong written and verbal communication skills is desired
• Technical task leadership experience is desired.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience developing for real-time operating systems
• Applications experience with real-time embedded software engineering at the hardware level
• Familiarity with the Greenhills INTEGRITY® Real-time Operating System
• Experience with Matlab, Python, Powershell or other scripting languages
• Experience with MISRA or AUTOSAR coding standards
• Lab experience with use of common digital debugging tools
• Experience with software unit, integration, and functional testing
• Experience with Google Test
• Experience in the application of software engineering standards
• Ability to collaborate and contribute as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
• Proven strong written and verbal communication skills
• Technical task leadership experience.

Benefits

• Relocation Assistance Provided