Embedded Firmware Systems Architect

4 days ago


Huntsville, Alabama, United States Leidos Full time
Overview of the Embedded Firmware Engineer Position

The Leidos Defense Systems Sector is seeking a highly skilled embedded firmware engineer to join a diverse team in creating innovative solutions for complex problems. With offices across the United States, we provide responsive and cost-effective engineering, scientific, and IT solutions in various fields, including defense, space, cyber, and commercial.

Estimated Salary Range

$81,250.00 - $146,875.00 per annum, depending on qualifications and experience.

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced embedded design engineer with varied technical interests and demonstrated leadership skills. The selected candidate will lead efforts on developing architectures for embedded systems integrated into various aerospace and military systems, including manned/unmanned ground/air vehicles, missiles, defensive radars, and space systems.

Key Responsibilities
  • Architecting, implementing, and testing embedded firmware and software on multiple platforms, including FPGAs, microcontrollers, and microprocessors.
  • Partnering with other engineers, project managers, technicians, and customers to develop solutions that meet diverse requirements.
  • SUPPORTING RESOLUTION OF TECHNICAL ISSUES DISCOVERED DURING MANUFACTURE AND TEST OF DELIVERABLE PRODUCTS.
Requirements

To be successful in this role, you must have:

  • A Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent from an ABET-accredited institution.
  • A minimum of 4 years of experience in embedded system design and test or 2 years with an MS degree.
  • Understanding of trade-offs between embedded system targets, such as FPGA, SoC, microcontroller, RTOS, and bare-metal.
  • Experience with programming languages like C, C++, assembly, VHDL, Verilog, and common communication protocols like UART, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, CAN bus.
  • Hands-on laboratory experience with instrumentation, test equipment, and debug/test methods.
Preferred Qualifications

Prior experience and/or knowledge of:

  • Developing overall firmware/software architecture for embedded systems, including FPGAs and SoCs.
  • Utilizing modern Xilinx FPGA and SoC families and design tools.
  • Firmware testing and verification (unit testing, testbenching, HWIL).
  • RISC microprocessors architectures (ARM Cortex, Microblaze, PowerPC, RISC-V).
  • Memory architectures, types, and caching.
  • GNU/Linux and development of kernel drivers.
  • Embedded operating systems (Linux, VxWorks, Integrity, FreeRTOS, uC/OS-II).
  • Electronics and PCBA design.
  • Experience implementing high-speed interfaces (PCIe, Aurora, 100GbE, JESD204B).


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