2 months ago
Huntsville, AL, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, integrate, verify, and test modular, high-performance embedded Linux software systems.
- Develop scalable multithreaded applications using modern C++ for embedded Linux platforms.
- Implement maintainable, modular, performant, reliable, and testable software components and interfaces.
- Integrate software with hardware devices, sensors, networking components, and real-time data-processing pipelines.
- Support software integration, system bring-up, debugging, performance optimization, and field support.
- Collaborate with systems, hardware, FPGA, algorithm, and test engineers to implement system-level capabilities.
- Design and implement networked software using IP protocols and distributed communication architectures.
- Develop Python- and Bash-based tools for testing, deployment, data analysis, simulation, and engineering workflows.
- Participate in software verification, validation, troubleshooting, design reviews, code reviews, requirements analysis, architecture development, and technical planning.
- Author and review technical documentation and contribute to customer deliverables.
- Provide technical guidance and code-review feedback to junior engineers and contribute to team-level technical decisions.
- Improve development processes, automated testing, build systems, and continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience developing embedded software systems.
- Five to seven years of experience in software design and development, including experience supporting complex embedded systems.
- Extensive experience developing multithreaded applications in modern C++ for embedded Linux platforms.
- Experience designing modular software architectures and interfacing software with hardware devices, serial interfaces, Ethernet, and custom communication protocols.
- Proficiency in Python for automation, test development, data processing, and engineering utilities.
- Experience with automated build systems, continuous integration, version control, and software configuration management.
- Strong analytical and debugging skills for diagnosing complex system-level issues and effective communication in multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Defense Secret security clearance.
- Preferred experience includes defense, aerospace, unmanned systems, robotics, RF systems, electronic warfare, SIGINT, guidance, navigation, or autonomous platforms.
- Preferred qualifications include real-time Linux, deterministic software design, POSIX threads, real-time scheduling, low-latency techniques, FPGA-based systems, custom hardware, high-speed data acquisition, Linux kernel interfaces, device drivers, and board support packages.
- Preferred experience includes distributed software architectures, publish-subscribe messaging, middleware frameworks, software simulation, hardware-in-the-loop testing, containerized development, virtualization, software safety, secure coding, defense standards, automated test frameworks, deployment tools, profiling, and performance optimization.
- An active DoD Secret or Top Secret security clearance is preferred.
Benefits
- Employee ownership through an ESOP retirement plan.
- 401(k) plan, flexible work schedules, tuition reimbursement, co-sponsored health plan, and paid leave.
- Employment is contingent upon a comprehensive background check, security investigation, and drug screening.
- The position is based in Huntsville, Alabama; no remote or hybrid arrangement is stated.
About TSC
TSC is an employee-owned defense engineering firm that provides services and specialized products for U.S. government agencies and private industry. It develops radar, ballistic missile and air defense systems, advanced RF sensors, unmanned aircraft systems, and modeling/simulation software, often under long-term government programs. Founded in 1966 and headquartered in Arlington, VA, it is privately held and supports projects across the system lifecycle, from concept through operations.