5 days ago
New Bedford, MA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$173k - $260k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect, implement, test, document, and debug embedded software systems primarily in C and C++.
- Design and prototype embedded systems on commercial and custom hardware platforms.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to define requirements and set software technical direction.
- Establish best practices for software design, implementation, integration, and verification.
- Integrate and troubleshoot hardware/software interfaces across embedded and RF/SDR-connected platforms.
- Mentor and develop junior engineers through technical guidance and reviews.
Requirements
- Typically requires 10 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree, 8 years with a master’s degree, 5 years with a PhD, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Systems Architecture, or a related field; an advanced degree is preferred.
- Expert-level proficiency in C, C++, and Python.
- Experience with technical or task leadership, complex embedded-system architecture, software best practices, and multidisciplinary technical direction.
- Strong understanding of embedded systems, hardware interfacing, signal processing, software architecture, and system-of-systems architecture.
- Experience across software design, implementation, testing, documentation, and debugging.
- Experience with low-level processor architectures, operating system design, hardware interfacing, real-time operating systems, POSIX interfaces, and Linux/BSD user and kernel environments.
- Experience with PNT, RF communications, or radar/sensor systems.
- Must have an active Top Secret/SCI U.S. Government-issued security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required for security-clearance eligibility.
- Preferred qualifications include existing program accesses, strong interpersonal judgment and discretion, trusted customer or leadership relationships, and experience shaping large projects.
Benefits
- Competitive benefits and meaningful career-development opportunities are offered.
- The role is onsite and requires a minimum of three days per week onsite.
- The requisition requires Top Secret/SCI clearance, either already held or obtained within one year of hire.
About MITRE
MITRE is a nonprofit systems engineering and applied research organization that operates multiple federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies. It builds prototypes, frameworks (such as the MITRE ATT&CK knowledge base), and provides technical guidance across defense, cybersecurity, aviation, and healthcare. Founded in 1958 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, MITRE runs FFRDCs for sponsors including the Department of Defense, the Federal Aviation Administration, and health agencies.