Roles & Responsibilities
This position provides an exciting opportunity to design and prototype state of the art embedded systems using commercial and custom platforms. Key opportunities include:
Working on cross-disciplinary teams of similarly bright and motivated engineers on projects of national importance
Real-time communication and sensor systems leveraging state of the art processors, FPGA & SoC technology and cutting-edge SDR platforms
Advanced architectures for high throughput signal processing
Low size, weight, power and cost (SWaP-C), highly integrated custom platforms
A supportive culture of learning, professional growth, and development
Opportunities to build on skills and work on a diverse range of projects
Outstanding continuing education programs
Basic Qualifications
Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related AND a minimum of 2 years of related experience; or an advanced degree with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
High level of proficiency in C and/or C++ programming languages.
Very familiar with good software development practices, including: approaches to design, implementation, testing, documentation, and debugging.
Very good understanding of embedded systems and hardware/software interaction.
Intermediate knowledge of low-level processor architectures, operating system concepts, and hardware interfacing.
Applicants selected for this position will be subject to a US government security investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense SECRET clearance, which requires US citizenship
In addition, candidates must meet requirements to support project work onsite in our labs and classified facilities on the Bedford Campus
This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site at our Bedford, MA facility.
Preferred Qualifications
M.S. in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or similar field
Active Secret Clearance
Experience with object-oriented programming principles and working knowledge of one or more higher-level languages such as Python, MATLAB, or Perl.
Understanding of modern reconfigurable SoC platforms (AMD Xilinx MPSoC, RFSoC, Versal, or Intel Agilex SoC)
Understanding of common software development tools (e.g., Git, Make, CMake).
Experience with development best practices including code reviews, regression testing, and user documentation.
Experience with real-time operating systems, POSIX, embedded Linux (user- and kernel-space development).
Experience with low-level hardware/software system debugging.
Good foundation of basic digital signal processing (DSP) concepts and experience implementing real-time algorithms for communication, radar, or navigation systems.
Familiarity with networking protocols (wired and wireless)
Basic knowledge of one or more hardware description languages (HDLs) such as VHDL, Verilog, or System Verilog
- This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):
- None
- This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):
- Secret
Salary compensation range and midpoint
$103,600 - $129,500 - $155,400 Annual
Work Location Type
Onsite
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