Embedded Software/Firmware Engineer - ELSYS - (Open Rank)

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The Test Engineering Division (TEN) of the Electronic Systems Laboratory (ELSYS) develops Hardware in the Loop (HITL) test sets, test tools, analysis tools and test methods for US Air Force, Army, Navy sponsors. These systems provide high fidelity simulation and stimulation of real-time Electro-Optical/Infra-Red (EO/ IR), Radio Frequency (RF) and Avionics environments for testing EW and Avionics systems. These systems protect aircraft from adversarial ground and airborne threats. This research is critical for supporting the development, troubleshooting, analysis and testing of Electronic Warfare (EW) and Integrated EW (IEW) systems.

The Embedded Software/Firmware Engineer is responsible for developing algorithms and code for real-time signal processing to include communication and data transfer between system level hardware and embedded hardware. The Embedded Software/Firmware Engineer develops designs based on embedded firmware systems, such as Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), microcontrollers/computers, Application-Specific Integrated Circuits/systems (ASICs), and or Graphics Processor Units (GPUs). These designs also require development of documentation to support future reviews of design and enhancements. This position requires extensive knowledge of development environments for Xilinx and Altera (Intel) technologies, software development and configuration skills, and computer operating systems. The Embedded Software/Firmware Engineer applies engineering principles to firmware software creation and implementation of real-time hardware interface firmware and analysis, debugging, and testing of these systems.

• Firmware programming and coding, real-time hardware interface coding, and design of architecture / algorithms
• Firmware analysis for reliability and debugging and testing of firmware to meet requirements
• Follow firmware development processes and verify managed developers are following processes
• Supervise student developers
• Contribute to research reports, white paper and competitive proposals

• Perform analysis of systems and allocate requirements for products utilizing embedded software and firmware
• Develop test plans, procedures, scripts, and tools for test of products utilizing embedded software and firmware
• Support deployment of DevOps pipelines for automated build, check, and test of software and or firmware items

• Experience developing software in C/C++ for embedded applications
• Experience with implementing interfaces based on open standards
• Experience leading source control and configuration management of software products via git or similar

• Active Secret Clearance
• Experience leading teams with mixed expertise
• Experience with the OMS/UCI standard
• Experience with open standards leveraging containerized applications via Docker or similar container runtime
• Experience with FPGA SoCs, especially Xilinx
• Experience with embedded Linux, such as Yocto or Xilinx PetaLinux
• Experience developing software that implements digital processing of signals
• Experience working with radar or other electronic warfare systems
• Experience utilizing DevOps tools such as the Atlassian tool suite or GitLab

10% - 25% travel

Levels 2, 3

This position vacancy is an open-rank announcement. The final job offer will be dependent on candidate qualifications in alignment with Research Faculty Extension Professional ranks as outlined in section 3.2.1 of the Georgia Tech Faculty Handbook

• 2 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or related degree
• 0 years of related experience with a Masters' degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or related degree

Due to our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates for this position must be U.S. Citizens.

Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain an active security clearance.

Comprehensive information on currently offered GTRI benefits, including Health & Welfare, Retirement Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Time Off, and Professional Development, can be found through this link: https://benefits.hr.gatech.edu/.

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