Job Description

The Defense Systems Sector is seeking a talented Embedded Firmware Engineer to join a diverse team in Fort Walton Beach, FL, to create unique solutions for

complex problems.

Primary Responsibilities

The applicant must have experience writing embedded software in the C or C++ languages for embedded systems. They should have a solid understanding of and

experience with real-time software principles such as RTOS task scheduling and prioritization, inter-process communication with semaphores and mutexes, memory management involving both the stack and heap, and boot processes. Must have experience interacting with real hardware from a software environment and

have experience writing low-level device drivers in both bare-metal and operating system environments, interacting with device registers and chip-to-chip hardware interfaces. Must have experience with boot processes and bootloaders and customizing bootloaders, such as U-Boot to support specific hardware

configurations. Experience with low-level communication protocols such as SPI, I2C, and UART are a must. Experience with high-speed data transfer using protocols like PCIe and Aurora are desired.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or a related discipline from an ABET-accredited institution with 8+ years of relevant experience or 6+ years with MS degree.

Experience with embedded Software/Firmware design.

Experience working with embedded operating systems High proficiency with C/C++, and TCL.

Experience in FPGA system design and test from architecture through implementation

Familiarity with modern Xilinx FPGA families and design tools (7-series FPGAs, Ultrascale+, Vivado, Xilinx IP cores)

Experience with multiple high-speed serial communication standards and interfaces (e.g. Aurora, 10Ge, PCIe, DDR4/3/2/1, JESD204B)

Experience with standard internal interfaces such as AXI4, AXI4-Stream, AXI4-Lite

Motivated self-starter and problem solver with experience executing in multi-disciplinary teams.

Hands-on laboratory experience with instrumentation, test equipment, and debug/test methods.

Candidate must possess (and be able to maintain) a Final Secret Clearance or meet the eligibility to obtain (and maintain) a Secret Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working with SoC designs such as Zynq and Zynq Ultrascale+ including architecting and interfacing with peripherals, interrupts, and related bus architectures

Working knowledge of digital/analog/mixed signal electronics, components, and interface/communication standards

Experience with FPGA PCBA hardware design

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Hiring diverse talent

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