Title: Sr. Software Engineer
location: Onsite Endicott, NY (Onsite)
Position type: FTE
PS: The role is heavily focused on low-level processor/SoC software, safety-critical avionics, ARM, multicore, and board-level interfaces.
Mandatory skills:
The broader low-level ARM/SoC skills first, then use S32G2, Layerscape, and LS1046A as high-value filters.
Embedded/firmware engineer + C/C++ + ARM + bare-metal + BSP/device drivers + multicore/SMP + SoC/processor bring-up + bootloader + DO-178C + avionics + TSN/PCIe/AFDX."
The NXP S32G2 / LS1046A experience is highly specialized
| Skills Matrix | No of years of exp |
| C, C++, Embedded, ARM, Bare Metal, SoC | |
| BSP, Device Drivers, Bootloader, Processor Bring-Up, Multicore/SMP | |
| NXP S32G2, Layerscape, LS1046A | |
| DO-178C, Software Level A, DO-254 | |
| TSN, PCIe, AFDX, ARINC-429, MIL-STD-1553 | |
Job Description
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field with a strong embedded software development background.
- 5+ years of experience developing embedded software solutions.
- Experience integrating and testing functionality directly on target hardware.
- Fluent in the C/C++ language with exposure to assembly language programming.
- Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to proactively communicate with team members on a regular basis to maximize team productivity.
- Strong technical communication and writing skills with demonstrated ability to clearly describe planned technical solutions, convey/track development progress, and document complex issues identified during troubleshooting efforts.
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
- 5+ years of experience in aviation-related embedded control systems, including familiarity with systems such as flight controls, engine controls, or mission systems.
- Experience with multi-tasking and multi-core software execution environments.
- Experience with ARM cores, ARM tools, and software supporting ARM IP such as GIC, CoreLink, & TrustZone.
- Experience developing processor support packages, board support packages, and low-level hardware device drivers.
- Experience with various communication interfaces such as Ethernet, Mil-Std-1553B, ARINC-429, & Time-Sensitive Networking.
- Experience with various board internal digital buses such as PCI Express, SPI, QSPI, & AXI.
- Experience with safety critical development processes such as ARP4754, DO-178B/C, DO-254, & ISO-26262.
- Experience with software security concepts such as secure boot, isolated execution of software from secure and non-secure domains, and secure communication protocols.
- Strong technical documentation skills with the ability to generate documentation that clearly captures software architecture and design details.
- Demonstrated leadership experience.
- Cross-domain knowledge / perspective on engineering disciplines beyond software engineering such as analog/digital circuit design, FPGA-based firmware logic design, and systems engineering.
Experience in very low, processor level software development to
- Create and execute SoC benchmarking procedures
- Configure, enable, and develop SoC features (NXP S32 family, S32G2 specifically but not limited to S32G2 and/or LayerScape family, LS-1046A specifically)
- Mitigate multi-core interference risks
- Implement bare-metal SMP MCP OS architectural framework, processor bring-up, bootloader
- Ensure deterministic operation in safety-critical avionics applications
- Implement novel communications protocols like TSN, PCIe, AFDX, etc.
- Evaluate and produce reports for SoC fit-for-purpose and sufficiency use-cases in safety-critical avionics systems
- Develop novel MCP test environments and methodologies for DO-178C Software Level A compliance, python skills, ARM DS IDE and Dstream
- Perform complex analyses like WCET, DCCC, etc.
- FPGA, ASIC interfaces and timing interactions
SoC System On a Chip
SMP Symmetric Multi-Processing
MCP Multi Core Processor
TSN Time-Sensitive Networking
PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
WCET Worst-Case Execution Timing Analysis
DCCC Data Coupling and Control Coupling Analysis