DevSecOps Engineer for Embedded & Flight Software

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.; Burlington (MA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Employee clubs

Off-site social events

Museum discounts

Job summary

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. in Cambridge, MA, seeks an experienced software engineer to design and operate secure, automated CI/CD pipelines for mission-critical embedded and flight software, enabling reproducible builds and compliant delivery in air-gapped environments.

You will collaborate with software, systems, and cybersecurity teams to standardize toolchains across Linux, RTOS platforms, containerization, and SCA tools, while supporting Do-178C, RMF, and FIPS requirements and

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 3-5 years of software engineering experience.
• Ability to work in secure, air-gapped environments.
• Experience with embedded/flight software and DO-178C.

Responsibilities

• Independently execute task assignments with oversight from program leadership.
• Design algorithms using modern theory and proven techniques; adhere to software best practices.
• Analyze designs to demonstrate performance and functionality.
• Develop and execute software tests to verify requirements.
• Prepare technical data, procedures, reports, and manuals.
• Communicate with customers and stakeholders to establish requirements.

Skills

GitLab CI/CD

Python

C/C++

Bash

Cross-compilation

RTOS

Docker/Podman

Kubernetes

Terraform/Ansible

SBOMs/Software supply chain security

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

GCC/Clang

Yocto/Buildroot

VxWorks/FreeRTOS/Zephyr

Docker/Podman

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. in Cambridge, MA, seeks an experienced software engineer to design and operate secure, automated CI/CD pipelines for mission-critical embedded and flight software, enabling reproducible builds and compliant delivery in air-gapped environments.

You will collaborate with software, systems, and cybersecurity teams to standardize toolchains across Linux, RTOS platforms, containerization, and SCA tools, while supporting Do-178C, RMF, and FIPS requirements and