Embedded Software Computer Engineer

DCS Corp; Ridgecrest (CA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

DCS Corp is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer to support multi-year F/A-18 aircraft software projects for the U.S. Marine Corps and FMS customers.

The role focuses on software engineering across the full lifecycle, including requirements, design, coding, testing and integration, with emphasis on communicating effectively within cross-functional teams in government and contractor environments.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science with 2+ years of related experience.
• Excellent communication skills, both orally and in writing.
• Self-guided, inquisitive and able to research, learn and work in a large code base.
• Ability to troubleshoot and debug issues.

Responsibilities

• Software engineering life-cycle activities for new, evolving and sustainment projects.
• Perform requirements development, analysis, design, coding, unit testing and system integration.
• Participate in peer reviews to uphold best practices in code and architecture.
• Interface with an Integrated Product Team including gov't and contractor leadership.
• Integrate software with external components and develop code in assembly language for embedded environments.

Skills

Communication skills

Troubleshooting

Self-guided learning

Embedded systems experience

Low-level languages

C# experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Bitbucket

Git

Jira

Confluence

Assembly

Job description

Salary Range: $82,004 - $107,593

Seeking an Embedded Software Engineer to join our team supporting ongoing F/A-18 aircraft software projects. These are multi-year initiatives for the U.S. Marine Corps and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers.

Essential Job Functions

Software Engineering support for new and evolving projects as well as sustainment of existing programs for F/A-18 Hornet.

Execute software engineering life-cycle activities in a managed, controlled, and efficient manner consistent with the established organizational processes.

Perform software engineering duties over the product life cycle environment, encompassing requirements development, requirements analysis, design, coding, unit testing, system integration, and problem investigation.

Participate in the technical peer review process to uphold best practices in code, architecture and requirement functionality.

Communication skills required, both verbally and in writing, to interface with an Integrated Product team that includes Systems and Software Engineers as well as technical leadership in both government and contractor roles.

Integrate Software with external Software Components from external entities.

Develop Software code in Assembly Language within an embedded environment.

Required Skills:

Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Engineering, or Computer Science, with 2 plus years of related experience. Other engineering disciplines with strong software experience will be considered.

Excellent communication skills, both orally and in writing.

Self-guided, inquisitive, and able to research, learn and work in very large code base to go from problem description to effective solution.

Ability to troubleshoot and debug issues.

Desired Skills

Bonus skills/interests: Experience relating to C#, embedded systems and low-level languages.

Experience with Bitbucket (git), Jira, Confluence, and Assembly.