Firmware Engineer - Embedded Controls & Sensors (TS/SCI)

BTS Software Solutions

Maryland

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

BTS Software Solutions is seeking a Firmware Engineer - Embedded Controls / Sensors to provide intelligence support for the I2WD at Aberdeen Proving Ground. You will develop and modify embedded firmware for gimbals, optics, motors, sensors and other subsystems, collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate hardware and troubleshoot complex behavior.

The role requires hands-on experience with real-time embedded systems, reading schematics, and debugging firmware with lab equipment.

Qualifications

Active TS/SCI security clearance required.
Experience developing or modifying embedded firmware in C/C++ or similar low-level languages.
Experience with microcontrollers, embedded processors, or SoCs and peripherals.
Experience interfacing with SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, PWM, ADC/DAC or similar.
Experience developing firmware for motors, actuators, sensors, optics, gimbals, or other electromechanical systems.
Strong understanding of real-time embedded systems, interrupts, timers, memory management and hardware interfaces.
Experience debugging firmware and hardware using laboratory equipment.

Responsibilities

Develop and modify embedded firmware for hardware systems used in national security missions.
Work with devices like gimbals, optics, motors, sensors, and other embedded subsystems.
Design, modify and debug low-level software on embedded processors and microcontrollers.
Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, software, and systems engineers to integrate sensors, actuators, and control hardware.
Read schematics, datasheets, and firmware to understand and modify embedded systems.