Radar Software Engineer (C++) - Remote

Shee Atika Government Services Careers; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Eikon Research Inc. seeks a Radar Software Engineer to join our team, based in Huntsville, AL, or remote with periodic on-site work.

You will translate software designs into clear, well-documented code for ground-based radar systems, with strong C++ fundamentals, networking, and parallel processing. You will design radar algorithms, interface with embedded systems and FPGAs, write tests, and contribute to documentation.

Qualifications

• Candidate must have Bachelor's Degree in computer science or engineering-related field or 5+ years additional experience in lieu of a degree.
• Candidate must be US Citizen
• Candidate must have active DoD Secret Clearance, or ability to obtain DoD Secret Clearance
• 5+ years experience with C++11 or later, CMake, and GCC for ARM and x86-64 targets
• Practical Linux usage
• Version Control Experience (Git, GitLab)
• Ability to work in-office when performing hardware integration and testing
• Ability to work in both a group and individual capacity
• Background in radar, signal processing, or electrical engineering
• Background in embedded systems and real-time software development
• Background experience with AMD / Xilinx Zynq / Zynq Ultrascale MPSoC or RFSoC, or AMD / Xilinx FPGAs

Responsibilities

• Develop software implementations of radar algorithms, from low-level radar signal processing to high-level tracking algorithms.
• Develop software to interface with embedded systems, microcontrollers, and FPGAs. Software may include command-line test tools, benchmarks, or other utilities to assist in testing firmware
• Develop unit and integration tests for new and existing codebases
• Develop new functionalities using distributed message frameworks and message passing architectures; add functionalities to interact with the radar user interface
• Develop documentation in-code and in PowerPoint / Word for use in product documentation
• Develop performance improvements to existing code
• Participate in Agile development practices including daily standups and sprint planning / reviews
• Utilize tools such as Git, GitLab, Jira, and Doxygen for code management, issue tracking, Agile planning, and documentation
• Flexibility to assist on other projects at Eikon as needed. This may include development in other languages (C++/C, Java, MATLAB, JavaScript), participation in software architecture design discussions, documentation, code testing, code reviews, etc.

Skills

C++11 or later

Practical Linux usage

Version control

Team collaboration

Hardware integration readiness

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS or engineering

5+ years experience in lieu of degree

Tools

Git

GitLab

CMake

GCC

Job description

Eikon Research Inc. seeks a Radar Software Engineer to join our team, based in Huntsville, AL, or remote with periodic on-site work.

You will translate software designs into clear, well-documented code for ground-based radar systems, with strong C++ fundamentals, networking, and parallel processing. You will design radar algorithms, interface with embedded systems and FPGAs, write tests, and contribute to documentation.