Senior Embedded RF Systems Engineer: DSP & RTOS

Sandia National Laboratories; New Mexico; On-site; USD 117,500 - 235,700; Full time

Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico seeks a Senior/Principal Embedded Software Engineer for Advanced RF Systems. This onsite role focuses on building software for high‑reliability RF communications and signal processing in national security applications.

You will develop, test, and optimize software across RTOS and bare‑metal environments, contribute to CI/CD pipelines, and mentor a small team within a multidisciplinary group.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline with five years of directly related experience.
• Ability to obtain DOE Q and SCI clearance, potentially requiring a polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Develop new and contribute to existing software code bases for RF systems.
• Find innovative ways to enhance development processes and products.
• Assist project leads with schedule estimates based on current backlog of tasks.
• Gain and maintain a big picture awareness to guide technical direction.
• Develop test/acceptance procedures and document design definitions.

Skills

C/C++ programming

Embedded software

RTOS

Git & CI/CD

Software architecture

Team leadership

Security clearances

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline

Tools

Git

GitLab CI

Ansible

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico seeks a Senior/Principal Embedded Software Engineer for Advanced RF Systems. This onsite role focuses on building software for high‑reliability RF communications and signal processing in national security applications.

You will develop, test, and optimize software across RTOS and bare‑metal environments, contribute to CI/CD pipelines, and mentor a small team within a multidisciplinary group.