Senior Embedded Software Engineer – Defense Systems

Technology Service Corporation; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

TSC's Product Solutions organization in Huntsville, AL seeks a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to design, develop, integrate, verify, and test high‑performance embedded Linux software for RF sensor products and systems.

Join a multidisciplinary team to build modular architectures and robust interfaces to hardware, sensors, and networking components, using modern C++ and Python for automation; 5–7 years of embedded software experience and a DoD security clearance are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience developing embedded software systems.
• Five to seven years of experience in software design and development, including experience supporting complex embedded systems.
• Extensive experience developing multithreaded applications in modern C++ for embedded Linux platforms.
• Experience designing modular software architectures for complex embedded systems.
• Experience interfacing software with hardware devices, serial interfaces, Ethernet, and custom communication protocols.
• Proficiency in Python for automation, test development, data processing, and engineering utilities.
• Experience with automated build systems, continuous integration, version control, and software configuration management.
• Strong analytical and debugging skills with the ability to diagnose complex system-level issues.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Defense Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, verify, and test modular, high-performance embedded Linux software systems.
• Develop scalable, multithreaded applications using modern C++ for embedded Linux platforms.
• Implementation of software components and interfaces that emphasize maintainability, modularity, performance, reliability, and testability.
• Develop and integrate software that interfaces with hardware devices, sensors, networking components, and real‑time data-processing pipelines.
• Support software integration, system bring‑up, debugging, performance optimization, and field support activities.
• Collaborate with systems, hardware, FPGA, algorithm, and test engineers to implement system‑level capabilities.
• Design and implement networked software using standard IP protocols and distributed communication architectures.
• Develop Python- and Bash-based tools to automate testing, deployment, data analysis, simulation, and engineering workflows.
• Participate in software verification, validation, troubleshooting, and lifecycle maintenance.
• Participate in software design reviews, code reviews, requirements analysis, architecture development, and technical planning.
• Author and review technical documentation and contribute to customer deliverables.
• Contribute to software engineering best practices, code quality, automated testing, and technical excellence.
• Provide technical guidance and code-review feedback to junior engineers and contribute to team‑level technical decisions.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of development processes, automated testing, build systems, and continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines.

Skills

Multithreaded C++

Embedded Linux

Python

CI/CD

Debugging

Communication

U.S. citizenship

Security clearance readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering

Equivalent professional experience

Tools

Git

Build systems

Linux

Containerization (Docker)

Job description

TSC's Product Solutions organization in Huntsville, AL seeks a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to design, develop, integrate, verify, and test high‑performance embedded Linux software for RF sensor products and systems.

Join a multidisciplinary team to build modular architectures and robust interfaces to hardware, sensors, and networking components, using modern C++ and Python for automation; 5–7 years of embedded software experience and a DoD security clearance are preferred.