Principal Software Engineer with GPS Experience - El Segundo, CA - Active SECRET required

Our dynamic and diverse engineers develop demanding, trusted, superior solutions to make the world a safer place. We are looking for a proven Senior Principal Software Engineer to join our Software Engineering Center team in El Segundo, California, a suburb of Los Angeles.

Our programs provide affordable Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) solutions by leveraging our existing products and technologies, focusing, research and developments, and expanding our strategic customer and supplier partnerships. Resilient Navigation (R-Nav) Programs also support all elements of military Global Positioning System (GPS) technology including aircraft GPS navigation, weapon GPS/Inertial Navigation System (INS) guidance and advanced technology programs. Our programs support a variety of applications such as amphibious assault vehicles, aviation, maritime, munitions and handheld devices.
 

Required Skills:

• Typically 8+ years of related technical individual contributor experience in large team software engineering development
• Typically 8+ years’ experience with C/C++ programming and similar languages
• Typically 4+ years’ experience working with digital signal processing or wireless communication technology.
• Typically 4+ years’ experience in Green Hills Integrity Real-time Operating Systems, board support package (BSP), Green Hills Multi IDE , Wind River VxWorks for C/C++ or related operating systems
• Real time embedded programming, Communications Systems, and Signal Processing
• Work related experience in algorithm and hardware design
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Visual Studio and Mathlab
• Applies and/or develops highly advanced technologies and concepts exhibiting an exceptional degree of ingenuity, creativity and resourcefulness in the architecture, design and concepts consistent with systems requirement and interface designs.
• Proactively seeks to uncover and resolve issues associated with the development and implementation of operational programs across the product line.
• Experience writing technical documents such as software requirements and design documents
• Experience in a matrixed environment working with Integrated Product Teams (IPTs)
• Experience with Configuration Management tools
• Understanding of software development best practices and processes
• Working experience in MS Office or other presentation tools
• Current and Active DoD Secret or higher clearance required on day one of employment.

Desired Skills:

• Working knowledge with MIL-STD-1553, IS-GPS-153 Serial Interface protocol
• Understanding of Board Support Package for ARM Processor, Atom Processor, and PPC
• Basics understanding of FORTRAN, ClearCase, ClearQuest, and DOORS
• Familiarity with Agile lifecycle process including Scrum, Continuous Integration, Static Code Analysis using Coverity, Unit Test using VectorCast, and Test Driven Methodologies
• Understanding of software best practices and development lifecycles
• Understanding of standard system engineering design artifacts such as Use Cases
• Experience in real-time development and architecture for GPS Receiver software
• Working knowledge of signal selection, acquisition and tracking, Position, Velocity, and Time (PVT) calculation, data demodulation, signal correction, jamming and spoofing or related applications
• Must have demonstrated ability to produce robust, well-documented, production-quality code which includes conforming to design and coding standards, implementing error handling routines, etc.
• Must have demonstrated ability to develop software using industry standard process such as Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI) Level 3
• Experience with DO-178 highly preferred

Required Education (including Major):
• Typically bachelor's degree is required. STEM degree is preferred.