Embedded Software Engineer
SAIC, huntsville, al, United States
**Description**
SAIC is looking for an **Embedded Software Engineer** to design, develop, and optimize software that runs directly on hardware devices. This role involves working close to the hardware - interfacing with microcontrollers, processors, and real-time operating systems to build reliable, deterministic, and high-performance embedded solutions. You'll collaborate with hardware engineers, firmware developers, and system architects to deliver products from concept through production. This role is onsite in **Huntsville, AL.**
**Key Responsibilities**
+ Design, develop, test, and maintain embedded software for microcontroller- and processor-based systems
+ Develop real-time applications using **VxWorks RTOS** , ensuring deterministic behavior and system reliability
+ Write efficient, maintainable, and well-documented code in C/C++ Interface with hardware components such as sensors, actuators, and communication modules (UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, etc.)
+ Develop and debug low-level drivers, BSPs (Board Support Packages), and middleware in VxWorks environments
+ Configure and optimize VxWorks kernel components, tasks, scheduling, and memory management
+ Perform system bring-up, debugging, and performance tuning on embedded targets
+ Participate in system architecture and real-time system design decisions
+ Conduct code reviews, unit testing, and integration testing
+ Troubleshoot hardware/software integration issues, including timing and concurrency problems
**Qualifications**
**Education Requirements**
+ Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and two (2) years of experience in embedded software or firmware development
**Clearance Requirements**
+ Must possess an active Secret security clearance; US Citizenship required.
**Required Skills**
+ Strong proficiency in C/C++ Hands-on experience with **VxWorks RTOS** in a production or lab environment
+ Understanding of real-time scheduling, inter-process communication (IPC), and synchronization mechanisms (semaphores, message queues, etc.)
+ Experience with microcontrollers or embedded processors (e.g., ARM Cortex, PowerPC, x86)
+ Familiarity with communication protocols (SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, Ethernet)
+ Experience with debugging tools (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG debuggers)
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Experience developing or modifying VxWorks BSPs
+ Familiarity with the **VxWorks development ecosystem** (Workbench, command-line tools, build systems)
+ Experience with embedded networking (TCP/IP stack in VxWorks)
+ Knowledge of safety-critical systems (e.g., DO-178C, ISO 26262)
+ Experience with embedded Linux for comparison or hybrid systems
+ Familiarity with multi-core or distributed embedded systems
+ Scripting experience (Python, Bash) for automation and testing
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SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability
SAIC is looking for an **Embedded Software Engineer** to design, develop, and optimize software that runs directly on hardware devices. This role involves working close to the hardware - interfacing with microcontrollers, processors, and real-time operating systems to build reliable, deterministic, and high-performance embedded solutions. You'll collaborate with hardware engineers, firmware developers, and system architects to deliver products from concept through production. This role is onsite in **Huntsville, AL.**
**Key Responsibilities**
+ Design, develop, test, and maintain embedded software for microcontroller- and processor-based systems
+ Develop real-time applications using **VxWorks RTOS** , ensuring deterministic behavior and system reliability
+ Write efficient, maintainable, and well-documented code in C/C++ Interface with hardware components such as sensors, actuators, and communication modules (UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, etc.)
+ Develop and debug low-level drivers, BSPs (Board Support Packages), and middleware in VxWorks environments
+ Configure and optimize VxWorks kernel components, tasks, scheduling, and memory management
+ Perform system bring-up, debugging, and performance tuning on embedded targets
+ Participate in system architecture and real-time system design decisions
+ Conduct code reviews, unit testing, and integration testing
+ Troubleshoot hardware/software integration issues, including timing and concurrency problems
**Qualifications**
**Education Requirements**
+ Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and two (2) years of experience in embedded software or firmware development
**Clearance Requirements**
+ Must possess an active Secret security clearance; US Citizenship required.
**Required Skills**
+ Strong proficiency in C/C++ Hands-on experience with **VxWorks RTOS** in a production or lab environment
+ Understanding of real-time scheduling, inter-process communication (IPC), and synchronization mechanisms (semaphores, message queues, etc.)
+ Experience with microcontrollers or embedded processors (e.g., ARM Cortex, PowerPC, x86)
+ Familiarity with communication protocols (SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, Ethernet)
+ Experience with debugging tools (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG debuggers)
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Experience developing or modifying VxWorks BSPs
+ Familiarity with the **VxWorks development ecosystem** (Workbench, command-line tools, build systems)
+ Experience with embedded networking (TCP/IP stack in VxWorks)
+ Knowledge of safety-critical systems (e.g., DO-178C, ISO 26262)
+ Experience with embedded Linux for comparison or hybrid systems
+ Familiarity with multi-core or distributed embedded systems
+ Scripting experience (Python, Bash) for automation and testing
REQNUMBER:
SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability