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Important information
Contract type:
Permanent
Salary:
$100,000 – $175,000 / year
Location:
Camden, NJ, USA
Work mode:
Onsite
Published on:
10 September 2026
What they need
Job: Software Engineer (C / C++)
Location: Camden Waterfront Campus, New Jersey, NY.
Industry: Aerospace / Aviation / Defense
Security Clearance: Required and active (U.S. citizenship required).
Salary Range: $100,000 - $175,000
Relocation Assistance is available along with a sign on bonus for the right people.
Based onsite.
We are looking for a talented and experienced embedded Software Engineer to guide the next generation of mission-critical national security systems. You will have a strong background in modern computer architecture, hardware bring-up and debugging, development of low-level embedded system-software including custom drivers, board support packages, and bootloader.
What you will do and be responsible for:
- Develop device drivers and board support packages for custom embedded systems
- Diagnosis and debugging of complex hardware-software boundary issues
- Develop software to test manufactured circuit boards and diagnose manufacturing or design issues
- Participate in peer reviews, identify, track and repair defects
- Work closely with cross functional members of the engineering organization to develop and evaluate interfaces between hardware and software, operational performance, and design of the overall system
- Support and participate in all phases of the software development life cycle, including requirements analysis, design, implementation, hardware-software integration, and formal test
- Investigate root causes of complex issues, and implement solutions, working independently or with a multi-discipline team
- Develop software test plans and procedures, and other relevant technical documentation
We are looking for people with the below experience:
- U.S. citizenship with an Active Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance
- Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science etc
- Ideally over 8 years experience in software development
- Ideally over 5+ years of experience developing and debugging drivers, BSPs, bootloaders, bare-metal applications, or other low-level development in embedded systems
- Experience with development of embedded systems in C\C++, assembly, and\or Rust
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Experience developing embedded Linux systems
- Proven experience developing device drivers and board support packages for modern RTOSs (Integrity, VxWorks, Zepher, seL4, Yocto)
- Proven experience with hardware bring-up on prototype or first-run hardware
- Experience building and customizing Yocto/OE or buildroot based Linux distributions, deep knowledge of BitBake, device trees, and the Linux Kernel ideal, but not required.
- Strong understanding of standard interface protocols such as UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, AXI, PCI/PCIe
This is a great opportunity to work closely with a leading defence business and work along side a talented team developing tomorrows defence systems, there are excellent career opportunities and a great place to progress your career and experience. Apply now for immediate consideration.
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