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Specter Aerospace

Embedded Software Engineer III

Boston, MA · On-site

$143K - $188K/yr

Develop microcontroller software on bare metal and real-time operating systems such as QNX, VxWorks ... Mentor less experienced engineers and contribute to code reviews, technical meetings, and design ...

iNovex Information Systems

Software Engineer 3

Annapolis, MD · On-site

$188K - $235K/yr

The Software Engineer develops, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse software systems (e.g ... STM32 microcontroller software development experience. * Familiarity with STM32CubeMX, STM32CubeIDE ...

Actalent

Embedded Software Engineer

Baltimore, MD

$46 - $55/hr

Embedded Software Engineer Description Embedded Software/Firmware Engineer to support the ... Develop software for microcontroller-based systems using C and C++. * Implement and support both ...

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Software Engineer 3 - Python/C/C++/RF/Bash/Hardware

Annapolis Junction, MD

Captivation Software
Software Development • 11 - 50 employees
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Full-time

Re-posted 24 days ago

Job description

Description

Captivation Software is looking for a senior level software engineer who will be assisting with daily responsibilities. 

Requirements
Security Clearance:
  • Must currently hold a Top Secret/SCI U.S. Government security clearance with a favorable Polygraph, therefore all candidates must be a U.S. citizen
Minimum Qualifications:
  • Fifteen (15) years of experience as a SWE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required
  • Four (4) years of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
Required Skills:
  • General Python scripting and large Python systems design/development
  • C/C++ systems design/development
  • Scripting languages (Bash, awk, sed, powershell)
  • RF Signals Familiarity
Desired Skills:
  • STM32 microcontroller software development experience
  • Familiarity with STM32CubeMX, STM32CubeIDE, STM32CubeProgrammer, STM32CubeMonitor)
  • Work with Raspberry Pi4, 5 series products
  • Hardware solutions breadboarding, debug and related tools (multimeter, etc)
  • Familiarity with silicon digital logic devices (demux, mux, gating, etc)
  • RF Signals analysis tools, test tools, and their usage (FieldFox, Spectrum analyzer)
  • Customer AI web services (both networks)

This position is open for direct hires only. We will not consider candidates from third party staffing/recruiting firms.

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