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# nEmbedded Firmware Developer

- **Company:** Leidos, Inc.
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $69,550.0 - $125,725.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C (Programming Language), ARM Architecture, Unit Testing, C++ (Programming Language), CAN Bus, Communications Protocols, Computer Programming, Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Linux, Embedded Operating Systems, Ethernet, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), FreeRTOS, Hardware Description Language, PCI Express, Software Architecture, Real-Time Operating Systems, Powerpc, Reduced Instruction Set Computing, Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter, Verilog, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), VxWorks, Serial Peripheral Interface, PIC Microcontroller, SC Clearance, Bare Metal
- **Published:** July 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.military.com/career/280254/embedded-firmware-engineer-alabama-al-huntsville

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited institution.\n
 * Candidate must have at least 2+ years of experience in embedded system design and test or less than 2 years with MS degree.\n
 * Understand trade-offs of embedded system targets (such as FPGA, SoC, microcontroller, RTOS, bare-metal) for developing best cost/option architectures\n
 * Proven experience with programming and/or hardware description languages such as: C, C++, assembly\n
 * Experience with programming and/or hardware description languages such as: VHDL, Verilog.\n
 * Experience with common communication protocols such as: UART, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, CAN bus, etc.\n
 * Hands-on laboratory experience with instrumentation, test equipment, and debug/test methods\n
 * Position requires candidates to be capable of performing in a collaborative engineering environment working closely with multi-disciplinary teams\n
 * Candidate must be a resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville - North Alabama, AL area\n
 * Candidate must be a US Citizen and possess (and be able to maintain) a Final Secret Clearance or meet the eligibility to obtain (and maintain) a Secret Clearance.\n

## Description

* Developing overall firmware/software architecture for embedded systems, including FPGAs and SoCs\n
 * Utilizing modern Xilinx FPGA and SoC families and design tools (Xilinx IP Cores, AXI4, AXI-Stream) \n
 * Firmware testing and verification (unit testing, testbenching, HWIL)\n
 * RISC microprocessors architectures (ARM Cortex, Microblaze, PowerPC, RISC-V)\n
 * Memory architectures, types, and caching\n
 * GNU/Linux and development of kernel drivers\n
 * Embedded operating systems (Linux, VxWorks, Integrity, FreeRTOS, uC/OS-II) \n
 * Electronics and PCBA design\n
 * Experience implementing high speed interfaces (PCIe, Aurora, 100GbE, JESD204B)\n


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