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# Senior Embedded Software Engineer

- **Company:** RTX
- **Location:** Albuquerque, NM, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $95,500 - $181,700
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Assembly Language, Software Debugging, Linux, Device Drivers, Embedded C, Embedded Software, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Software Architecture, Real-Time Operating Systems, Verilog, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), VxWorks, Bare Metal, Hardware Infrastructure
- **Published:** November 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/05f9e865-00de-442b-813f-d87040daa342/senior-embedded-software-engineer

## About the Role

Our Senior Embedded Software Engineer is a technical position that works in an Integrated Product Team (IPT) environment to architect, design, implement, test, debug, and deploy Software for Firmware (FPGA) and Hardware solutions that meet current and next generation autonomous avionics systems' needs. Working with a cross-discipline team, the candidate must have experience developing, testing, and integrating software for edge or embedded devices and/or subsystems (like telecom, medical, IoT, automotive, or robotics) where hardware operation, time critical function, functional reliability, mission assurance, and safety might be major concerns., * Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience.
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 * Experience including at least two of the following: Embedded C++ Software, Embedded Software Security, Software Architecture Design and Implementation.
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 * Experience using embedded Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS) (e.g., Green Hills, Integrity, Wind River VxWorks, Linux, etc.)
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 * Experience developing complex systems involving the integration of hardware, firmware, and software.
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 * Active and transferrable final Secret U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date with the ability to obtain program access after start.
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 * Familiarity with reading firmware source like VHDL or Verilog
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 * Familiarity with assembly language in at least one processor/controller family
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 * Experience using lab instruments like power-supplies, digital multi-meters, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers
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 * Experience with developing device drivers for bare-metal and/or OS applications
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