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# Principal Software Engineer

- **Company:** Belcan
- **Location:** Phoenix, AZ, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $156,000 - $249,600
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Software Code Optimization, Computer Engineering, Firmware, Multiprocessing, Software Engineering, Subsystems, System on a Chip, Safety Critical Systems, Information Technology, Low Latency, Data Analytics, Performance Monitor, DO-178B
- **Published:** November 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.com/details/5964065575

## About the Role

Due to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidate must be a U.S. Person, which is defined as a U.S. citizen, a U.S. permanent resident, or someone who has protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status.

HIGHLY DESIRED EXPERIENCE:

Candidates with direct experience supporting AC 20-193 compliance and certification efforts are strongly encouraged to apply.

We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead performance analysis, monitoring, and optimization initiatives for advanced System-on-Chip (SoC) platforms supporting next-generation aerospace and embedded computing applications.

This role is ideal for a highly experienced engineer with deep expertise in SoC performance characterization, cache analysis, memory hierarchy optimization, and platform-level performance monitoring. The successful candidate will help develop tools, processes, and methodologies used to analyze performance across complex multi-core processor architectures., * Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.

 * 15+ years of software engineering experience, including significant experience in embedded and performance-critical environments.
 * 10+ years of hands-on experience performing SoC performance analysis and monitoring.

Strong understanding of:

 * Processor architectures
 * Memory hierarchy
 * Cache subsystems
 * High-performance embedded computing
 * Experience analyzing and monitoring:
 * L2/L3 cache behavior
 * Throughput and latency
 * Memory contention
 * Network-on-Chip (NoC) or communication fabric performance
 * Experience developing performance-monitoring tools, frameworks, or automation solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

 * Experience with Intel Tiger Lake, Ice Lake, Alder Lake, or related Intel processor architectures.
 * Expertise in performance characterization and system-level optimization.
 * Experience defining and validating QoS policies, bandwidth allocation strategies, and channel prioritization schemes.
 * Background supporting safety-critical or regulated industries such as aerospace, defense, avionics, automotive, or industrial systems.
 * Experience supporting or leading DO-178C / AC 20-193 certification-related activities.

## Description

* Design and develop software tools to monitor and analyze SoC performance.
 * Evaluate processor utilization, memory subsystem performance, and communication fabric efficiency.
 * Analyze traffic patterns, throughput, latency, congestion, and contention across on-chip networks and interconnects.
 * Characterize and establish performance limits for:
 * Bandwidth allocation
 * Quality of Service (QoS)
 * Channel prioritization
 * Cache utilization
 * Memory access patterns
 * Develop performance metrics, benchmarks, and monitoring frameworks.
 * Collaborate with hardware, firmware, and systems engineering teams to optimize overall platform performance.
 * Support architecture decisions through detailed performance analysis and data-driven recommendations.
 * Contribute to certification and compliance activities for safety-critical systems., This is an opportunity to serve as a technical leader influencing the performance architecture of advanced computing platforms. You'll work alongside multidisciplinary engineering teams to solve complex challenges involving processor performance, system optimization, and next-generation embedded technologies.