Lead Embedded Software Architect
About the Team: The Sensors Division at STR focuses on technology development for advanced sensor systems to add national security capabilities, particularly in the areas of airborne/surface-based radar, electronic warfare, underwater acoustics, hyperspectral imaging, and EO/IR sensing. Within these areas, we perform work on emerging concepts & technologies, component & system development and prototyping, and experimental campaigns. The Optical & Novel Sensing (ONS) Group within the Sensors Division pursues physics-driven research across multiple domains to provide warfighter and intelligence mission performance unachievable with traditional sensors. Our main customer focus is on Department of War and Intelligence Community research and development programs, with work spanning concept formulation through validation prototyping. The Role: We are seeking a talented and versatile Embedded Software Architect to drive the system definition and software architecture for advanced signal processing solutions on resource-constrained embedded platforms. The ideal candidate has broad embedded experience, excels in analyzing complex algorithms to inform technical requirements, and can recommend and develop solutions across CPUs, DSPs, and FPGAs. They will interface with external spacecraft and satellite integrators to define requirements, and play a key role in software development, optimization, and technical guidance within our engineering team. What you will do: Analyze customer use cases and signal processing algorithms to generate clear, actionable system and software requirements for embedded platforms Evaluate and recommend computational architectures (CPU, DSP, FPGA, or hybrid) best suited to mission needs, balancing system complexity, performance, and resource constraints Architect, design, and implement embedded software at the middleware or application level, with a focus on resource-efficiency and high reliability Optimize and port software to maximize performance on computationally limited SoCs; proficiently devise functional splits between processor and FPGA Collaborate with spacecraft/satellite integrators and internal stakeholders to translate mission objectives into robust technical specifications Provide mentoring, code reviews, and technical guidance to less-experienced team members Who you are: Ability to obtain a security clearance, for which U.S. citizenship is required by the U.S. Government Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field BS with 7+ years’ experience in embedded software development for resource-constrained systems (such as CPU/DSP/FPGA SoCs). Equivalent experience will be considered. Proficient in C/C++ for embedded systems; familiarity with MATLAB and RTOS environments a plus Strong foundation in signal processing algorithms and their computational/resource implications Demonstrated ability to derive system/software architecture ...