Embedded Software Engineer (C/C++)

Location: Hybrid in Lexington, Massachusetts, with 3 days onsite; must live within 100 miles of Lexington, MA. US citizenship is required, and candidates must be able to obtain an active Secret Clearance; an interim clearance is sufficient to start.

Company

hirify.global provides technical services and develops policy-compliant IT systems and security-focused solutions for defense research customers.

What you will do

• Architect and implement hardware and software for an autonomous data collection and processing system.
• Design, implement, test, and debug embedded or real-time software in C or C++.
• Develop and integrate software in Linux-based embedded or system environments.
• Interface software with embedded hardware, peripherals, digital interfaces, and communication protocols.
• Integrate and test embedded hardware and software systems in a laboratory environment.
• Troubleshoot hardware/software interfaces using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other laboratory test equipment.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of hands-on experience designing, implementing, testing, and debugging embedded or real-time software in C or C++.
• At least 3 years of experience developing and integrating software in Linux-based embedded or system environments.
• At least 3 years of experience interfacing software with embedded hardware and peripherals using common digital interfaces and communication protocols.
• At least 3 years of hands-on experience integrating and testing embedded hardware and software systems.
• Ability to read hardware schematics and component datasheets.
• Ability to troubleshoot hardware/software interfaces using laboratory test equipment, including oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
• Must be a US citizen and able to obtain an active Secret Clearance; an interim clearance is sufficient to start.

Nice to have

• High-throughput data acquisition or streaming systems, including buffering, DMA, concurrency, data integrity, overruns, and dropped-data handling.
• Low-level device drivers, Embedded Linux interfaces, and FPGA or FPGA/SoC platforms, including Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL, AMD/Xilinx Zynq, Vivado, AXI, or AXI-Stream.
• High-dynamic-range, multichannel data acquisition using simultaneous-sampling sigma-delta ADCs or audio, acoustic, vibration, or dynamic-signal instrumentation.
• Synchronization of multichannel or multi-device acquisition systems, including sample clocks, triggering, timing or phase alignment, and differential inputs.
• Precision data-converter and instrumentation concepts such as noise floor, dynamic range, SNR, aliasing, digital filtering, clock jitter, and channel matching.
• Python, MATLAB, or similar tools for test automation, data acquisition, or data analysis, plus standard software development practices such as Git.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, customer-focused, and technically innovative work environment supporting defense research customers.
• Full-time employment with 15 PTO days, 10 paid holidays, floating holidays, and paid volunteer time.
• One week of paid maternity or paternity leave after one year of full-time employment.
• Tuition reimbursement of up to $5,000 annually for eligible full-time employees after six months, subject to pre-approval and course requirements.
• 401(k) participation from the first day with employer matching and 100% vesting.
• Hybrid work support including up to $150 monthly for eligible home-work phone or internet expenses and BYOD reimbursement of up to $1,500 every three years.

Hiring process

• First-round interview by Zoom with the hiring manager.
• Second-round Zoom interview with additional team members as needed.