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Advanced Staff Engineer Embedded

Are you an Embedded Software Engineer passionate about developing high-assurance embedded systems If so GE Aerospace Defense and Systems invites you to join their Emerging Technologies team in Grand Rapids MI. As part of a dynamic cross-functional team you will contribute to cutting-edge solutions for custom hardware working on projects in areas such as stores management cybersecurity networking and sensing and signal processing.

This position requires U.S. citizenship and an active U.S. Security Clearance. Relocation to Grand Rapids MI is necessary but GE Aerospace offers comprehensive corporate relocation assistance to support your move.

At GE Aerospace we are shaping the future of flight. We provide competitive salaries and a robust benefits package including 401K contributions and matching flexible work arrangements generous paid time off tuition reimbursement and a variety of health insurance options.

Job Description

As an Advanced Staff Engineer Embedded you will be instrumental in collaborating with customers to design develop and test embedded software (firmware) platforms and systems that drive our mission-critical technologies and products. You will join a team of dedicated and skilled engineers who share a commitment to innovation and reliability in embedded systems. Success in this role requires a strong background in embedded systems attention to detail and expertise in real-time systems and their constraints. Additionally you will be expected to take ownership of your responsibilities and deliver high-quality software solutions that meet rigorous standards.

Responsibilities:

• Design and/or program/develop a small module or a large component feature set of features whole feature area or entire embedded software product.

• Defines and formalizes system hardware software and human integration requirements.

• Define and execute engineering test validation and verification activities.

• Follow established software development methodologies and principles and document your tasks and designs.

• Validate and verify software designs in a diversity of system integration environments from local desktop computer simulations to fully representative flight tests.

• Implement protocols and algorithms for resource-constrained environments and collaborate with the hardware team to enable communication between modules and applications.

• Ensure software robustness resilience and fail-safe operation for critical devices and mitigate potential safety and security vulnerabilities.

• Create detailed design and technical documentation optimize existing applications and implement new features.

• Participate in task prioritization execution requirements specifications code and design reviews and mentorship across the software development life cycle.

• Apply best practices for software engineering and understand the key business drivers and product roadmap.

• Deliver your work to support project scope cost and schedule targets and interface effectively with all levels of the organization and customers.

• Propose novel solutions to technical challenges generate cost and time estimates for future bids and programs and utilize hardware/software to demonstrate capability against customer expectations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Software Engineering or related STEM field.

• 8 years of embedded software engineering experience or MS 5 years experience.

• Proficiency in C C or equivalent languages

• US Citizen & DoD Secret Clearance : This role requires use of technical data subject to U.S. Government contract restrictions and this posting is only for U.S. Citizens. GE will require proof of status prior to to employment.

• Grand Rapids MI onsite opportunity - Corporate relocation assistance provided.

Desired Qualifications:

• Masters degree in engineering or computer science with extensive experience in C/C for embedded software design development and testing.

• Knowledge of scripting languages (Python Perl Tcl etc.) and code management tools (Git CVS SVN Perforce etc.)

• Proficiency in Ada language experience.

• Experience with RTOS (Linux FreeRTOS QNX VxWorks etc.) and device drivers for complex systems using parallel processing multi-threading distributed processing multi-core SoM signal processing board support package(BSP) device drivers development and / or application program interface (API) design.

• Experience in integrating custom logic blocks into FPGA designs including interfacing with various peripherals and communication protocols.

• Knowledge of digital design principles and techniques for implementing custom logic functions.

• Ability to work closely with hardware engineers to define and implement custom logic requirements.

• Experience with embedded software testing debugging and integration on hardware using debuggers (gdb lldb etc.) test equipment (scopes analyzers multi-meters etc.) and UARTs JTAGs and oscilloscopes.

• Experience working in mission-critical industries (aerospace automotive defense first responder medical devices etc.) and turning CONOPS Specifications or Requirements into software design code test plans and execution.

• Innovative critical thinking and troubleshooting skills and proficiency with IDEs version control tools defect tracking tools and scripting tools.

• Experience with bare metal software design and optimization for cycles and memory and fundamental facility with compilers build and source code control tools.

• Experience with model-based engineering on Cameo.

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.

The base pay range for this position is $142100.00 - $189500.00 USD Annual. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factorsincluding the candidates experience education and skill position is also eligiblefor an annual discretionary bonus based on apercentage of your base salary/ commission based on the posting isexpected to close on10/31/25.

GE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and along with programs like HealthAhead your physicalemotional financial and social wellbeing. Healthcare benefits include medical dental vision and prescription drug coverage; access to aHealth Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program which provides 24/7 confidential assessment counseling andreferral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan a 401(k) savings plan with company matchingcontributions and company retirement contributions as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits includetuition assistance adoption assistance paid parental leave disability insurance life insurance and paid time-off for vacation or illness.

At GE Aerospace we have a relentless dedication to the future of safe and more sustainable flight and believe in our talented people to make it happen. Here you will have the opportunity to work on really cool things with really smart and collaborative people. Together we will mobilize a new era of growth in aerospace and defense. Where others stop we accelerate.

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This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore for applicants who are not asylees refugees lawful permanent residents or U.S. Citizens (i.e. not a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) otherwise known as a U.S. Person) final offers will be contingent on the ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

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