Embedded Systems Research Engineer 6908

Niskayuna, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Summit Technologies Inc. is seeking an Embedded Systems Research Engineer to develop advanced power and energy propulsion systems for unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and other areas within our clients business units. You will work with an interdisciplinary research and development team comprised of engineering scientific power generation power storage and security experts to develop implement and test embedded systems solutions utilized in UUVs and related applications.

Leverage your experience in robotics unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) autonomous vehicles space systems missile systems submarines robotic warfare and/or naval technologies to support national security missions ocean exploration and subsea infrastructure. Certain innovations may also be deployed across other functional domains within the clients established commercial power generation storage and distribution systems.

This is a full-time on-site role located in Niskayuna NY. Only U.S. Citizens will be considered as this role requires a DoD Secret clearance.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Develop Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) solutions for embedded systems and industrial control systems (ICS).
Leverage FPGA design tools to develop simulate test and optimize real-time embedded systems.
Help transition edge computing real-time embedded controls and communication systems from early-stage lab demonstrations to fieldable prototypes by working with various business units.
Collaborate with hardware suppliers and engineering tool providers to identify and select solutions for challenging industrial and defense applications.
Engage with universities industrial consortia and commercial partners to advance the state of the art in embedded systems.
Publish technical papers file patents and contribute to open-source communities.

Education & Experience Requirements:

Masters degree in computer science Electrical Engineering or related disciplines with a minimum of two years of industry experience a bachelors degree in computer science Electrical Engineering or related disciplines with a minimum of five years of industry experience may be substituted as an equivalent.
Two years of experience working with FPGA System of Chip (SoC) design and development experience with Verilog and VHDL.
Two years of experience working with Xilinx and/or Altera devices tools and ecosystem (e.g. ModelSim Intel Quartus Xilinx Vivado etc.).
Two years of experience with the development of real-time embedded applications and systems on microcontrollers FPGAs x86 and/or ARM processors.
Two years of experience in embedded programming skills (e.g. C/C C# Python etc.).
Two years of experience working with Linux build systems (e.g. Yocto).
Experience in writing firmware and with low-level programming (e.g. microcontrollers) is desired.
Working knowledge of real-time operating systems (e.g. QNX RTLinux or VxWorks) is preferred.
Familiarity with virtualization technologies such as hypervisors Docker containers a plus.
Experience with CI/CD technologies (e.g. GitLab Jenkins etc.) is desired.
Working knowledge of Linux driver and/or kernel development is preferred.

Clearance Requirement

Active/current U.S. DoD secret clearance (interim secret may be considered to start).

If you are qualified and want to be considered for this position please supply the following to: and please put the job number 6908 in the subject line:

Updated resume including MM/YYYY for each employer.
Best times/dates to interview (plus phone # you can best be contacted at).
Availability to start once given formal offers.

Summit Technologies Inc. appreciates your interest. We will contact the best matching prospects and will consider you for future opportunities. We will not submit your resume without your prior knowledge and consent. We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or veteran status.

Required Experience:

Summit Technologies Inc. is seeking an Embedded Systems Research Engineer to develop advanced power and energy propulsion systems for unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and other areas within our clients business units. You will work with an interdisciplinary research and development team comprised...

This is a full-time on-site role located in Niskayuna NY. Only U.S. Citizens will be considered as this role requires a DoD Secret clearance.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Develop Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) solutions for embedded systems and industrial control systems (ICS).
Leverage FPGA design tools to develop simulate test and optimize real-time embedded systems.
Help transition edge computing real-time embedded controls and communication systems from early-stage lab demonstrations to fieldable prototypes by working with various business units.
Collaborate with hardware suppliers and engineering tool providers to identify and select solutions for challenging industrial and defense applications.
Engage with universities industrial consortia and commercial partners to advance the state of the art in embedded systems.
Publish technical papers file patents and contribute to open-source communities.

Education & Experience Requirements:

Masters degree in computer science Electrical Engineering or related disciplines with a minimum of two years of industry experience a bachelors degree in computer science Electrical Engineering or related disciplines with a minimum of five years of industry experience may be substituted as an equivalent.
Two years of experience working with FPGA System of Chip (SoC) design and development experience with Verilog and VHDL.
Two years of experience working with Xilinx and/or Altera devices tools and ecosystem (e.g. ModelSim Intel Quartus Xilinx Vivado etc.).
Two years of experience with the development of real-time embedded applications and systems on microcontrollers FPGAs x86 and/or ARM processors.
Two years of experience in embedded programming skills (e.g. C/C C# Python etc.).
Two years of experience working with Linux build systems (e.g. Yocto).
Experience in writing firmware and with low-level programming (e.g. microcontrollers) is desired.
Working knowledge of real-time operating systems (e.g. QNX RTLinux or VxWorks) is preferred.
Familiarity with virtualization technologies such as hypervisors Docker containers a plus.
Experience with CI/CD technologies (e.g. GitLab Jenkins etc.) is desired.
Working knowledge of Linux driver and/or kernel development is preferred.

Clearance Requirement

Active/current U.S. DoD secret clearance (interim secret may be considered to start).

If you are qualified and want to be considered for this position please supply the following to: and please put the job number 6908 in the subject line: