Sr Embedded Software Engineer

Position Details

Title: Sr Embedded Software Engineer

Job ID: 7430

Location : Maple Grove MN - ONSITE

Pay Rate: $60.00/hr - $75.00/hr on W2

Shift : 9/80 schedule

Contract: 12 -month contract with potential extension

Citizenship Requirement: US Citizenship required

• Oversee the associated software engineering efforts including estimating planning requirements analysis architecture design implementation unit testing hardware/software integration integration testing simulated flyout testing and testing at the range.
• Monitor and control execution of software engineering efforts with appropriate corrective actions as needed to keep the efforts on track with responsibility for technical cost and schedule performance.
• Support the software verification lead in areas to include software verification planning software verification environment concepting/design and the development execution debugging and review of software verification test scripts and procedures.
• Ensure that your team supports Software Quality Assurance and Software Configuration Management audits and activities.
• Coordinate with Safety Engineering organization to ensure that software requirements development and software safety efforts are completed and recorded accurately and in a timely manner to correctly drive software level of rigor requirements for software architecture design implementation integration and verification work products associated with safety related or safety critical software requirements.
• Achieve on-time delivery of contract deliverables with acceptable quality and 90% first pass customer acceptance.
• Ensure that your project team executes with appropriate process discipline and rigor in accordance with tailored Business Management System (BMS) Procedures as tailored by your software IPT Lead and approved by functional management.
• Oversee Control Account(s) or Work Package(s) as assigned overseeing tasks monitoring and reporting progress and taking corrective action as needed to meet cost quality performance and schedule constraints. Provide periodic estimates at complete (EAC) as required to support the EVMS reporting for each contract or work directive assigned to you.
• Plan the software project schedules and builds in support of product level development schedules.
• Work with your software IPT lead and PEM(s) to plan formal software development milestone reviews with United Stated Government (USG) customer representatives including System/Software Requirements Review (SRR) Preliminary Design Review (PDR) Critical Design Review (CDR) and Test Readiness Review (TRR). Establish a work-split with your software IPT Lead for developing and presenting the software engineering content for these milestone events.
• Evaluate software requirements to ensure that they are consistent with higher level performance requirements customer requirements and statement of work or other applicable contractual documents.
• Coordinate development work with the software Architect and evaluate designs to ensure technical outcomes are consistent with customer needs and established requirements. Software leads are responsible for ensuring the involvement of Software Functional Management and the Munitions Software Architect in reviewing and approving software architecture and significant design work.
• Guide the project team in collaborative problem solving involving relevant stakeholders to include software architecture representation as appropriate.
• Work collaboratively to resolve conflicts between subsystems or disciplines to the benefit of system performance quality reliability and cost.
• Plan and ensure appropriate engagement of stakeholders in the activities of the software projects referencing the projects stakeholder matrix and ensuring involvement of stakeholders including systems and safety engineering as well as software architecture. Obtain the stakeholder matrix from your software IPT Lead.
• Elevate issues and questions defining/modifying/affecting product behavior to the appropriate IPTs for resolution in a forum including stakeholders from systems safety and other relevant engineering disciplines.
• Proactively communicate with multiple leaders to include your Software IPT Lead Functional Manager Program Engineering Manager(s) and Program Manager(s).
• Promptly notify management of emerging risks issues and opportunities and elevate as necessary to ensure awareness.
• Provide clear concise work direction to project personnel.
• Apply knowledge of multiple engineering disciplines consideration of customer and other stakeholder inputs and in-depth knowledge of assigned product or technology area in guiding project direction and outcomes.
• Ensure all Cybersecurity efforts are coordinated within the Software domain.
• Regularly prepare and present project metrics and technical status at formal milestone reviews technical interchange meetings and IPT meetings with customers and teammates as well as internal reviews with both project and functional management.
• Plan and manage internal and external resources to meet project obligations and objectives. Includes coordinating with multiple functional and project managers to identify and acquire internal or external resources.
• Provide unbiased and constructive Performance and Development Review (PDR) inputs regarding objectives and performance for assigned project personnel.
• Continuously maintain and enhance the technical reputation of BAE Systems with customers and industry.

• Working knowledge of Earned Value Management System (EVMS) and Control Account Manager/Work Package Manager duties.
• Highly skilled in object-oriented design and C embedded software development.
• Experience working with RTOS and/or bare-metal real-time application development.
• Practical knowledge and experience with applicable software engineering processes.
• Familiarity with Ethernet communications.
• Contemporary design/development experience.
• Exceptional communication (verbal and written) and collaboration skills.
• Ability to conduct effective meetings discussions and presentations.
• Experience leading a small group of developers.
• Clearance: Secret Eligible.
• May consider candidates with additional experience for a more senior role.

• Practical knowledge and experience with applicable software management processes
• Practical knowledge and experience with applicable engineering development processes.
• Familiarity with Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI) and BAE Systems Life Cycle Management
• Working Cybersecurity domain knowledge specifically of Risk Management Framework and the requirements and process to obtain/maintain Authority to Operate (ATO). Ideally the candidate would possess a cybersecurity certification.
• Weapon system and/or combat vehicle subject matter expertise.
• Current Secret Clearance

• Bachelors degree in a relevant technical discipline plus 6 years relevant experience; or a masters degree and 4 years of experience; or a Ph.D. and 2 years of experience.