Principal Software Engineer

PGS Worldwide is actively seeking skilled Principal Software Engineers to support ongoing projects for an Aerospace leader in Minneapolis, MN. This is an initial 6-month contract-to-hire opportunity and I will respond immediately to all qualified candidates.

Job Description:

The Principal Software Engineer plans, leads, and performs a variety of tasks across the areas of software requirements analysis, software architecture and design, implementation (code and unit test), documentation, hardware-software integration, troubleshooting, problem solving, and software verification testing.

Plans, leads, and executes efforts to architect, design, develop, maintain, upgrade, port, and verify/qualify embedded product software and/or product support software to enhance, implement and support project/system functionality.

Mentors less experienced software engineers to help develop their software development and test capabilities and troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

Collaborates across the other engineering disciplines such as Mechanical, Electrical, Controls, and Systems.

Ensures that technical approach is consistent with established engineering principles and practices.

Ensures that cost and schedule targets are met, product outcomes meet customer needs, and customer and company technical, system, performance, process, and quality requirements are met.

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in STEM field.

Minimum of 8 years of experience in real-time embedded software development.

Experience to include requirements analysis, software design, implementation (code and unit test) and authoring of formal deliverable documentation.

Object-oriented software architecture, software design, C coding, and unit testing of embedded software with knowledge of requirements-based software verification and traceability.

Use of version control and issue tracking tools.

US Citizenship required.

Desired:

Bachelor's degree and/or master's degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science.

Experience in architectural level software design using Magic Draw, Enterprise Architect, or similar model-based engineering tool.

Experience either standing up or extending software verification environments in support of automated software verification testing.

Familiarity with weapon systems, munitions, and/or combat vehicle functionality and capability.

Experience using GitLab or other CI / CD tools.

Developing and troubleshooting communications, device drivers, and IO interfaces.

Integrating or testing software on bare metal and with various real-time operating systems such as VxWorks and Linux/Unix derivatives.

Job ID: 6519

Military veterans and transitioning military members are encouraged to apply to all PGS Worldwide positions. All of our jobs are military-friendly, and we work with leaders in Aerospace who rely on your military expertise to support mission-critical programs nationwide. As a Veteran Founded company, we know that the military has given you the skills and training you need to succeed in positions like this, and we want to support your success in the civilian sector however we can. We thank you for your service, and humbly offer our own in return by helping you take your career to the next level.