Why this role stands out
Accelerate your career at L3Harris by tackling mission-critical defense technology projects in a collaborative, inclusive environment that prioritizes your professional growth and work-life balance through a flexible 9/80 schedule. This role is perfect for a skilled embedded software engineer who thrives on solving complex hardware-level challenges and wants to make a tangible impact on national security. Apply today to join a team of industry leaders dedicated to your long-term success and excellence.
Quick overview
Job description
L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers' mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.
Job Title: Specialist, Software Engineering
Job ID: Req ID 46683
Job Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked - and have every other Friday off
Job Description:
We are seeking a Board Support Package (BSP) software engineer with experience in embedded real-time software development. This position supports existing and next-generation military communications software while working close to hardware, drivers, boot code, RTOS, interfaces, and platform integration. An engineer in this position is responsible for creating designs, adding features to current designs, and developing operating system configurations.
Essential Functions:
- Configuring and patching U-boot and Linux for an embedded system
- Configuring the root file system for an embedded system
- Configuring Linux device trees
- Linux boot process on an embedded system
- BASH scripting
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
- Embedded software engineering experience
- C++ Experience
Preferred Additional Skills:
- PetaLinux Experience
- Yocto Experience
- VxWorks Experience
- Linux driver development Experience
- Buildroot Experience
- jffs2, UBI, and ubifs Experience
- Busybox
- Board bring-up / JTAG
- Experience debugging hardware
- Experience with Linux kernel/device drivers
- Design and implement software for embedded devices from requirements to production using C and C++ in a cross compiled environment
- Third party and open source software license documentation
- Familiarity with code revision management tools such as BitBucket
- Ability to obtain a US Secret security clearance
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L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.
Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
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