Senior Software Engineer (U.S. Citizenship required)

flir· Teledyne FLIR Defense, LLC
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📍 US - Orlando, FL📍 US - Wilsonville, ORFull time

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Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.​

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

  

Job Description

  

About Teledyne FLIR Defense


Join Teledyne FLIR Defense, where we're dedicated to supporting critical missions with an exciting range of cutting-edge technologies. Our products include advanced surveillance sensors, unmanned air and ground vehicles, sensing devices used to detect chemicals, biological agents, radiation and explosives, and a host of other solutions that help warfighters, first responders, and search-and-rescue teams do their jobs better.


We're looking for passionate innovators eager to shape the future of the Defense and Public Safety industries. If you’re mission-driven to globally collaborate on solutions that can change the battlefield and save lives, we invite you to explore our current opportunities.


#AnyThreatAnywhere


Job Summary:

We are seeking a Software Engineer to join our multidisciplinary team responsible for developing next generation multi-spectral (infrared, low-light, and visible light) imaging systems. Candidates must be self-motivated, able to work independently as well as collaboratively on complex systems, in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.


 Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Design and implement low level hardware interfacing software for optimal integration of imaging sensors, using asymmetric multiprocessing techniques, in a multithreaded environment. Exposure to commercial, real-time operating systems, for example Linux, FreeRTOS, VxWorks, etc. for various hardware platforms is a plus.
  • Design and implement real-time multi-processor communication methodologies.
  • Implement complex serial and packetized protocols on Ethernet, MS1553, ARINC, CAN, and/or serial connections, such as TCP/IP, RTP, NMEA, JSON, REST API.
  • Use of version control software, GIT or similar tools.
  • Collaborate with FPGA, Electrical, and Mechanical engineers during all phases of design, development, and testing of the software.
  • Create and develop a team environment, including building collaborative relationships and participating in cross-discipline coalitions to ensure knowledge is shared across teams and projects.

Job Qualifications:

  • BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or applicable technical field. 
  • The successful candidate will have 10+ years of embedded real-time development experience for multithreaded software.
  • Complete command of the C/C++ programming language and object-oriented design methods fluency are required. Familiarity with software development, configuration management, and defect tracking tools is assumed.
  • Experience with Linux kernel drivers and interfacing to custom hardware
  • Due to program requirements, you must be a U.S. Citizen.

Experience in the following is a plus:

  • Real-time video streaming methodologies, including hardware-accelerated compression, transport, MISB metadata management
  • FreeRTOS or other real-time operating systems; SQL or other databases
  • Familiarity with the Qt Application Framework, particularly using QML.
  • Experience with Xilinx or Qualcomm Snapdragon architectures.
  • Experience with networking protocols.
  • Java software development
  • Demonstrated technical team leadership.



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Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

Teledyne is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other characteristic or non-merit based factor made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. ​

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