Arlington, United States

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Overview of Opportunity

Two Six Technologies is looking for a Principal Embedded Software Engineer to join our team in Arlington, Virginia. The team is composed of intellectual individuals, passionate about embedded cybersecurity research. The team is growing and looking for someone with a low-level software development background who understands how to transition proofs-of-concept into operational capabilities to support national security missions. The team wants to talk to you if you actively perform in-depth embedded software engineering!

Responsibilities Include:

Provide technical leadership and direction on multiple ongoing projects, and interface directly with clients/key stakeholders to present findings and gather design constraints
Maturing proof-of-concept R&D technology to operational fieldable solutions
Build test automation using Gitlab to leverage range deployments and solution evaluation
Developing APIs and other interfaces bridging the software/hardware technology overlap
Support of scalable and modular design methodology
Leading and managing a team of employees, including setting goals and objectives, developing strategies, and assigning tasks
Engaging in technical exchanges with transition partners and key stakeholders

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, or related Scientific Domain
Minimum of 7 years of experience with one or more of the following modern development languages: Python, C , C++, Embedded C, using an agile software development process
Minimum of 7 years experience with Operating Systems internals (privilege and user groups, binary memory layout)
Experience leading a small technical team of engineers and researchers
Active Top Secret Clearance willing to obtain and maintain a Polygraph clearance
Ability to work on-site at Arlington, VA headquarters

Nice to haves:

Basic understanding of memory management concepts (Heap, Stack, Virtual Memory, MMU, Physical vs. Virtual)
Experience with testing, CI/CD pipelines, and virtual machine test ranges
Experience with firmware/driver development across Linux and Windows Operating Systems
Familiarity with reverse engineering x86/ARM binaries, embedded systems, or malware
Top Secret SCI and Poly
Graduate degree in Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, or related Scientific Domain
Experience in a client-facing technical role

Security Clearance:

Active Top Secret Clearance willing to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI

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