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The Principal Embedded Software Engineer will design and develop software components, optimize system performance, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate on technical proposals across various customer projects.

Lead end-to-end delivery of multiple complex aerospace and defense programs: planning, budgeting, scheduling, risk management, stakeholder alignment, and operational governance. Coordinate distributed engineering teams, enforce regulated processes (AS9100, DO-178C), drive EVM metrics and reporting, manage scope/change control, and provide executive and customer updates while ensuring cost, schedule, and performance goals.

Lead embedded Linux development and customer-facing engineering: design/refactor real-time architectures, develop kernel drivers, debug low-level hardware/software issues, optimize performance, produce technical proposals, and ensure delivery quality for professional services engagements.

As an Embedded Software Developer, you will develop graphics and compute drivers, support hardware integrations, and enhance safety-critical applications while collaborating within a software development team.