Overview:
The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Founded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,900 employees, supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $940 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry. GTRI's renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state, and industry.
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Project/Unit Description
The Electro-Optical Systems Innovation Division’s (EOSID’s) research is performed in all areas of the imaging chain. From basic geometric/radiometric modeling and analysis, through design and fabrication, to test and evaluation in the field, our team provides subject matter expertise to our customers in order to solve their most challenging problems in undersea, ground, airborne, and space domains. EOSID is a collection of multi-discipline engineers and scientists encompassing optical, physics, mechanical, electrical, computer, and software domains, among others.
Our portfolio consists of research programs in and related to the following application areas: Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR); Undersea Warfare; Atmospheric Optics; Tactical Imaging, e.g. Degraded Visual Environments (DVE); Automatic Target Recognition; Intelligence Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED); Free-space Optical Communications; Space Situational Awareness (SSA); Tagging, Tracking, and Locating (TTL); LIDAR; Remote Sensing; etc.
Job Purpose
The Sensor/EW Embedded Real-Time Software Engineer is responsible for developing hard real-time embedded systems software for use in radar, EO/IR, electronic warfare (EW) systems, and other electromagnetic applications. Research centers on efficient and adaptive implementations for high-throughput signal processing, sensor fusion, target tracking, resource scheduling, electronic attack (EA), electronic protection (EP), and integrated sensor capabilities. The engineer integrates knowledge of mathematics and physics for sensor-based and EW applications into designs. The Sensor/EW Embedded Real-Time Software Engineer designs, implements, and tests solutions executing on limited-resource hardware, where the engineer develops software that interfaces to real-time operating systems, device drivers, and board devices.
The Sensor/EW Embedded Real-Time Software Engineer understands the complexity of allocating hardware board devices, manages hardware device access, architects for software scheduling and low-latency, controls system states and modes, manages systems’ components status and health, and develops domain-specific applications.
The Sensor/EW Embedded Real-Time Software Engineer performs full software development lifecycle tasks, applies disciplined software development processes, utilizes safety and security unique processes and designs, and incorporates open system software frameworks.
The Sensor/EW Embedded Real-Time Software Engineer is proficient in programming languages for real-time computing applications, such as C and C++, and demonstrates knowledge in software development principles, computer operating systems, Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), DevOps, Application Programming Interface (API) development, container development, and distributed systems. The Real-Time Software Engineer also works as part of a broad team of researchers to innovate new concepts, identify technology stakeholders, and execute challenging research in the national interest.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, test, and develop software packages to meet system requirements
- Develop and maintain software and scripts to support embedded software development and processes
- Follow embedded software development processes established by the organization and/or project team
- Contribute to technical reports and presentations - Other related duties, as assigned
Required Minimum Qualifications
- Candidates currently enrolled in an accredited degree program relevant to this position will be considered. The candidate must have a graduation date of no later than May 2024.
- Experience writing software and implementing algorithms using one or more of the following:: C, C++, C#, VHDL, Verilog
- Experience with embedded hardware design using one or more of the following: Xilinx, KiCAD, EAGLE, Altium, Cadence, etc.
- Experience developing algorithms using one or more of the following: Python, Java, MatLab
Preferred Qualifications
- Active Secret Clearance
- Masters Degree
- Experience with Edge Computing systems (e.g. NVIDIA Jetson products)
- Experience developing heterogeneous computing systems including real-time FPGA, embedded DSP, CPU, and GPU processing
- Experience with computer vision and object detection algorithms
- Experience with software development, cross-platform compilation, and DevSecOps practices
- Experience with ROS
- Experience with Linux, Red hat, Ubuntu, CentOS
- Experience with Active/Passive Electro-optical (EO)/Infrared (IR) sensors - lidar, radar, Hyperspectral Imagers, SWIR/MWIR cameras
- Experience with electronic test equipment, connectors, and wiring harnesses
- Experience with Simultaneous, Localization, and Mapping Techniques (SLAM)
- Experience with unmanned systems
Travel Requirements
<10% travel
Education and Length of Experience
This position vacancy is an open-rank announcement. The final job offer will be dependent on candidate qualifications in alignment with Research Faculty Extension Professional ranks as outlined in section 3.2.1 of the Georgia Tech Faculty Handbook
- 0 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Imaging Science, Optical Science/Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics Engineering or other related discipline.
U.S. Citizenship Requirements
Due to our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates for this position must be U.S. Citizens.
Clearance Type Required
Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain an active security clearance.
Benefits at GTRI
Comprehensive information on currently offered GTRI benefits, including Health & Welfare, Retirement Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Time Off, and Professional Development, can be found through this link: https://hr.gatech.edu/benefits
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