Associate Director of Embedded Software Engineering

THE OPPORTUNITY

Silvus is seeking an Associate Director of Embedded Software Engineering to join the Engineering Group, reporting to the Director of Software Engineering. The successful individual in this role will lead a team to participate in the development of Silvus’ MANET radios and other advanced R&D projects.   This is an opportunity to work on all aspects of the system including device drivers, networking functions and services, encryption, and security features.

The position is located at Silvus’ headquarters in the heart of vibrant West Los Angeles, CA and is on a hybrid schedule, a minimum of 3 days onsite per week is expected. On-site days are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

The following is a list of at least some of the current essential job functions of the position. Management may assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time at its discretion.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead a team of engineers and be responsible for the team’s success on assigned projects.
• Work with the Director of Software Engineering and the rest of the engineering team to improve engineering processes, product quality, reliability, and performance.
• Develop device drivers and board support packages.
• Develop the software portion of MAC (Medium Access Control) and mobile ad-hoc networking routing protocols.
• Develop efficient wireless multicast protocols for mobile ad-hoc networking.
• Develop network management software and user interfaces.
• Develop audio streaming and push-to-talk voice applications.
• Perform system level design and implement security protocols and encryption algorithms on StreamCaster radios and other products.
• Support product security effort and regulatory compliance requirements such as NIST FIPS 140-3 and NIAP Common Criteria.
• Engage with and support customers as needed.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated experience leading a team of engineers with hands-on development.
• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or relevant engineering fields.
• 8+ years of relevant embedded system software development experience.
• Strong expertise in C programming.
• Expertise in board support package and secure boot in AMD UltraScale+ MPSoC and/or Microchip Polarfire SoC based products.
• Linux kernel driver development expertise.
• Expertise in network configurations and programming.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen due to clients under U.S. government contracts.

PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Experience with different security protocols and encryption algorithms such as suite of CNSA algorithms.
• Scripting languages such as Bash and Python.
• Proven experience with audio codecs and stream protocols.
• Demonstrated experience with networking protocols such as IPsec, IGMP, SNMP.
• Working knowledge and understanding of NIST FIPS 140-3 and NIAP Common Criteria certification.
• Experience with communication systems and networking products development.

WORKING CONDITIONS & PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Office environment.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to do the following:
• Lift equipment up to 20 lbs. for the set-up of demonstrations and testing.
• Perform bending and reaching movements to place items on lower and higher shelves.
• Walking/Moving in the labs.