Advanced Staff Engineer - Embedded - DoD Secret Clearance

Advanced Staff Engineer Embedded

Are you an Embedded Software Engineer passionate about developing high-assurance embedded systems? If so, GE Aerospace Defense and Systems invites you to join their Emerging Technologies team in Grand Rapids, MI. As part of a dynamic cross-functional team, you will contribute to cutting-edge solutions for custom hardware, working on projects in areas such as stores management, cybersecurity, networking, and sensing and signal processing.

This position requires U.S. citizenship and an active U.S. Security Clearance. Relocation to Grand Rapids, MI is necessary, but GE Aerospace offers comprehensive corporate relocation assistance to support your move.

At GE Aerospace, we are shaping the future of flight. We provide competitive salaries and a robust benefits package, including 401K contributions and matching, flexible work arrangements, generous paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of health insurance options.

Job Description

As an Advanced Staff Engineer Embedded you will be instrumental in collaborating with customers to design, develop, and test embedded software (firmware), platforms, and systems that drive our mission-critical technologies and products. You will join a team of dedicated and skilled engineers who share a commitment to innovation and reliability in embedded systems. Success in this role requires a strong background in embedded systems, attention to detail, and expertise in real-time systems and their constraints. Additionally, you will be expected to take ownership of your responsibilities and deliver high-quality software solutions that meet rigorous standards.

Responsibilities:

• Design and/or program/develop a small module or a large component, feature, set of features, whole feature area or entire embedded software product.
• Defines and formalizes system, hardware, software, and human integration requirements.
• Define and execute engineering test, validation, and verification activities.
• Follow established software development methodologies and principles and document your tasks and designs.
• Validate and verify software designs in a diversity of system integration environments from local desktop computer simulations to fully representative flight tests.
• Implement protocols and algorithms for resource-constrained environments and collaborate with the hardware team to enable communication between modules and applications.
• Ensure software robustness, resilience, and fail-safe operation for critical devices, and mitigate potential safety and security vulnerabilities.
• Create detailed design and technical documentation, optimize existing applications, and implement new features.
• Participate in task prioritization, execution, requirements, specifications, code and design reviews, and mentorship across the software development life cycle.
• Apply best practices for software engineering and understand the key business drivers and product roadmap.
• Deliver your work to support project scope, cost, and schedule targets, and interface effectively with all levels of the organization and customers.
• Propose novel solutions to technical challenges, generate cost and time estimates for future bids and programs, and utilize hardware/software to demonstrate capability against customer expectations.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering or related STEM field.
• 8+ years of embedded software engineering experience or MS +5 years experience.
• Proficiency in C, C++, or equivalent languages.
• US Citizen & DoD Secret Clearance: This role requires use of technical data subject to U.S. Government contract restrictions and this posting is only for U.S. Citizens. GE will require proof of status prior to employment.
• Grand Rapids, MI onsite opportunity - Corporate relocation assistance provided.

Desired Qualifications:

• Master's degree in engineering or computer science with extensive experience in C/C++ for embedded software design, development, and testing.
• Knowledge of scripting languages (Python, Perl, Tcl, etc.) and code management tools (Git, CVS, SVN, Perforce, etc.)
• Proficiency in Ada language experience.
• Experience with RTOS (Linux, FreeRTOS, QNX, VxWorks, etc.) and device drivers for complex systems using parallel processing, multi-threading, distributed processing, multi-core, SoM, signal processing, board support package (BSP), device drivers development, and / or application program interface (API) design.
• Experience in integrating custom logic blocks into FPGA designs, including interfacing with various peripherals and communication protocols.
• Knowledge of digital design principles and techniques for implementing custom logic functions.
• Ability to work closely with hardware engineers to define and implement custom logic requirements.
• Experience with embedded software testing, debugging, and integration on hardware using debuggers (gdb, lldb, etc.), test equipment (scopes, analyzers, multi-meters, etc.), and UARTs, JTAGs and oscilloscopes.
• Experience working in mission-critical industries (aerospace, automotive, defense, first responder, medical devices, etc.) and turning CONOPS, Specifications or Requirements into software design, code, test plans and execution.
• Innovative, critical thinking and troubleshooting skills and proficiency with IDEs, version control tools, defect tracking tools and scripting tools.
• Experience with bare metal software design and optimization for cycles and memory and fundamental facility with compilers, build and source code control tools.
• Experience with model-based engineering on Cameo.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.

The base pay range for this position is $142,100.00 - $189,500.00 USD Annual. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate's experience, education, and skill set. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus based on a percentage of your base salary/ commission based on the plan. This posting is expected to close on 10/31/25.

GE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and, along with programs like HealthAhead, your physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing. Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness.

At GE Aerospace, we have a relentless dedication to the future of safe and more sustainable flight and believe in our talented people to make it happen. Here, you will have the opportunity to work on really cool things with really smart and collaborative people. Together, we will mobilize a new era of growth in aerospace and defense. Where others stop, we accelerate.