Embedded Software Engineer

As an Embedded Software Engineer, you will design, develop, and support next-generation FPGA and RF products in an exciting high growth market. The fast-paced Abaco RF&DSP team develops leading edge ruggedized ADC, DAC, and digital signal processing products as part of a global company providing turnkey and off the shelf solutions for the defense and science industries. New challenges arise every day that require sharp problem-solving skills of talented and smart individuals. Join us in a collaborative and hands-on environment that fosters engineering excellence, creativity, and innovation.

We are looking for highly motivated Software Engineers with excellent design and debug skills to help design and deploy our market leading products. You will engage in a collaborative, rapidly-changing environment to design and support groundbreaking new technologies that protect and aid discovery. In this position, you will focus on developing, supporting, and improving released products. Your analysis will be key in improving the sustainability and reliability of all products future, past, and present.

Role Responsibilities

• Reduce risk and promote sustainability and reliability by leading and driving improvements based on product triage


• Debug released software and firmware to fix immediate customer issues


• Design/Create/Maintain/Document/Troubleshoot C/Python/TestStand/Labview programs for product design and test


• Work in a team environment to debug plan/execute all phases of product test development/deployment


• Perform engineering debug tasks with standard lab debug tools (oscilloscope, signal generator, spectrum analyzer, multi-meter, etc.)


• Support/Coordinate with cross-functional teams ensuring solutions meet customer satisfaction

Eligibility Requirements

• Ability and willingness to travel up to 5% as required


• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field from an accredited college or university

Required Experience

• 5+ years of experience developing in C


• 5+ years experience embedded software programming


• Possess strong troubleshooting/debug skills and ability to mitigate/resolve issues during product test development cycle


• Solid written and verbal communication skills


• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills


• Demonstrate desire and ability to work outside of the known areas of expertise


• Highly motivated, with the ability to make decisions and solve problems with minimum supervision

Preferred Experience

• 5+ years of experience developing in C


• 5+ years experience embedded software programming


• 2+ years experience developing with a variety of microcontrollers and RTOSes


• 2+ years of experience interacting directly with customers/product owners/project managers


• Experience with bug tracking, SCM (e.g. Git, Subversion), and continuous integration tools


• Experience interpreting schematics and layouts to allow further hardware debugging


• Experience with lab debug tools such as oscilloscopes, signal generators, spectrum analyzers, etc.


• Experience with Firmware design and associated development tools e.g. AMD/Xilinx Vivado and PetaLinux


• Experience using scripting languages: Python, bash, Tcl, and expect


• Experience developing with TestStand and Labview


• Experience soldering with surface mount components

Abaco Systems is a global leader in modular, high performance, open architecture, standards-based rugged embedded computing for the most demanding applications in defense and industry. Our products and solutions are found in high-profile military/aerospace sea, land and air programs, plus commercial and industrial organizations in which rugged reliability is mission critical.

Abaco is a Department of Defense (DoD) supplier and as such employees may work with or be exposed to export controlled information and/or information that has been designated as classified information. This information may only be seen or handled by US citizens or qualified permanent residents or those with proper clearances.