Special Aerospace Services
Special Aerospace Services is hiring: Software Engineer - Embedded Multimedia &
Special Aerospace Services, Huntsville, AL, United States, 35824
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Position at Special Aerospace Services
Concordia Technologies - A SAS Company
Software Engineer - Embedded Multimedia & Telemetry Systems
Location: Huntsville, AL
Who We Are
SAS is an aerospace and defense company specializing in engineering, hardware, products, and mission-critical communication systems to meet customer needs during the life cycle of a program or project. The SAS team provides engineering services, counter-hypersonic missile defense, mission-critical communications and technology solutions, and precision machining to defense, intelligence, and space customers. Our clients include NASA, DoD, and commercial space providers. As a lifecycle company, we have established dedicated teams to meet customer needs at any stage in the lifecycle of a program or project. Whether it is R&D, proposal support, systems engineering, digital engineering, or the manufacturing and delivery of hardware, SAS is the go-to company for engineering and hardware in the space industry.
Your Role
Concordia Technologies a SAS Company is seeking a talented Software Engineer to join our growing team. Concordia's Hardware design and integration team is made up of multidisciplinary engineers with expertise in software development, hardware design, structural analysis, analytical modeling, systems engineering and integration, and manufacturing. This team is tasked with solving complex problems with new and innovative ideas to bring our customers the best possible solution.
You will play a key role in developing cutting-edge embedded systems focusing on multimedia processing and real-time data streaming over radio links. This role offers the opportunity develop hardware solutions for next-generation spacecraft, aircraft, and robotic systems, as well as, work with state-of-the-art hardware like the NVIDIA Jetson Orin.
You will play a key role in developing cutting-edge embedded systems focusing on multimedia processing and real-time data streaming over radio links. This role offers the opportunity develop hardware solutions for next-generation spacecraft, aircraft, and robotic systems, as well as, work with state-of-the-art hardware like the NVIDIA Jetson Orin.
How You Will Be Rewarded:
We provide a total rewards approach to compensation, providing incentives and benefits far beyond base salary. Compensation depends on the candidate's work experience, education/training, and related skills.
Benefits
We offer a competitive benefits package designed to support our employees' health, well-being, and professional growth.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The background check and drug screen will be required prior to any hire.
Special Aerospace Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It prohibits discrimination, retaliation, or any type of harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, citizenship, immigration status, or any other legally protected status in employment, including in hiring, firing, and recruiting decisions. All applicants must be authorized to work lawfully in the United States for positions at SAS. There may be limited circumstances in which a law, regulation, executive order, or government contract would require certain citizenship; only in those limited circumstances would SAS require certain citizenship status to comply with the relevant law, regulation, executive order, or government contract applicable to that position. For all other positions, SAS does not consider an applicant's citizenship but only requires that the applicant be authorized to work lawfully in the United States. If a position is one that falls under export control laws and regulations requiring authorization from the U.S. government to access export-controlled items, any hiring is contingent on the applicant passing the export compliance assessment, which is separate from the I-9 process, for that specific position.
Position at Special Aerospace Services
Concordia Technologies - A SAS Company
Software Engineer - Embedded Multimedia & Telemetry Systems
Location: Huntsville, AL
Who We Are
SAS is an aerospace and defense company specializing in engineering, hardware, products, and mission-critical communication systems to meet customer needs during the life cycle of a program or project. The SAS team provides engineering services, counter-hypersonic missile defense, mission-critical communications and technology solutions, and precision machining to defense, intelligence, and space customers. Our clients include NASA, DoD, and commercial space providers. As a lifecycle company, we have established dedicated teams to meet customer needs at any stage in the lifecycle of a program or project. Whether it is R&D, proposal support, systems engineering, digital engineering, or the manufacturing and delivery of hardware, SAS is the go-to company for engineering and hardware in the space industry.
Your Role
Concordia Technologies a SAS Company is seeking a talented Software Engineer to join our growing team. Concordia's Hardware design and integration team is made up of multidisciplinary engineers with expertise in software development, hardware design, structural analysis, analytical modeling, systems engineering and integration, and manufacturing. This team is tasked with solving complex problems with new and innovative ideas to bring our customers the best possible solution.
You will play a key role in developing cutting-edge embedded systems focusing on multimedia processing and real-time data streaming over radio links. This role offers the opportunity develop hardware solutions for next-generation spacecraft, aircraft, and robotic systems, as well as, work with state-of-the-art hardware like the NVIDIA Jetson Orin.
You will play a key role in developing cutting-edge embedded systems focusing on multimedia processing and real-time data streaming over radio links. This role offers the opportunity develop hardware solutions for next-generation spacecraft, aircraft, and robotic systems, as well as, work with state-of-the-art hardware like the NVIDIA Jetson Orin.
How You Will Be Rewarded:
We provide a total rewards approach to compensation, providing incentives and benefits far beyond base salary. Compensation depends on the candidate's work experience, education/training, and related skills.
Benefits
We offer a competitive benefits package designed to support our employees' health, well-being, and professional growth.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Design, develop, and implement multimedia pipelines using GStreamer and FFmpeg on the NVIDIA Jetson Orin platform
- Optimize GStreamer and FFmpeg for performance and resource efficiency on embedded systems
- Integrate hardware acceleration capabilities of the Jetson Orin NX GPU for video encoding, decoding, and processing
- Integrate computer vision modules with GStreamer and FFmpeg for seamless processing of video data
- Work with aerial telemetry data, including parsing, processing, and visualization
- Develop and implement solutions for streaming video and telemetry data over radio links, considering bandwidth limitations and network latency
- Implement robust error handling and recovery mechanisms for reliable data transmission
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (hardware, firmware, and systems engineers) to integrate software components
- Develop and maintain clear and concise technical documentation
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to improving software development processes
- Must have the ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance
- Work in person at our corporate headquarters in Huntsville, AL
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field with relevant work experience in industry. Or Master's degree or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science or related field with experience in applying your knowledge to real-world robotic or aerial systems.
- Demonstrates proficiency in designing and implementing complex multimedia pipelines for video processing and streaming with proven experience in GStreamer or FFmpeg frameworks.
- Ideal candidates will have a deep understanding of video compression standards like H.264 and H.265, as well as experience with common streaming protocols such as RTP and RTSP, enabling them to efficiently handle video data transmission.
- Experience developing software for embedded Linux systems, specifically on the NVIDIA Jetson platform
- Experience with network programming and data streaming techniques such as data serialization/deserialization and optimizing data transfer over networks for real-time streaming applications.
- Candidates must be proficient in using version control systems like Git for effective code management, collaboration, and tracking changes throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Strong problem-solving and debugging skills to effectively diagnose and resolve complex software and hardware issues that may arise during development and deployment.
- Experience with VideoLAN Client (VLC) and its underlying library libVLC
- Experience with NVIDIA DeepStream SDK
- Knowledge of GPU programming (CUDA)
- Experience interfacing with computer vision libraries such as OpenCV
- Experience working with radio communication systems (e.g., RF modules, wireless protocols)
The background check and drug screen will be required prior to any hire.
Special Aerospace Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It prohibits discrimination, retaliation, or any type of harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, citizenship, immigration status, or any other legally protected status in employment, including in hiring, firing, and recruiting decisions. All applicants must be authorized to work lawfully in the United States for positions at SAS. There may be limited circumstances in which a law, regulation, executive order, or government contract would require certain citizenship; only in those limited circumstances would SAS require certain citizenship status to comply with the relevant law, regulation, executive order, or government contract applicable to that position. For all other positions, SAS does not consider an applicant's citizenship but only requires that the applicant be authorized to work lawfully in the United States. If a position is one that falls under export control laws and regulations requiring authorization from the U.S. government to access export-controlled items, any hiring is contingent on the applicant passing the export compliance assessment, which is separate from the I-9 process, for that specific position.