Senior Principal Embedded Software Architect
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 27, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 21, 2026. General Dynamics Mission Systems scores A on the Alion truth index.
Basic Qualifications
Education Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, or related Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics field, plus a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree, plus 8 years relevant experience.
Clearance Requirements:
Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.
Responsibilities for this Position
ROLE AND POSITION OBJECTIVES:
As a Sr. software engineer for the Keystone Products at Idaho Scientific a business segment within General Dynamics Mission Systems, you’ll lead a cross functional team responsible for designing and architecting advanced embedded security technologies that protect U.S. defense systems from cyber exploitation, physical attacks, reverse engineering, and supply-chain compromise. Employees deliver secure processors, anti-tamper architectures, cryptographic IP, and integrated firmware/software solutions designed to meet stringent government cybersecurity and survivability requirements. anti-tamper and physical HW security produts.
We encourage you to apply if you have any of these preferred skills or experiences:
Qualifications:
- Embedded software design: Software design for embedded applications targeting bare metal or real-time operating systems executing on ARM architectures and other low power processors. Expertise in C, interface design, memory management, physical interfaces (memory mapped, SPI/I2C, PCIe, serial, etc.), loadup and boot.
- Workflow, toolchain, test, release, support: Ability to adopt industry best practices to engineering workflow for software lifecycle management. Expertise in embedded software test (unit, continuous integration, interface testing and mocks, hardware testing) required.
- Software architecture: Ability to review software design and direct a team of more junior software engineers, utilizing and explaining design patterns, decomposition of complex software to smaller functional elements with well-defined interfaces, requirements decomposition and tracing.
- Team leadership: Motivate and direct a team of 5 to 10 software engineers developing and deploying our flagship root of security software.
- Communication: Documentation writing for and presentation to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Security: Enthusiasm to learn, understand, implement, promote, and advance anti-tamper and cybersecurity technologies. Prior knowledge of security not required (prior knowledge of embedded software is required)
Work Description:
- Implement our Keystone Product Research and Development Pipeline by developing a roadmap of features and requirements by incorporating program, customer, and business development input into an executable design. The successful candidate will manage the evolution and development of the existing Keystone Core product.
- Work with GDMS’ internal Keystone integration teams to direct, assist, and oversee integration of the Keystone Core product into diverse hardware and processor baselines.
What sets you apart:
- Creative thinker with demonstrated success leading the software development life cycle
- Expertise in applying technical standards and methodologies to solve challenges
- Exceptional communication skills with the capacity to secure buy-in on concepts and ideas
- Collaborative team player eager to provide technical leadership and position others for success
- Commitment to ongoing professional development for yourself and others
- Identifies opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement and innovation
Our Commitment to You:
- An exciting career path with opportunities for continuous learning and development.
- Research oriented work, alongside award winning teams developing practical solutions for our nation’s security
- Flexible schedules with every other Friday off work, if desired (9/80 schedule)
- Competitive benefits, including 401k matching, flex time off, paid parental leave, healthcare benefits, health & wellness programs, employee resource and social groups, and more
- See more at gdmissionsystems.com/careers/why-work-for-us/benefits
Workplace Options: This position is fully on-site, OR Hybrid/Flex as desired.While on-site, you will be a part of the Boise, ID or Slat Lake City, UT locations.
Salary Note
This estimate represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors (geographic location, etc.). Actual pay may vary. This job posting will remain open until the position is filled.Combined Salary Range
USD $165,916.00 - USD $175,000.00 /Yr.Company Overview
General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of 12,000+ top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defense and scientific arenas. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency. We offer highly competitive benefits and pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose. You will also enjoy a flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high-performance team!
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