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This leader will be vital in shaping technical strategies, mentoring the engineering team, and ensuring the successful adoption of modern secure coding practices within a high-assurance cryptographic system. Alongside leading immediate modernization efforts, this role involves developing strategies and long-term technical visions to extend the design for future products and systems. 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Graduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior related experience.\n12+ years of professional experience in software engineering, including at least 8 years in C/C++ embedded systems development.\nPreferred Qualifications\nC/C++ embedded systems development.\nProven leadership experience managing small-to-mid-sized software teams.\nFamiliarity with DoD/National Security Agency software standards\nStrong communication skills with the ability to brief executives and government stakeholders on technical topics.\nDemonstrated expertise in identifying and mitigating memory safety vulnerabilities in legacy codebases.\nHands-on experience with modern tools for static/dynamic code analysis, fuzz testing, sanitizers, and secure coding frameworks.\nComfortable using both Linux and Windows operating systems (including command line) for daily software development tasks.\nSolid understanding of software development methodologies (i.e. Waterfall, Agile/SCRUM, etc.)\nFamiliarity with software configuration management tools (i.e. Git, Perforce, ClearCase, etc.)\nActive DoD Secret clearance (minimum) and the ability to work onsite in a secure facility.\nBackground in high-assurance or safety-critical systems (e.g., avionics, defense)\nProficiency with Makefiles and embedded build tools (e.g., cross-compilers, linkers, debuggers).\nExperience in integrating and debugging software on embedded targets, including the use of JTAG and hardware/software debug tools.\nExperience developing low-level device drivers and interfaces that interact with FPGAs using memory-mapped registers, interrupts, and related techniques.\nContinuous Integration & Development (CI/CD) experience.\nIn compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in California is $161,500 - $257,000. 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