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As a member of the Pacific Defense group of companies, our growth is accelerating. Pacific Defense designs and builds advanced, military standards-based, modular open systems architecture (MOSA) systems. These systems conform to the Army's C4ISR Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS) and the Air Force's Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) Standard. These CMOSS /SOSA systems are used for multi-mission electronic warfare, tactical communications, signals intelligence, cyber-EW, high performance computing and often simultaneous operation of these capabilities.\nWho are we looking for?\nWe are looking to hire a Senior Software Engineer who wants to get involved with a small, fast-paced, and dynamic company. Responsible for developing, maintaining, and advancing state-of-the-art Electronic Warfare software solutions.\nRequirements\nWhat You’ll Get to Do:\nBe responsible for the development of new features on our embedded platforms. \nInvestigate, prototype, and deliver new and innovative system solutions. \nDesign, develop and verify firmware and drivers for embedded systems. \nParticipate in design reviews, API development, and documentation. \nWork with new technologies that are vital to product development. \nPerform tasks including debug, bring-up, Beta and production software development. \nSuccessfully collaborate with both software and hardware product teams. \nYou’ll Bring These Qualifications:\nAppropriate level of experience as an embedded software engineer writing C++ user space applications. \nExperience with developing, debugging and deploying containerized applications.\nExperience with developing real-time applications.\nExperience developing application software that interfaces with FPGAs, sensors, and other embedded hardware. \nExperience in writing well-documented code in a collaborative, team-centric environment. \nExperience applying Computer Science fundamentals such as data structures, algorithm design, problem-solving, and complexity analysis. \nThese Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:\nExperience with RF or SDR technology. \nExperience with Digital Signal Processing techniques.\nExperience with Electronic Warfare (EW) systems and/or technology. \nExperience with user interface design in DART/Flutter\nActive security clearance. \nEducation\nBS EE/CS or related field \nBenefits\nPacific Defense provides competitive salaries and immediately vested 401K match. We provide 100% coverage options for the employee, and 75% coverage for dependents’ medical, dental, vision, and life insurance premiums, as well as a flexible spending account for incidental health care expenses. We offer paid time off and federal holidays to spend time with family, pursue outside interests, or just get some extra rest.\nPacific Defense is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3357,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["401k plan","Life insurance"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Electronic Warfare","Defense Manufacturing"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-12T05:56:36Z"}],"liveness":{"score":32,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.573,"p_room":0.55,"age_days":57,"expected_fill_days":42,"reasons":["conf:1","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-09-25T05:45:01Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/pacific-defense-senior-software-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/pacific-defense-senior-software-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-26T02:09:21Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2167,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":2833,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-27T00:00:00Z"}}}