GE Aerospace
Senior Embedded Software Engineer – Secret Clearance
$130K–$173K
Grand Rapids · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of embedded product software engineering experience or MS +7 years experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related STEM fields.
- Visa sponsorship
- Requires U.S. Citizenship as a prerequisite for maintaining a U.S. Government Security Clearance. Access to U.S. export-controlled information requires qualifying U.S. Person status: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, asylee, or refugee. Employment is limited to individuals legally authorized to work in the United States.
About the job
Architects, develops, tests, and verifies embedded firmware and systems for mission-critical aerospace and defense products, including networking and other advanced capabilities.
What you'll do
- Work with customers and stakeholders to plan software functionality and define system, hardware, software, and integration requirements.
- Design, develop, document, test, and verify embedded software across simulations, integration environments, and flight tests.
- Implement protocols and algorithms, collaborate with hardware teams, and ensure robust, resilient, fail-safe software.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related STEM fields.
- 10+ years of embedded product software engineering experience or MS +7 years experience.
- Proficiency in Ada, C, C++, or equivalent languages.
- Experience in networking protocol development, including detailed design and/or implementation in embedded software/firmware.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in engineering or computer science with extensive experience in C/C++ for embedded software design, development, and testing.
- Current US Government Security Clearance.
Pay
$130,000.00-$173,000.00 USD Annually (base salary)
Tools
Ada, C, C++, Python, Linux, FreeRTOS, QNX, VxWorks
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