Senior Software Engineer

The Opportunity: 

This Software Engineer will have a unique opportunity to work with a small, cross-functional, dedicated team that will develop an entire product line from a blank page.  Our team will move fast to build prototypes, test, learn, and build the next version better.  It will require a great attitude to collaborate with a team ethos- and a desire to succeed.  The selected prototype will be the basis for several products.

As a key member of our Engineering team, you will be responsible for designing and developing custom code for our products and programs in our APNT (Assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing) portfolio. Specifically, this means guaranteeing the reliability, safety, robustness, and lifetime of our product designs. You will be designing robust and resilient code in a fast-paced environment with the opportunity to create embedded software that enables next-generation APNT technology for government and military customers. You will develop unique solutions to extend legacy hardware functionality or do clean sheet code development for new custom designs.

Our Technology:

We’re the world leader in Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (APNT) solutions that improve the reliability, performance, and safety of critical high-risk operations, even in GPS/GNSS denied environments. We provide virtually fail-safe GNSS and PNT solutions for military and commercial applications worldwide. We do remarkable things!

How I will Contribute:

• Design and implement software for embedded systems and software applications in C and C++.
• Work with Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve productivity
• Contribute to the planning of engineering projects and develop innovative designs or modifications to meet project goals.
• Participate in software estimation efforts.
• Participate in final qualification of deliverables including validation of documentation.
• Analyze and correct assigned defects, perform system failure analysis, and provide corrective action.
• Document findings, communicate results to engineering staff, make technical presentations, and may represent the organization as the prime technical contact on small contracts or single component projects
• Devise new approaches to resolve unusual or complex engineering problems.
• Report progress and risks to Engineering project management.
• Analyze project requirements and develop work breakdown for assigned tasks.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

What You Bring to the role: 

• Bachelor’s Degree (B.S.) in Computer Engineering
• Candidates may be considered in lieu of degree with strong experience in C/C++.

• Active DoD security clearance is strongly preferred, ability and willingness to obtain a security clearance upon hire is required.

• Experience with C/C++, Qt, Linux, Embedded Systems, Networking protocols, GitHub, GitLab, Python.
• Experience with Cake-PHP or similar framework, Jenkins, Docker, Dev Ops are all a plus
• The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
• The ability to remain poised under all circumstances, and to interact effectively with people in a positive manner that engenders confidence and trust.
• Ability to reason logically and make sound decisions, to consider alternative and diverse perspectives, to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Ability to interact appropriately with a variety of individuals including customers/clients.
• The person in this position needs to have an ability and willingness to travel up to 10% of the time.
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
• Ability to think conceptually and communicate cross-functionally.
• Ability to be agile and have fun!

About Safran Federal Systems:

Safran Federal Systems has been awarded as a Winner of the USA Today and Rochester Metro Area Top Workplaces 2026 Award.

In 2022, Safran acquired Orolia, now Safran Trusted 4D, the world leader in Resilient PNT. At the intersection of critical infrastructure and national defense, Safran Trusted 4D solutions govern and protect the integrity of systems that shape the world.  In early 2019, Orolia Defense & Security spun off as a separate entity from its parent company Orolia, with the mission of providing resilient Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) solutions and custom engineering services to U.S. Government agencies, U.S. Defense organizations, and their contractors.

In August of 2019, Safran Federal Systems acquired Talen-X, a U.S. company specializing in advanced GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) Simulation solutions and Interference, Detection, and Mitigation (IDM) technologies. Talen-X's portfolio was an ideal fit and has helped to enhance Safran FS's overall offerings. The acquisition enabled Talen-X's existing resources, operations, and capabilities to be scaled and accelerated to better support the warfighter. Read the press release here.

Safran Federal Systems operates as a proxy-regulated company, Free of Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI). As such, Safran FS Defense & Security is approved to work on the full spectrum of U.S. Government classified and unclassified projects and is positioned to support strategic partnerships in the development of key PNT technologies for the defense market.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Please note this description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.