Embedded Software Engineer - C++ / RTOS / Cameo / Missile Defense
Davis Strategic Innovations Inc. · Huntsville, AL
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Jul 14, 2026
Huntsville, AL
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An embedded software engineering role focused on missile defense systems, covering the full development lifecycle from requirements analysis and object-oriented design through coding, unit testing, integration, and formal test support. Day-to-day work involves writing C++ for real-time, hardware-integrated environments and operating within a model-based engineering framework. Suited to engineers with 5+ years of C/C++ experience in defense, aerospace, or other mission-critical domains who hold an active Secret clearance.
Senior level · 5+ years · Huntsville, AL · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $130,897 (middle half $102,526–$165,828).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The JD states '5+ years professional experience developing software using C or C++' — C is listed as an alternative to C++, not a separate requirement; the years demanded is set at the role level (5) and attributed to this skill.
RTOS, VxWorks/Green Hills, Cameo/Rhapsody, UML, DOORS, Git/GitLab, CI/CD, and Agile all appear exclusively under the 'Preferred Qualifications' heading and are therefore not hard gates.
Linux appears in both the required qualifications ('Experience with Linux development environments') and the preferred section; it is treated as required based on its placement in the required block.
No compensation figures are provided.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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