Senior Software Engineer

Job Description Job Description Title: Senior Software Engineer Department:

Software & Security / 705 FLSA Status: Exempt Location: Chandler Revision Date:

January 14, 2025 Level: T3 Company Overview Comtech Telecommunications Corp. is a leading global technology company providing terrestrial and wireless network solutions, next-generation 9-1-1 emergency services, satellite and space communications technologies, and cloud-native capabilities to commercial and government customers around the world. Our unique culture of innovation and employee empowerment unleashes a relentless passion for customer success.

With multiple facilities located in technology corridors throughout the United States and around the world, Comtech leverages our global presence, technology leadership, and decades of experience to create the world’s most innovative communications solutions. For more information, please visit www.comtech.com. Purpose: Comtech is looking for a Senior Software Engineer who will will design, develop, test, and debug complex software systems.

Comtech engineers have the opportunity to work at all levels of a product, from the lowest level device drivers on embedded platforms to front-end web technologies. Software Engineers are responsible for defining and developing new features, as well as providing engineering support for both new and existing products. Responsibilities Participate in all phases of product development for communication systems, including design, software development, testing, debugging, and documention.

Design, implement, and support major enhancements for new and existing products. Create tools and prototypes to assist in developing the core product efficiently. Work as part of a team with minimal supervision, with the ability to work solo when necessary.

Work closely with government and commercial customers, participate in design reviews, and deliver engineering-level documentation. Work with a test team to diagnose and debug problems, both internally generated and those reported by customers. Lead and mentor other team members.

Other duties as assigned. Skills: Ability and desire to thrive in fast-moving environment. Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Excellent teamwork, organization, and communication skills. Qualifications: Must be willing and able to obtain a US government security clearance. Ability to program in C and C++, with familiarity with scipting languages.

Knowledge of RUST and of low-level programming such as device drivers written in C are pluses. In-depth technical knowledge in a number of areas of software systems, which could include embedded and real-time operating systems, Linux, networking, inter-process communication, multi-thread and multi-process development, asynchronous I/O, exception handling, and error detection and reporting. Familiarity with networking is highly desirable, such as working with network protocols, reading bits and bytes off the wire, packet inspection, QoS classification and policing/shaping, writing Layer 2 and Layer 3 socket and raw socket programs.

Prior SATCOM experience is highly desirable, with knowledge of center frequency, symbol rate, modulation, demodulation, encoding, forward error correction, framing, and optimization techniques. Education and Experience: Bachelor of Science degree or Master’s degree Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with a minimum of five (5) years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Prior SATCOM experience is highly desirable, with knowledge of center frequency, symbol rate, modulation, demodulation, encoding, forward error correction, framing, and optimization techniques. Comtech is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.