Senior Embedded Software Engineer

THIS IS A CONTRACT POSITION FOR 4 PLUS MONTH IN PORTSMOUTH, NH

PRIMARY EMPLOYMENT OBJECTIVES

The Embedded Software Engineer III is passionate about designing leading-edge human-centered products and being part of a team of talented multi-discipline engineers.

The Embedded Software Engineer III will be a critical part of this team that designs and builds the next generation of ruggedized, smart protection products for extremely demanding markets.

SPECIFIC ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

People:

• Coordinate with Electronic Engineers on hardware interface development and testing, bring-up activities

• Work with inputs from leadership and peers
• Actively engage with cross-team project planning / execution, facilitated by Jira and other tools
• Participate in code reviews
• Train other engineers as needed
• Serve as technical lead in development efforts as assigned

Process:

• Design, build, test and maintain embedded applications targeting a range of low power microcontrollers

• Follow professional engineering and SDLC practices - including coding standards, source control management, build processes, testing, documentation, and release management
• Produce robust, production-ready code with solid exception handling and diagnostics
• Port existing firmware to new hardware platforms
• Perform manual testing of systems
• Design and build automated tests where possible
• Review and update technical documents and share solutions with team members
• Validate and integrate deliverables from subcontractors
• Other tasks as assigned

Performance:

• Ability to work independently, organizing own time based on communicated project priorities and schedules
• Deliver completed work with minimal oversight
• Escalate issues to senior engineers and managers in a timely manner
• Use iterative and agile development techniques to create fast feedback loops
• Demonstrate completed work in Sprint reviews
• Recommend new features and design improvements

Knowledge, Skill & Experience Requirements

REQUIRED

• 7+ years relevant work experience
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering; alternatively, a successful candidate may bring 12+ years relevant work experience
• Professional experience with C++ and C; for emphasis, in-depth experience with C++/OOP is required
• Experience with communication protocols & techniques USB, I2C, SPI, UART, ISRs
• Competence with modern developer tooling such as git, Bit Bucket, Visual Studio or comparable
• Ability to work independently, organizing own time based on communicated project priorities
• Excellent teamwork skills
• Strong English language, verbal communication and writing skills
• Electronics experience
• Experience with communication protocols & techniques USB, I2C, SPI, UART, ISRs
• Experience with bare-metal bring-up

PREFERRED

• Build-system engineering experience
• Scripting programming experience (e.g. shell, Python)

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