Firmware Embedded Software Engineer

Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyzing and communicating software/firmware requirements
• Creating architectures and designs
• Coding
• Unit test, integration and system testing
• Debugging
• Generating code releases that are correct the first time, exhibiting high reliability
• Performance analysis
• Early customer support and sustaining activities
• As part of a team, you will participate in technical discussions evaluating and executing design and development plans for a very interesting and a technically challenging project.
• Have direct influence on the decisions and outcomes related to project direction.
• Work on additional tasks and responsibilities that will contribute towards team, department, and company goals.

• BS or MS in Computer Science / Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 7 years or more SW development experience with embedded applications.
• Able to develop HW and peripheral device drivers for subsystems attached via RS-232, SPI, I2C, USB etc.
• Able to develop operational modules that make use the peripheral devices for specific functions.
• Strong "C" programming experience.
• Experience with ADA (can help qualify for a full time conversion).
• Experience with embedded systems utilizing a multithreaded RTOS Operating system such as "Free RTOS"

• Experience with VX Works 6.9/7.0
• Experience with embedded processors containing FPGA interfaces such Xilinx Zynq, Altera SOCs or similar.
• Good documentation skills, an ability and willingness to follow development processes including code reviews, and the generation of SW development artifacts required by our contracts.
• Excellent unit test and debugging skills and experience using your code skills and knowledge to assist with debugging new hardware.
• Ability to effectively prioritize work and deliver results with minimal guidance.