Software Engineer - M2M / automation devices

Length of Contract: 10 months + possible extensions Hourly Pay: $60.00 p/hr on W2 Only *No 3rd Party Candidates* Job Summary We're looking for an experienced software engineer to join our Field Systems team to help create the next generation of automated R&D field equipment. Your responsibilities will include requirements, design, development, test, and support of our research control software systems. Systems capabilities include data acquisition from other hardware/software systems, machine control, cloud connectivity, process control and user interaction. You will also be looked upon to be a technical leader and mentor to junior engineers. You will be a member of a cross functional team, expected to set technical direction and organize how tasks fit into the overall project. This position requires a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering or related discipline with 4+ years of demonstrable experience owning the development of automated/control systems. Required Skills Ability to drive software development in all phases of the product lifecycle as part of a small multi-disciplined engineering team. This includes project planning, deriving requirements from system objectives, organizing and prioritizing work, delivering results, and providing support. 7+ years’ experience developing machine to machine (M2M) and electromechanical automation system software in C#, C++, C, or Python 7+ years’ experience developing multi-threaded/process applications/services and the common constructs and patterns associated with them. Excellent system (software and hardware) troubleshooting and debugging skills Experience with and an understanding of the value of modern development concepts and practices including OO principles, unit testing, agile development, TDD and continuous delivery Experience developing networked systems that communicate with data generating devices and data aggregation and transformation services Experience developing with network protocols such as TCP/UDP, MQTT Attention to detail and data driven decision making Experience with software projects that cross multiple team/company boundaries Experience in developing applications on multiple operating systems such as Windows, Linux, iOS, Mac OS, Android. Preferred Skills 4+ years’ experience developing with MS technologies such as Visual Studio .NET, WPF, WinForms, console applications, etc. 2+ years developing software for Linux based robotics/automation devices 2+ years supporting products deployed in the field Experience using serial communication standards such as RS422, RS485, and RS232 Experience developing data-driven systems using relational and/or NoSQL database technologies such as Oracle, SQLite, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, Cassandra Experience with and understanding of the value of modern development tools such as Git, CVS, Subversion, Jenkins, NuGet, JIRA, Aha, and Azure DevOps #J-18808-Ljbffr Randstad USA