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.

Qualifications and Experience

* 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"

Highly desired experience

* 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.