Principal Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, test, demonstrate, and maintain embedded software for LOCOTROL remote locomotive control, tower control, and distributed power products.
• Integrate next-generation platforms with existing RCS products.
• Develop software from requirements analysis through production and commercial deployment.
• Program applications, components, and interfaces in C and C++.
• Maintain and enhance software in existing embedded products and systems.
• Collaborate with business, engineering, systems, architecture, test, customer, and partner teams to meet product and interface requirements.
• Design, implement, and test software to meet quality specifications.
• Participate in design and code reviews and drive performance and reliability enhancements.
• Mentor more junior software engineers as needed.
• Develop software design, requirements, and architecture documentation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Minimum of 15 years developing embedded software in RTOS and bare-metal environments.
• Experience writing multiprocess and multithreaded programs using C or C++.
• Strong understanding of software design methods and architectural approaches, plus knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software engineering principles.
• Experience with DDS, Yocto, C++23, CMake, GTest, automated or CI environments, DOORS Next, Visual Studio, Dev Containers, GitLab, and GitLab CI.
• Experience with ColdFire, ARM, or PowerPC microprocessors in C/C++ environments.
• Experience with TCP/IP, UDP, RS232/RS422, HDLC, SPI, I2C, and CAN communication protocols.
• Experience with embedded RTOS, including Green Hills INTEGRITY.
• Experience with SVN or Git configuration management tools.
• Experience with software analysis tools such as Klocwork, Understand, or PC-Lint and unit test tools such as VectorCAST.
• Experience designing high-reliability, safety-critical, redundant fail-safe products.
• Experience with IEC 61508, DO-178B, Cenelec-50128, or similar industry standards.
• Willingness and ability to travel 10% of the time.
• Experience in Agile software development environments, including Scrum or Kanban.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance may be provided if eligibility requirements are met.
• Benefits include health, welfare, and retirement offerings.
• Annual bonus may be available if eligible.
• The role requires legal authorization to work in the United States.
• Employment is conditioned upon successful completion of applicable drug screening and fitness-for-duty testing.