Software Engineering (remote)

Located in Woburn, Massachusetts, Midé Technology Corporation, a Hutchinson company, is an engineering research and development company with a focus on sensors and smart materials. Our enDAQ sensor line produces high-quality battery powered data loggers to record and analyze physical systems for research and development. Additionally, our Hutchinson Data Services line uses similar sensors to monitor specific large-scale systems such as wind turbines, high-value shipments, or manufacturing plants. Engineering has been deep in our culture since we were founded over 30 years ago, and people at all levels of the company have enthusiasm for the technical details of projects.

Midé has released several open-source Python libraries intended for use with our enDAQ data recorders: ebmlite, for decoding and encoding EBML data; endaq, which provides more advanced functions for processing and analyzing data recordings, including plotting characteristics such as pseudo-velocity shock response spectra; The candidate should be comfortable working in a small team with a variety of backgrounds and should be able to help translate user requests into software requirements. Applicants should be prepared to submit a code sample, either with the application or upon request prior to the phone screening. Applicants may also opt to complete a brief coding exercise.

This is an on-site, full-time position. Although, Midé offers part time remote work, this position is full-time and primarily on-site. We have a spacious and active office with mechanical and electronics labs. Local applicants are preferred.

Have a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Have 2-6 years practical experience, with a solid understanding of the Amazon Web Services platform and some Python experience

Be a US person (citizen, green card holder, or permanent resident) or obtain an Export Authorization from the appropriate government agency.

Be able to demonstrate an understanding of object-oriented programming concepts and their application

Have fluency in at least one object-oriented programming language: Python (preferred), Java, C++, C#, Swift, etc.

Have experience writing large, reusable programs in Python

The following areas are important and may be used in this position's projects over the next year. Experience working with Azure, particularly IoT Edge, Event Hub, Functions, and databases

Networking and small-scale server design experience, particularly using MQTT

Object-oriented techniques to handle the management of many different configurations of sensors

Experience using Python to efficiently handle large data sets and real time processing, particularly using NumPy

Experience with user interface design and the graphing and display of data

Python debug experience using an IDE

Knowledge or experience with some of the following Python packages: Experience with AI techniques in data processing