Senior Embedded Software Engineer (4 month contract)

THIS IS A CONTRACT POSITION FOR 4 PLUS MONTH IN PORTSMOUTH, NH

PRIMARY EMPLOYMENT OBJECTIVES

The Embedded Software Engineer III is passionate about designing leading-edge human-centered products and being part of a team of talented multi-discipline engineers. The Embedded Software Engineer III will be a critical part of this team that designs and builds the next generation of ruggedized, smart protection products for extremely demanding markets.

SPECIFIC ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

People:

Coordinate with Electronic Engineers on hardware interface development and testing, bring-up activities

Work with inputs from leadership and peers

Actively engage with cross-team project planning / execution, facilitated by Jira and other tools

Participate in code reviews

Train other engineers as needed

Serve as technical lead in development efforts as assigned

Process:

Design, build, test and maintain embedded applications targeting a range of low power microcontrollers

Follow professional engineering and SDLC practices - including coding standards, source control management, build processes, testing, documentation, and release management

Produce robust, production-ready code with solid exception handling and diagnostics

Port existing firmware to new hardware platforms

Perform manual testing of systems

Design and build automated tests where possible

Review and update technical documents and share solutions with team members

Validate and integrate deliverables from subcontractors

Other tasks as assigned

Performance:

Ability to work independently, organizing own time based on communicated project priorities and schedules

Deliver completed work with minimal oversight

Escalate issues to senior engineers and managers in a timely manner

Use iterative and agile development techniques to create fast feedback loops

Demonstrate completed work in Sprint reviews

Recommend new features and design improvements

Knowledge, Skill & Experience Requirements

REQUIRED

7+ years relevant work experience

Bachelors degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering; alternatively, a successful candidate may bring 12+ years relevant work experience

Professional experience with C++ and C; for emphasis, in-depth experience with C++/OOP is required

Experience with communication protocols & techniques USB, I2C, SPI, UART, ISRs

Competence with modern developer tooling such as git, Bit Bucket, Visual Studio or comparable

Ability to work independently, organizing own time based on communicated project priorities

Excellent teamwork skills

Strong English language, verbal communication and writing skills

Electronics experience

Experience with communication protocols & techniques USB, I2C, SPI, UART, ISRs

Experience with bare-metal bring-up

PREFERRED

Build-system engineering experience

Scripting programming experience (e.g. shell, Python)

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