Principal Embedded Software Engineer

Coherent Corp.•Horsham, PA

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About The Position

Coherent Corp. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [email protected]. Coherent is a global leader in lasers, engineered materials and networking components. We are a vertically integrated manufacturing company that develops innovative products for diversified applications in the industrial, optical communications, military, life sciences, semiconductor equipment, and consumer markets. Coherent provides a comprehensive career development platform within an environment that challenges employees to perform at their best, while rewarding excellence and hard-work through a competitive compensation program. It's an exciting opportunity to work for a company that offers stability, longevity and growth. Come Join Us! Note to recruiters and employment agencies: We will not pay for unsolicited resumes from recruiters and employment agencies unless we have a signed agreement and have required assistance, in writing, for a specific opening.

Requirements

University degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
8+ years of experience in embedded software systems
Expert in C and C++ programming in embedded systems.
Experience with software functions for system products, such as North-Bound Interface, Platform infrastructure, BSP and Applications such as Photonic control, alarms, PMs, Service Management.
Practical experience across the entire Agile development lifecycle, including continuous integration, continuous deployment (CI/CD), and collaboration through DevOps practices.
Good written and oral communication skills in English. Experience in cross-site development with global teams.
Programming languages: C/C++ , Go, Python
Object-oriented design.
Linux multi-process design, multi-thread design

Nice To Haves

Experience in Optical Networking industry is preferred (L0 and/or L1 equipment)
Experience in Open-Source code, such as SONiC, FRRouting, Open vSwitch etc., will be a plus.
Familiar with networking protocols (Netconf, Openfig, etc ) and security protocols
Able to work and deliver on an aggressive schedule.
Familiar with virtualization and container technologies
Knowledge of Chinese is an asset.

Responsibilities

Software development – 75%
Design and develop software features based on high level customer and product line management requirements
Develop new features for existing and future products
Resolving bugs and other sustaining issues legacy products
Work with validation and integration engineers optical, hardware and test engineering teams to continuously improve product performance, execution efficiency, and development processes.
Ensure firmware documentation is accurate and up to date.
Teamwork and Support – 25%
Coaching junior software engineers. Drive coding reviews and practices across team
Pre and Post sales customer interactions, provide guidance to Field Application Engineers
Provide input to documentation team