Principal Software Engineer

II-VI Incorporated • Horsham, PA

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About The Position

The position involves software development and teamwork support, with a primary focus on designing and developing software features based on customer and product line management requirements. The role requires developing new features for existing and future products, resolving bugs, and working with various engineering teams to improve product performance and development processes. Additionally, the position includes coaching junior software engineers, interacting with customers, and providing input to the documentation team.

Requirements

• University degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
• 8+ years of experience in embedded software systems
• Experience in Optical Networking industry is preferred (L0 and/or L1 equipment)
• 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

Nice To Haves

• Experience in Open-Source code, such as SONiC, FRRouting, Open vSwitch etc.
• Familiar with networking protocols (Netconf, Openfig, etc.) and security protocols
• Familiar with virtualization and container technologies
• Good written and oral communication skills in English
• Experience in cross-site development with global teams
• Knowledge of Chinese is an asset
• Programming languages: C/C++, Go, Python
• Object-oriented design
• Linux multi-process design, multi-thread design

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree