Senior Embedded Software Engineer (4 month contract)

Galvion•Portsmouth, NH

18h

About The Position

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

Requirements

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 bare-metal bring-up

Nice To Haves

Build-system engineering experience
Scripting programming experience (e.g. shell, Python)

Responsibilities

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
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
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