Sr Advanced Software Engineer

Solstice Advanced Materials•Fort Washington, PA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

At Advanced Materials, we are committed to offering the highest value-add specialty solutions in the advanced materials sector. Our goal is to solve our customers' most complex challenges through a robust and innovative product portfolio and by doing so, deliver exceptional value to our stakeholders. We have identified actionable strategies to grow by expanding into new products and markets and through strategic acquisitions, while keeping our top operating margins. Joining our team means becoming part of an organization which leverages its long-standing reputation to capture growth trends by investing in innovation and manufacturing enhancements and maintaining deep customer relationships. We foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment that values contributions and supports professional development. With a focus on innovation and sustainability, the team is dedicated to delivering value and making a meaningful impact in advancing our customers' success. Let’s make that impact together. The Senior Advanced Software Engineer will be responsible for developing firmware & software for optoelectronics sensors for Authentication Technologies program for the Fine Chemicals business. The position will be located in Ft Washington, PA. Authentication Technologies (AT) is part of the Fine Chemicals business unit and is a leader in the development of Authentication solutions for banknotes, coins, high value documents and materials packaging. This is an opportunity for an engineer to lead the firmware/software architecture of optoelectronic sensor products. This includes high reliability designs that need to operate in difficult environments with real time data captured at high speed. Many of the sensors are incorporated into customer machines so the development of robust algorithms and data integrity is important. This software engineer will be expected to work on a team to develop new concepts and support new project proposals, this will include understanding customer requirements, translating those into device and product requirements, assisting research and development proposals, project cost estimating, budgeting, and program management. The engineer must be technically creative, have strong organizational and communication skills, and able to work in a collaborative environment.

Requirements

Experience developing with the Microchip dsPIC and PIC32 family of processors using the Microchip MPLAB and MPLAB X IDEs
Ability to code applications in C and to at least understand assembly language code
Ability to code non-operating system-based applications
Need to be able to work with the legacy MPLAB and current MPLAB X IDEs
Knowledge of the Microchip Harmony 1 and Harmony 3 frameworks
Ability to implement very low-latency (under 5 msec) TCP and UDP clients and servers
Sufficient knowledge of electronic hardware and the Microchip devices to support the implementation and testing of new or existing hardware
Networking hardware knowledge
Knowledge of support circuitry required for processor functionality
Experience developing multi-threaded embedded Linux solutions for networking applications
P Threads experience a plus (this is an industry-standard multi-threading framework)
Ability to code and debug Linux device drivers
Ability to implement very low-latency (under 5 msec) TCP and UDP clients and servers
Ability to create custom board support packages (BSPs) for system-on-chip (SoC) devices
Experience developing ARM-based system-on-chip (SoC) devices
Familiarity with the Altera (formerly Intel) Cyclone V and/or Arria 10 SoC family
Ability to use the Altera Quartus II or Quartus Prime development environment for SoC development
Ability to create custom board support packages (BSPs) for SoCs
Ability to implement needed hardware functionality in the SoC’s FPGA fabric
Sufficient knowledge of electronic hardware to support the implementation and testing of new or existing hardware
Particular focus on networking hardware knowledge
Experience developing C++ applications using Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 or later
Experience developing low-latency multi-threaded user interface applications with Qt v5.12 or later on Windows 10 or later
Must have experience implementing TCP and UDP clients and servers