Sr. Firmware Engineer

Nextern•Maple Grove, MN

2d•$120,000 - $165,000

About The Position

The Sr. Firmware Engineer is primarily responsible for developing software/firmware and its associated documentation per established quality system procedures. You will work in multi-disciplinary teams to meet product and project requirements; collaborating with engineers from a variety of companies and industries. You will also have the ability to mentor junior engineers.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Engineering
5-10 years related work experience
Proficient in C++ and/or C programming in embedded environments
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Knowledge of software design, development, debug and test practices in a regulated environment
Embedded software design, implementation, and test experience
Understanding of multitasking and device driver complexities
Software architecture and design experience

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of and experience with IEC 62304 and medical software lifecycle development
Experience with Qt or other GUI toolkits
Experience with wireless communication protocols
Experience with C#, Python for tool development, automation, and manufacturing processes
Unit and module level software testing experience

Responsibilities

Design, develop and maintain software solutions using programming / scripting languages such as C, C++, C#, and Python
Assist in creating and maintaining product documentation (requirements, specification, design, development, integration, test procedures and results)
Participate in technical reviews of requirements, specifications, designs, code and other artifacts
Contribute to system risk analysis and FMEA activities
Help break down project schedule and plan activities throughout the development
Able to act as the software product owner on smaller projects and can be a technical subject matter expert and take ownership of components on larger, more complicated systems
Actively contribute to software process improvement activities and can help drive new process improvements within the organization
Implement source code meeting product requirements in compliance with coding standards
Plan, develop, and execute integration and unit tests to ensure and maintain source code quality
Consult for verification test activities
Provide timely corrective actions on all assigned defects and issues
Coordinate configuration and release of embedded software and firmware
Provide technical mentorship to software engineers including, but not limited to, software architectural design decisions, code review and approvals, software verification planning