What are the responsibilities and job description for the Embedded & Windows Systems Software Engineer position at Digital Check Corp?
Summary of Position: (Provide a brief narrative, one or two sentences, that highlights the primary purpose to the organization and key responsibilities of the job).
The Embedded and Windows Systems Software Engineer is responsible for developing and maintaining software for nextScan and ST Imaging equipment and products. This includes R&D, pre-production, production, and legacy products. This role works with our internal sales, marketing, support, engineering, and manufacturing business segments. This role may engage high level customers and prospects and be able to handle internal and external customer objections and requests in a professional manner.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities: (State the essential functions of the job, organized from most to least essential. Include normal day-to-day duties as well as duties that occur at irregular intervals but that are of a recurring and essential nature. Include leadership and managerial responsibilities, if applicable).
- Collaborate with business analysts and developers to produce software designs
- Formulate program specifications and basic prototypes
- Transform software designs and specifications into high functioning code in the appropriate language
- Integrate individual software solutions to higher level systems
- Test code periodically to ensure it produces the desirable results and perform debugging when necessary
- Perform upgrades to make software and systems more secure and efficient
- Collaborate with technical writers to create documentation for user support
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required: (List the minimum required education, prior experience, certifications, licenses, and specialized areas of knowledge required to adequately perform the essential functions of the job).
- College degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field required.
- 1 years of experience in C/C
- 1 years of experience working in Windows Development Environments
- Experience with multithreading
- Experience or proven ability in designing complex software architecture
- A passion for programming and software engineering
- Experience with SQL databases is a plus
- Experience with document imaging is a plus
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
- Experience or proven ability in computational algorithms
- Experience or proven ability in technical specifications
- Experience using imaging APIs is a plus.
- Strong knowledge of digital hardware design is a plus
- Requires reading, math, basic assembly, analyzing and drawing conclusions from simple to complex technical information
- Experience with the Windows API is a plus
- Experience using a JTAG/SWD debugger is a plus
- Experience working with microprocessors is a plus
Personal Skills and Competencies: (Identify any behavioral characteristics and attributes that would contribute to superior performance for this position, i.e. organization skills, communication skills, detail-orientation, analytical skills).
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
- Requires reading, math, basic assembly, analyzing and drawing conclusions from simple to complex technical information
- Good analytical, problem solving, and debugging skills
- Ability to read/interpret and generate technical documentation
- Ability to adjust coding style to match what is already in place
Customer Base: (Identify who the primary and secondary customers are for the position. This includes any person or group of people, internal or external, who rely on the work product or output of the position).
- Primary – internal departments (Manufacturing, Support)
- Secondary – product purchasing customers
Working Conditions/Physical Requirements of the Job: (Indicate what the physical requirements are to complete the essential functions of the job, i.e. lifting, standing, etc. Also indicate any working conditions that may be out of the ordinary, i.e. travel, on call or unusual hours, exposure to noise, etc.).
- Requires standing and walking; using hands, fingers and feet
- Requires sitting, talking, and hearing
- Requires close up (or corrected) vision and color vision
- Work is performed in a controlled office and manufacturing environment, but employee will also be required to occasionally work on the manufacturing floor and/or visit customers and observe customer operations in uncontrolled environments.
The above is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor is it intended to be an exhaustive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, it is intended only to describe the general nature of the job. Employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.