Senior Embedded Software Engineer (4 month contract)

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.

People

SPECIFIC ESSENTIAL DUTIES & 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
  
  

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
  
  

Required

Knowledge, Skill & Experience 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 communication protocols & techniques USB, I2C, SPI, UART, ISRs
• Experience with bare-metal bring-up
  
  

Preferred

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

Galvion provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Galvion complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.