Embedded Software Engineer - IV - Contract

About the role

ASI is expanding its teams to support its current ramp-up across development work, customer projects, and product deployments. This is a full-time W-2 contract role. The selected candidate will interview with ASI and work as an integrated member of the ASI team. W-2 employment, payroll, and benefits will be administered through one of ASI’s staffing partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead feature development for embedded applications on autonomous robotic vehicle platforms.
• Diagnose and resolve complex defects across vehicle control, actuator, and perception sensor systems.
• Drive systems engineering participation to ensure robust software integration across hardware and software stacks.
• Write clean, reusable C and C++ code following SOLID principles and established design patterns.
• Build and maintain unit, integration, and system simulation tests with a test-first approach.
• Contribute to continuous refactoring and maintain disciplined use of distributed version control.
• Support fielded systems and lead collaboration with engineering teams on integration challenges.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years designing and implementing embedded real-time software systems using C/C++.
• Strong familiarity with large multithreaded embedded applications running on an RTOS.
• Familiarity with electrical and mechanical systems.
• Experience with communication protocols such as CAN, TCP, UDP, SPI, or RS232.
• Experience with ROS/ROS2 or sensor interfacing including GPS, LiDAR, RADAR, or ultrasonics.
• Experience with Agile development, device drivers, or flash programming tools a plus.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to remain in a stationary position at a computer workstation for extended periods.
• Ability to operate a computer and other office productivity equipment continuously.
• Ability to communicate and exchange information in person, via phone, and through electronic means.
• Ability to traverse office, lab, data center, and field environments as required.