Firmware Engineer

About the role

The Embedded Software Engineer – Development designs and implements embedded software for SL B measurement and control systems. The role evaluates methods, technology, and development tools, defines and implements frameworks and design practices, and shares knowledge within local and global communities.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement embedded software for measurement and control systems using multiple processors and real‑time operating systems.
• Design high‑speed, hard‑real‑time data acquisition and logging systems.
• Implement DSP algorithms.
• Gather and analyze requirements and estimations.
• Coordinate software development with other disciplines and engineering projects.
• Design testing procedures, conduct and coordinate tests, document results, and develop presentations.
• Provide timely corrective actions on defects and support manufacturing and field organizations on design and testing issues.
• Produce analyses and mathematical models, draw design conclusions, and contribute to multidisciplinary technical reviews.
• Contribute to design standards and support design reuse.
• Create and maintain product documentation.
• Provide technical support to field and customers through InTouch.
• Assign, direct, and review work of technicians; mentor engineers as required.
• Share expertise via Eureka and special interest groups; build informal networks throughout the organization.
• Author technical reports, papers, articles, patents, and presentations.
• Continually evaluate engineering approaches and risks, stay abreast of novel technical concepts and markets, and adopt new practices to develop innovative, low‑cost products.
• Maintain compliance with the embedded software development process and stay familiar with company technology, organization, and business.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, embedded software, or computer science.
• 3+ years of engineering experience in product development, testing, or system engineering.
• Experience with programming languages such as Python, C, or C++.
• Experience programming microcontrollers (e.g., Microchip dsPIC, SAMD21; Texas Instruments; NXP; STM32; or any ARM M4‑class controller).
• Experience with embedded software requirements, design architecture, and specifications.
• Experience with software version management tools (e.g., Git, SVN).
• Strong team communication skills.
• Good decision‑making and initiative.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Azure DevOps.
• Experience with MATLAB simulation and code generation.
• Experience with software continuous integration.
• Experience with static code analysis tools such as SonarQube and Mend.
• Experience with unit testing frameworks (e.g., Google Test, Catch2, Mockito).
• Experience with hardware‑in‑the‑loop testing methods.
• Additional experience with C/C++ and Python programming.
• Experience with Unix fundamentals and the Linux ecosystem.
• Experience building and configuring Linux user‑land installations (base OS).
• Experience deploying customized Linux user‑land images (Buildroot, Yocto).
• Experience with embedded Linux.
• Experience with generative AI agents such as Claude, Code, and Cursor.