Principal Embedded Software Engineer

About the role

Coherent is a global leader in lasers, engineered materials and networking components. We are a vertically integrated manufacturing company that develops innovative products for diversified applications in the industrial, optical communications, military, life sciences, semiconductor equipment, and consumer markets. Coherent provides a comprehensive career development platform within an environment that challenges employees to perform at their best, while rewarding excellence and hard-work through a competitive compensation program. It's an exciting opportunity to work for a company that offers stability, longevity and growth.

Ensure adherence to company's values (ICARE) in all aspects of your position at Coherent Corp.: Integrity – Create an Environment of Trust; Collaboration – Innovate Through the Sharing of Ideas; Accountability – Own the Process and the Outcome; Respect – Recognize the Value in Everyone; Enthusiasm – Find a Sense of Purpose in Work.

Responsibilities

• Software development (75%): Design and develop software features based on high level customer and product line management requirements; Develop new features for existing and future products; Resolve bugs and other sustaining issues for legacy products; Work with validation and integration engineers, optical, hardware and test engineering teams to continuously improve product performance, execution efficiency, and development processes; Ensure firmware documentation is accurate and up to date.
• Teamwork and Support (25%): Coach junior software engineers; Drive coding reviews and practices across team; Engage in pre and post sales customer interactions, provide guidance to Field Application Engineers; Provide input to documentation team.

Requirements

• University degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
• 8+ years of experience in embedded software systems
• 5+ years of experience in Optical Networking industry (L0 and/or L1 equipment)
• Familiar with L2/L3 protocols (LLDP, OSPF, BGP, etc.)
• Expert in C and C++ programming in embedded systems
• Experience with software functions for system products, such as North-Bound Interface, Platform infrastructure, BSP and Applications such as Photonic control, alarms, PMs, Service Management
• Practical experience across the entire Agile development lifecycle, including continuous integration, continuous deployment (CI/CD), and collaboration through DevOps practices

Skills

• Experience in Open-Source code, such as SONiC, FRRouting, Open vSwitch, etc. (a plus)
• Familiar with networking protocols (Netconf, Open Config, Yang models, etc.) and security protocols
• Experience in optical networking (ROADM, ILA) system level features
• Able to work and deliver on an aggressive schedule
• Familiar with virtualization and container technologies
• Good written and oral communication skills in English
• Experience in cross-site development with global teams
• Knowledge of Chinese is an asset
• Programming languages: C/C++, Go, Python
• Object-oriented design
• Embedded Linux multi-process design, multi-thread design

Working Conditions

• This position is onsite at our Ottawa location
• May require occasional off-site meetings or travel
• Regular use of a computer and other office equipment is necessary