Senior Embedded Software Design Engineer 

Location: Burlington, ON
 

Responsibilities 

• Responsible for assigned projects of embedded software development to achieve operational targets, established by leadership.
• Manage project tasks with team members allocated to the specific project.
• Responsible for managing complex project initiatives of strategic importance to the organization
• Architect, design, develop, document, and verify software for complex electro-optical surveillance systems.
• Provide support to Engineering, Manufacturing and Customer Support teams to solve software issues.
• Support the estimation and planning of new products and features and the Agile development process.
• Support Software Engineering in company product development reviews.
• Contribute to continuous department improvement processes, including comprehensive information gathering and data analysis.
• Review the software contributions of other team members.
• Participate in developing and maintaining relevant engineering design practices, processes, and standards.
• Work is guided by individual annual goals and objectives with general oversight or direction.
• Responsible for providing guidance, coaching, and training to other employees within area of expertise.
• Ability to build and maintain professional relationships within and outside of engineering.
• Demonstrated ability to architect complex software systems.
• Demonstrated ability to research, design and implement complex algorithms.
• Ability to understand the operation, design, and control of complex electro-mechanical systems.
• Proven track record for creating innovative solutions to difficult problems on budget and on time.
• Develop a strong presence across engineering and other areas of the business to maximize collaboration and synergy an effort to meet project goals.
• Watch for new technologies and leadership trends that may impact present and future product development.

 Basic Qualifications

 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
• Strong experience designing software for embedded microprocessors using C/C++.
• Experience targeting real time operating systems such as VxWorks or Threadx.
• Strong knowledge of embedded C and C++ software architecture for real-time systems.
• Strong knowledge of modern source code management.
• Experience developing for embedded ARM processors.
• Experience targeting embedded Linux.
• Proven track record for developing software within an Agile software process.
• Good understanding of the ISO 12207 software development standard.
• Strong knowledge of embedded communications standards such as I2C, SPI, CAN, Serial, Ethernet.
• Strong knowledge of Avionic communication standards such as 1553, Arinc-429.
• Familiarity with both Windows and Linux as host operating systems.