Software Engineer 3

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POSITION SUMMARY

Design, develop, and support low-level software to control intelligent devices. Candidate will also develop software subsystems for Inter-Process communication, Synchronized system startup, and Information Model persistence.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Understand hardware functionality and software drivers for monitor and control.

• Understand multi-processor high reliable software system architectures.

• Full life-cycle responsibility for embedded software including requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing, and documentation.

• Attend meetings, report progress, and interact closely with team members and other teams as required.

SKILLS

• Strong knowledge of C

• Strong knowledge of embedded real-time software development (VXWORKS/LINUX)

• Strong software design, coding, testing, and documentation skills.

• Ability to document progress and results.

DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS

• Capability to give technical leadership to small team of software engineers (mentorship)

• Independent self-starter

• Strong commitment to product excellence

• Excellent communications skills

EDUCATION and/or RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

• Bachelors in CS, EE, (MS preferred)

• Technical experience with at least 8+ years experience in software development.

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