Sr. Firmware Engineer

Nextern

• $120K — $165K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering
  • 5-10 years of relevant work experience
  • Proficient in C++ and/or C programming in embedded environments
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Knowledge of software design and testing practices in regulated environments
  • Experience in embedded software design and implementation
  • Understanding of multitasking and device driver complexities

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain software solutions using C, C++, C#, and Python
  • Create and maintain product documentation including requirements and test procedures
  • Participate in technical reviews of various project artifacts
  • Contribute to system risk analysis and FMEA activities
  • Break down project schedules and plan development activities
  • Act as software product owner on smaller projects and take ownership of components on larger systems
  • Drive software process improvements within the organization

Benefits

  • Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
  • Retirement Plan with Company Match
  • Paid Time Off, Personal Days, AND Birthday Holiday!
  • Lifetime Membership Subsidy and Wellness Resources
  • Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
  • Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
  • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
  • Taco Thursdays!!!
Full Job Description
The Sr. Firmware Engineer is primarily responsible for developing software/firmware and its associated documentation per established quality system procedures. You will work in multi-disciplinary teams to meet product and project requirements; collaborating with engineers from a variety of companies and industries. You will also have the ability to mentor junior engineers.

Responsibilities:
  • Design, develop and maintain software solutions using programming / scripting languages such as C, C++, C#, and Python
  • Assist in creating and maintaining product documentation (requirements, specification, design, development, integration, test procedures and results)
  • Participate in technical reviews of requirements, specifications, designs, code and other artifacts
  • Contribute to system risk analysis and FMEA activities
  • Help break down project schedule and plan activities throughout the development
  • Able to act as the software product owner on smaller projects and can be a technical subject matter expert and take ownership of components on larger, more complicated systems
  • Actively contribute to software process improvement activities and can help drive new process improvements within the organization
  • Implement source code meeting product requirements in compliance with coding standards
  • Plan, develop, and execute integration and unit tests to ensure and maintain source code quality
  • Consult for verification test activities
  • Provide timely corrective actions on all assigned defects and issues
  • Coordinate configuration and release of embedded software and firmware
  • Provide technical mentorship to software engineers including, but not limited to, software architectural design decisions, code review and approvals, software verification planning

Requirements

Required:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Engineering
  • 5-10 years related work experience
  • Proficient in C++ and/or C programming in embedded environments
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Knowledge of software design, development, debug and test practices in a regulated environment
  • Embedded software design, implementation, and test experience
  • Understanding of multitasking and device driver complexities
  • Software architecture and design experience


Preferred:
  • Knowledge of and experience with IEC 62304 and medical software lifecycle development
  • Experience with Qt or other GUI toolkits
  • Experience with wireless communication protocols
  • Experience with C#, Python for tool development, automation, and manufacturing processes
  • Unit and module level software testing experience


Salary Range: $120,000 to $165,000 based on skills and experience

Benefits
  • Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
  • Retirement Plan with Company Match
  • Paid Time Off, Personal Days, AND Birthday Holiday!
  • Lifetime Membership Subsidy and Wellness Resources
  • Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
  • Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
  • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
  • Taco Thursdays!!!


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