Embedded Software Engineer

Insight Global

West Chester, PA

JOB DESCRIPTION

Insight Global is assisting a signal processing and optical telecommunications client of ours in identifying an Embedded Software Development Engineer for a direct-hire opening. The Embedded Software Development Engineer designs, implements, and tests embedded software features running on both in-house developed and commercial hardware platforms.

Design, develop, test, and maintain embedded software for optical telecommunications equipment.
Develop software in C/C++ for embedded Linux SoC systems and microprocessors.
Collaborate closely with hardware design engineers to support rapid embedded software development: Provide software input during schematic design reviews and assist with board bring-up, debugging, and validation.
Support the production team with software testing and production workflows
Provide customer technical support, including bug fixes and implementation of new software features
Recreate customer-reported issues and test scenarios using optical laboratory test equipment
Participate in project planning, task estimation, and schedule development
Contribute to system-level design and embedded software architecture

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience
Strong proficiency in embedded C
3-5 years in embedded software engineering
Experience leading software engineering projects (project management experience)
Experience developing software for embedded Linux systems
Ability to debug software at the Linux and embedded system level
Understanding of electronic hardware fundamentals
Experience using laboratory test equipment, such as multimeters, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and JTAG tools
Familiarity with scripting languages, such as Python, and Linux command line tools, including bash scripting

NICE TO HAVE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE