Job Description
Swoon partners with a global leader in heavy equipment manufacturing , seeking an Embedded Software Engineer for their cutting-edge facility in Mossville, IL . This role offers the opportunity to design and develop advanced embedded software solutions that drive the next generation of innovative machinery, working alongside a talented engineering team.
Initial one-year Embedded Software Engineer opportunity
Location: Mossville, IL - onsite
Duration: Initial one-year contract with high potential to extend/convert based on performance
Pay Rate: $45-50/hr W2, open to C2C, Self-Corporation candidates as well*
Looking for:
- Real world real-time embedded device driver experience.
- Experience designing embedded electronics controls, display, or telematics software, including development of device drivers, SPI/I2C peripheral interfacing, hardware diagnostics, operating system configurations, non-volatile memory interfacing, board initialization, and other chip-level interfacing.
- Proficiency in Git version mgmt.
- Experience troubleshooting/debugging using tools such as oscilloscopes
Beyond this however, the ideal candidate will have depth in RTOS concepts and integration/configuration.
Job Description:
- The main function of an embedded software engineer is to apply the principles of computer science and mathematical analysis to the design, development, testing, and evaluation of the embedded software and systems that make computers work.
- A typical embedded software engineer researches, designs, develops and tests operating systems-level software, compilers, and network distribution software for medical, industrial, military, communications, aerospace, business, scientific and general computing applications.
Position’s Contributions to Work Group :
- Research, design, develop, build, and test the low-layer software, such as OS integration, I/O drivers, boot, etc., which interfaces with the company's wide variety of electronic controls hardware (i.e. ECU/ECMs).
- This assignment develops the low-layer software, such as I/O drivers, OS integration & configuration, boot, etc., which interfaces with the company's wide variety of electronic controls hardware (i.e. ECU/ECMs).
Job Responsibilities:
- Key areas of responsibility encountered in this role may include any or all of the following:
- concept, design, test, document, and promote new software features and processes
- perform requirements analysis and decomposition
- evaluate new languages, development tools, or processes
- perform product maintenance; manage the software lifecycle through version control and configuration management
- keep up to date on new technologies or develop new technologies
- communicate technical information to customers, team members, suppliers and other units
- support and advise other engineers, managers, marketing personnel, customers and suppliers.
Typical task breakdown:
- Depending upon the phase of the assignment, typical day would range from reading the client requirements, researching applicable ECU hardware/interfacing requirements, designing solutions, working with peers & tech leads to finalize solutions, coding solution in C, manage versioning, unit testing, and/or regression testing.
Education & Experience Required:
- Minimum BS in Computer Engineering / Electrical Engineering required. Comp Sci or comparable may be considered if experience is relevant.
- 5-8 yrs industry experience.
- Will accept Master's or higher relevant internship/project experience toward minimum.
Technical Skills – Required:
- Real world real-time embedded device driver experience is key requirement.
- Experience designing embedded electronics controls, display, or telematics software, including development of device drivers, SPI/I2C peripheral interfacing, hardware diagnostics, operating system configurations, non-volatile memory interfacing, board initialization, and other chip-level interfacing.
- Top candidates will have depth in RTOS concepts and integration/configuration.
- Proficiency in Git version mgmt required. (Clearcase experience preferred.)
- Experience troubleshooting/debugging using tools such as oscilloscopes
- Experience with control software design patterns and anti-patterns, Bash shell, ANSI C, Python, and other programming languages.
- Experience with software development processes such as Agile.
Soft Skills:
- Verbal and written communication skills
- Problem solving skills, customer service and interpersonal skills.
- Knowledge of reading schematics and data sheets for components.
- Ability to troubleshoot issues and make system changes as needed to resolve issue.
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