Staff Software Engineer

Roles and Responsibilities:

In this role, you will:

• Be responsible for defining, developing, and evolving software in a fast paced and agile development environment using the latest software development technologies and infrastructure for New Products Introduction (NPI), and released product (IB).

• Identify the scope of the work, provide initial estimate and justify the estimate with facts

• Demonstrate the understanding of Agile software development lifecycle and able to distinguish the core inputs and outputs in each cycle.

• Engage in technical discussions; participate in technical designs and present technical ideas through white boarding

• Execute in a fast-paced delivery mode and focus in delivering tasks to meet the product release goal

• Maintain code quality through best practices, unit testing and code quality automation

• Seek and provide feedback on design and development

• Demonstrate the ability to make informed technology choices after due diligence and impact assessment

• Understand whole product, its modules and the interrelationship between them while being an expert in the assigned component or module

• Help in designing interfaces and information exchange between modules

• Articulate the need for scalability and understand the importance of improving quality through testing.

• Be an expert in writing code that meets standards and delivers the desired functionality using the technology selected for the project

• Drive design reviews, define interfaces between code modules, and applies existing technology to designs

• Be an expert in assessing application performance and optimizing/improving it through design and best coding practices

• Be an expert in core data structures as well as algorithms and has the ability to implement them using language of choice

• Provide guidance to a team of 5 to 7 developers with either planning and execution and/or design architecture using agile methodologies such as SCRUM

• Work with Product Line Leaders (PLLs) to understand product requirements & vision

Write code that meets standards and delivers desired functionality using the technology selected for the project

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM major (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math).

• Minimum of 10+ years of experience in object-oriented design and programming in a production software environment using Agile development methodologies.

• Hands-on experience in Linux based products with embedded C/C++, and Python.

• Strong understanding of object-oriented design, Design patterns, Algorithms and data structures.

• Knowledge of Microcontrollers and Microprocessors, Real-time Operating systems, and Peripherals (Timer, ADC, DAC, PWM, PLL clock).

• Understanding the principles of electronics, circuits, and signals

• Experience with algorithms/data structures

• Ability to use Hardware test equipment’s: oscilloscope, logic analyzer and ability to read schematics

• Experience in or ability to learn communication protocols. (I2C, SPI, USB, GPIOs, CAN bus, RS232, RS485 and Networking)

Business Acumen:

• Strong problem-solving abilities and capable of articulating specific technical topics or assignments

• Experience in building scalable and highly available distributed systems

• Expert in breaking down problems and estimate time for development tasks

• Evangelizes how our technology solves customer problems from a technology and business perspective

Leadership:

• Demonstrates clarity of thinking to work through limited information and vague problem definitions

• Influences through others; builds direct and "behind the scenes" support for ideas

• Proactively identifies and removes project obstacles or barriers on behalf of the team

• Shares knowledge, power, and credit, establishing trust, credibility, and goodwill

Personal Attributes:

• Able to work under minimal supervision

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to interface with senior leadership with confidence and clarity

• Able to work well with global teams, including time-zone flexibility

• Skilled in providing oversight and mentoring team members. Shows ability to effectively delegate work

Note:

• This Job Description is intended to provide a high-level guide to the role. However, it is not intended to amend or otherwise restrict/expand the duties required from each individual employee as set out in their respective employment contract and/or as otherwise agreed between an employee and their manager.