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Staff Software Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
2 days ago
Salary
Not specified
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Role Description
In this section:
- Leverage hardware, RTOS, and Linux expertise of peer engineers to design and implement embedded application and system component architectures.
- Establish development plans and help the team to execute them effectively.
- Mentor peer engineers through rigorous code reviews, testing, and by leading by example to set the bar for personal delivery quality and cadence.
- Reach across teams and organizations to plan early and frequent integrations with new and existing subsystems.
- Establish and refine best practices for safety-critical embedded software development in a modern development environment.
Qualifications
- Passion for Embedded Software Development in modern C++ (17+) in constrained environments.
- Strong test-forward design skills; ability to layer test modalities to effectively and efficiently test your code.
- Strong experience in writing systems software (safe concurrent programming, interprocess communication, architecture awareness and efficiency, interfacing with device drivers, etc.).
- Strong communication, organizational, and soft leadership skills.
- Willingness to learn and improve internal software technologies for development and testing.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience designing and developing system-level or embedded-level software in software-heavy projects (nice to have).
- Experience using the gtest framework for unit test development (nice to have).
- Development and support of software tools and infrastructure that improve developer experience (nice to have).
- Expertise in Linux-based software development and related technologies including gtests, Python, Bazel, and Docker (nice to have).
- Experience with Automotive Ethernet, UDS, DOIP, Some/IP (nice to have).
Benefits
- Competitive compensation packages.
- High-quality individual and family medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Health savings account with available employer match.
- Employer-matched 401(k) retirement plan with immediate vesting.
- Employer-paid group term life insurance and the option to elect voluntary life insurance.
- Paid parental leave and Adoption/Surrogacy support program.
- Paid medical leave.
- Unlimited vacation and 15 paid holidays.
- Daily lunches, snacks, and beverages available in all office locations.
- Pre-tax spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses.
- Pre-tax commuter benefits.
- Monthly wellness stipend.
- Backup child and elder care program.
- Professional development reimbursement.
- Employee assistance program.
- Discounted programs that include legal services, identity theft protection, pet insurance, and more.
- Company and team bonding outlets: employee resource groups, quarterly team activity stipend, and wellness initiatives.
Job Requirements
- Passion for Embedded Software Development in modern C++ (17+) in constrained environments.
- Strong test-forward design skills; ability to layer test modalities to effectively and efficiently test your code.
- Strong experience in writing systems software (safe concurrent programming, interprocess communication, architecture awareness and efficiency, interfacing with device drivers, etc.).
- Strong communication, organizational, and soft leadership skills.
- Willingness to learn and improve internal software technologies for development and testing.
- 10+ years of experience designing and developing system-level or embedded-level software in software-heavy projects (nice to have).
- Experience using the gtest framework for unit test development (nice to have).
- Development and support of software tools and infrastructure that improve developer experience (nice to have).
- Expertise in Linux-based software development and related technologies including gtests, Python, Bazel, and Docker (nice to have).
- Experience with Automotive Ethernet, UDS, DOIP, Some/IP (nice to have).
Benefits
- Competitive compensation packages.
- High-quality individual and family medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Health savings account with available employer match.
- Employer-matched 401(k) retirement plan with immediate vesting.
- Employer-paid group term life insurance and the option to elect voluntary life insurance.
- Paid parental leave and Adoption/Surrogacy support program.
- Paid medical leave.
- Unlimited vacation and 15 paid holidays.
- Daily lunches, snacks, and beverages available in all office locations.
- Pre-tax spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses.
- Pre-tax commuter benefits.
- Monthly wellness stipend.
- Backup child and elder care program.
- Professional development reimbursement.
- Employee assistance program.
- Discounted programs that include legal services, identity theft protection, pet insurance, and more.
- Company and team bonding outlets: employee resource groups, quarterly team activity stipend, and wellness initiatives.
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