Our client, a global telecommunications company that provides data communications solutions and services for the railroad industry is looking for Firmware Engineers.
Type of Employment: Contract (6 months)
Hourly Rate: $60-70
In this new role, you will be responsible for software development activities for the Positive Train Control (PTC) Communication System (“the communication system”). Within an Agile/Scrum development environment, design, develop, test, and maintain software for radio communication networks and the peripheral devices used in these networks. Primarily this involves firmware embedded in MCC radio products and peripherals but could also include desktop computer applications for test or production support or for customer network applications.
Required Qualifications:
• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent.
• Over 5 years of experience in embedded software development.
• Ability to develop embedded software using C. C++ knowledge is a plus
• Familiarity with ARM processor platform (Cortex M3/M4/M7/R5) or similar embedded processors.
• Experience with real time operating systems (FreeRTOS, etc.).
• Familiarity with embedded Linux development.
• Ability to work as a team member within an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Well versed in all monitoring and diagnostic tools necessary for software development.
• Have a strong ability to create and apply methods to trap and analyze firmware and hardware defects.
• Understanding of communication network architectures and their implementation in software.
• Comfortable using basic hardware debugging tools such as Oscilloscopes or Logic Analyzers.
• Familiarity with wireless communications systems.
• Experience with protocol stacks (such as TCP/IP).
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Desired Qualifications:
• Familiarity with developing in a Windows environment.
• Experience with development for software safety.
• Familiarity with network security practices
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