Embedded Software Engineer - The Panther Group

EMBEDDED SOFTWARE ENGINEER
The Panther Group has an immediate need for an Embedded Software Engineer in the Minneapolis, MN area. The Embedded Software Engineer plans, leads, and performs a variety of tasks across the areas of software requirements analysis, software architecture and design, implementation (code and unit test), documentation, hardware-software integration, troubleshooting, problem solving, and software verification testing.

Responsibilities:

• Plan, lead, and execute efforts to architect, design, develop, maintain, upgrade, port, and verify/qualify embedded product software and/or product support software to enhance, implement and support project/system functionality.
• Mentor less experienced software engineers to help develop their software development and test capabilities and troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Collaborate across other engineering disciplines such as Mechanical, Electrical, Controls, and Systems.
• Ensure that the technical approach is consistent with established engineering principles and practices.
• Ensure that cost and schedule targets are met, product outcomes meet customer needs, and customer and company technical, system, performance, process, and quality requirements are met.

Experience and Skills Required:

• 8+ years of low-level embedded real-time software development experience (using RTOS and/or bare metal) required.
• 2+ years of software architectural level software design in modeling tool using UML and/or SysML required.
• 6+ years of excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Experience to include requirements analysis, software design, implementation (code and unit test) and authoring of formal deliverable documentation.
• Object-oriented software architecture, software design, C++ coding, and unit testing of embedded software with knowledge of requirements-based software verification and traceability.
• Use of version control and issue tracking tools

Experience and Skills Preferred:

• Experience in architectural level software design using Magic Draw, Enterprise Architect, or similar model-based engineering tool.
• Experience either standing up or extending software verification environments in support of automated software verification testing.
• Familiarity with weapon systems, munitions, and/or combat vehicle functionality and capability.
• Experience using GitLab or other CI / CD tools.
• Developing and troubleshooting communications, device drivers, and IO interfaces.
• Integrating or testing software on bare metal and with various real-time operating systems such as vxWorks and Linux/Unix derivatives

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM field required.  Bachelor’s degree and/or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science preferred.