Principal Firmware Engineer

Date Posted:

2022-05-04-07:00

Country:

United States of America

Location:

CADMN: FS Kidde Detector 6901 West 110th Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55438 USA

Job Description

Carrier Fire & Security Products is seeking a Principal Embedded Software/Firmware Engineer for its Detector Electronics fire and gas detection business in Bloomington, MN! Det-Tronics has been providing proven flame detection, gas detection, and hazard mitigation systems for high-risk processes and critical industrial operations worldwide since 1973. The company designs manufacture, and commissions certified SIL 2-capable flame and gas detection solutions. Det-Tronics products carry performance and safety certifications from globally recognized third-party testing agencies and approval bodies.

I. Position Summary:

The Pr. Software Engineer leads and manages the software aspects of products throughout their entire lifecycle. You will own the processes, tools, metrics, architecture, and DevOps execution of both software and embedded firmware products.

II. Major Job Functions:

Lead software strategic planning, concept generation, architecture definition, and translation to system/subsystem/module definitions of designs that are reliable, safe, and sustainable. Provide technical leadership to software team members. Lead the capture of requirements and associated rationale(s) for regulated products. Work closely with hardware engineers to develop strategies for Hardware/Firmware integration and diagnostic coverage. Manage DevOps tools and processes to ensure traceability from requirements to test cases. Act as Product Owner using Agile methodology for software/firmware development, with clear communication back to project stakeholders. Comply with development processes, lead technical reviews, implement source code meeting product requirements in compliance with coding standards, and properly document work deliverables. Work closely with technical and subject matter experts to ensure accurate and complete use case coverage and regulation compliance. Ensure that code is rigorously documented, tested, and controlled. Unit test source code using IDEs, debuggers, emulators, communication analyzers, scopes, and logic analyzers. Provide work breakdown plans and task estimates in support of project estimates and management. Participate in roadmap planning and identify competency/resource gaps and implement plans to close the gaps. Develop metrics to track and report progress, as well as identify areas for improvement. Support multiple product development programs at a given time. Develop and implement risk mitigating solutions.

III. Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Software or Computer Science Engineering or relevant field (software/firmware preferred).
• 9+ years of experience with software and embedded firmware development (C/C++).
• Must have led the development of at least one product development effort from inception through market launch. Platformed product development desired.
• Possess a thorough knowledge of Embedded System Design and regulated products. High hazard applications (Industrial Life Safety, SIL2) knowledge is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with Agile methodologies and DevOps tools (e.g., Git, Tessy, Coverity, Black Duck).
• Strong communication and writing skills for collaboration with project stockholders (Product Managers, Customers, and other Engineers).
• Skilled in collaborating with other engineers to distill market needs into defined technical requirements and system/subsystem/module architectures.
• Ability to work both collaboratively and independently on assignments to foster continuous improvement of team functions and deliverables.
• Experience across all phases of the program development lifecycle, from requirements, capture through design, implementation, and test.
• Experienced with FMEAs and developing control techniques to mitigate risks.
• Self-motivated and demonstrated ability to lead process improvement activities.

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