Who We Are...
We enjoy a market-leading reputation for high-quality, high-performance engineering solutions in Rail and Infrastructure.
Rail : We are a specialist, end-to-end supplier to the global rail sector. Our performance critical engineering solutions fulfil an essential role in maintaining the safe and reliable operation of rail networks around the world Solutions include: Rail Products, Friction Management and Rail Technologies. We focus on innovation, creating leading edge engineering and digital communication technology solutions for the rail, infrastructure, and the built environment. Solutions include: Control and Digital display, Contract services and Condition monitoring solutions
Infrastructure: We operate in the Infrastructure sector. We are experts at designing, manufacturing and deploying advanced technologies that positively impact the built environment. Solutions include: Precast concrete buildings and products, Bridge products, Pipe protective coatings and threading.
Job Summary:
The Embedded Software Engineer IV will develop, modify, and maintain customized embedded applications using software engineering best practices and standards. As an Embedded Software Engineer IV, you will be responsible for mentoring a small team of engineers, ensuring the delivery of high-quality software solutions for our Salient Systems' products.
Essential Functions:

• Define software architecture and coordinate with team members regarding system level interfaces
• Mentor and encourage growth in capabilities of team members
• Develop product specifications and synthesize solutions with marketing, sales, and other team members
• Assume lead development role when needed
• Develop software for new and existing products
• Work independently with minimal supervision
• Support existing products involving feature enhancement and problem solving
• Document high level system architecture, developed software and participate in generation of user level documentation
• Support customers and internal production and field service team members
• Load software and test on products prior to shipment
• Participate in field testing and debugging

Experience, Education & License Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or other engineering discipline required.
• 7 plus years minimum experience developing software for embedded systems required
• Experience with embedded RTOS required
• Experience writing ISRs and programs that interact with devices at the register level required
• Experience working with binary serial protocols required
• Experience with real-time applications programming required
• Experience interpreting electronic schematics, device data sheets, and other technical documentation required
• Graphing library experience preferred

Skills & Abilities:

• Proficiency with oscilloscopes, meters, logic analyzers, and other test equipment to analyze and debug embedded systems
• Proficiency operating in a Linux workstation environment, both developing software for embedded microcontrollers and software that will run in a Linux environment
• Proficiency with TCP/IP network programming, routing, DNS, and DHCP
• Proficiency developing revision controlled software consistently following an established process
• Electronic circuit debugging, testing, design
• Programming with ASYNC, I2C, and SPI interfaces
• Embedded data acquisition applications involving A/D conversion
• Distributed source code management systems (e.g. Mercurial, GIT)
• Digital signal processing
• BASH
• Python
• Linux device driver experience
• Data analysis and statistical methods
• Linux system administration
• Familiarity with industry-standard procedures and processes (ie: ISO9001, UL/CE certification, etc.)

Competencies:

• Planning
• Problem Solving
• Peer Relationships
• Patience
• Decision Quality
• Integrity & Trust
• Adaptability/Flexibility
• Listening
• Creativity
• Self Knowledge
• Priority Setting

The Benefits:

• Medical, dental, vision benefits the first day of the month after hire
• Market-leading 401(k) program with company match
• 10 paid holidays per year and vacation accrual plan (starts with 3 weeks)
• Paid Parental Leave
• 100% tuition reimbursement
• Career development and advancement opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)