Embedded Systems Engineer

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Position Title: Embedded Systems Engineer

Department: N/A

Technical Team: Embedded Team

Classification: Exempt

Location: Petersboro, Utah

Travel: Less than 10% of the time

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS

Reporting to: Project Manager

Positions supervised: N/A

JOB SUMMARY

The System Engineer for the autonomous haulage solutions serves as a technical specialist; provides expertise to support the development of new product ideas, concepts and product improvements; ensures the designs are consistent with the organization objectives; and acts as the interface between Product Managers, Solution Architects and Hardware Developers for transforming the defined stakeholder requirements into a set of system/subsystem requirements that will guide the design of the system.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develops products by analyzing customer needs and exploring various solutions.
• Resolves intricate issues by assembling cross-functional teams, leveraging their skills, knowledge, and expertise to engineer the necessary solution.
• Constructs the optimal interface through a comprehensive understanding of the interdependencies between subsystems and effectively communicates these concepts to engineer the solution.
• Generates detailed system specifications for subsystem solutions, features, and functions.
• Collaborates with Product Architects, Solution Architects, Software Developers, and Product Manager teams to strategize on standardizing, scaling, and enhancing ASI's products and solutions.
• Evaluates test results for their applicability, validity, and compliance with product requirements.
• Assists teams in defining product requirements and conducting risk assessments.
• Integrates engineering safety standards, methodologies, and global product development processes into all project aspects.
• Concentrates on workflows, optimization methods, and risk management tools for assigned projects.
• Develops estimates for the assigned scope of work and ensures the team adheres to the scope.
• Contributes to the business development process through proposal inputs, meetings, and presentations to potential customers, among other activities.
• Travels, as required, to customer facilities, test facilities, and customer field sites to address issues, explore design alternatives, and provide information to development teams.

SOFTWARE PRACTICES:

• Write understandable C and C code.
• Continuous refactoring.
• Testing first mentality. Unit testing, integration testing, and system simulation.
• Design patterns and SOLID principles adherence.
• Design for re-use.
• Use of distributed version control systems.

ESSENTIAL EDUCATION, WORK EXPERIENCE, JOB SKILLS

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related. Master's preferred.

• Mechatronics solutions, V-Model Architecture and Requirements Generation, Communication Protocols

• 5 years professional experience designing and implementing embedded, real-time software systems using C/C for embedded processors. Senior software engineering experience preferred.
• Familiarity with large multithreaded embedded applications, running on an RTOS.
• Familiarity with electrical and mechanical systems.
• Ability to work in an open and collaborative team environment.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:

• Agile software development concepts and processes.
• Device drivers for embedded systems.
• Unmanned vehicle systems.
• Knowledge of flash programming tools.
• Communication protocols: TCP, UDP, Controller Area Network (CAN), SPI, RS232.
• Robotic Operating System (ROS/ROS2).
• Sensor interfacing: GPS, LIDAR, RADAR, ultra-sonics.
• Controls systems.