Sr Embedded Software Engineer - Marine

Overview

We are seeking a full-time Senior Embedded Software Engineer in our Olathe, KS location on our Marine embedded software development team.

Seeking someone who enjoys overseeing large software projects with responsibilities including coordinating technical requirements and designs with multiple teams across the Marine segment. You will have the opportunity to oversee a wide range of engineering levels from hardware software integration, networking, UI, and algorithms.

In this role, you will be responsible for providing technical leadership and project planning for software development for new Marine Chartplotters as a Lead Software Engineer. You will guide these products from initial design to final production while contributing to the code base.

Essential Functions

• Serves as a Lead Software Engineer for complex software development project designs and/or reviews architected modules and software systems supporting new technology or improving capability/performance of existing functionality
• Serves as an individual contributor for carrying out software development in C and C
• Builds relationships with product managers, quality teams and engineers across the Garmin Marine organization, ensuring that tasks and projects are being completed
• Works effectively across multiple software layers, including UI, application logic, data persistence, network communications, and linux setup
• Researches fundamental problems and implements algorithm solutions that are appropriate
• Offers peer technical assessments in areas of expertise, new technologies and software designs
• Participates in project leadership and/or program planning including providing technical input to product development plans and concept documents
• Makes substantial contributions toward determination of project goal/objective feasibility and applies good judgment in setting schedules/risk taking
• Mentors and provides guidance to less experienced Software Engineers (1 & 2)
• Offers process improvement suggestions and authors new procedures as appropriate
• Provides reliable solutions to a wide range of difficult problems using sound problem solving techniques
  
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or related field AND a minimum of 5 years relevant experience OR an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Demonstrated proficiency with designing well architected software systems and modules that support new technology or improve capability/performance of existing functionality
• Demonstrated ability to serve as a lead software engineer for a complex software project
• Ability to decompose functional requirements into well-defined tasks while balancing quality, quantity, and complexity in work output
• Demonstrated capability to offer peer technical assessments in areas of expertise, new technologies and software designs
• Mastered proficiency in writing software in C, C , and relevant experience and/or training in data structures or object-oriented design methodology
• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Must be positive, detail oriented, organized, team oriented and a driven problem solver, multi-tasker, and self-starter with the ability to prioritize and lead in a fast paced, deadline-driven environment
• Demonstrated competence with researching fundamental problems and implementing appropriate algorithmic solutions
  
  
  

Desired Qualifications

• Passion for boating or other on-the-water activities
• Previous experience acting as a project manager, leading software projects that span across multiple teams
• Familiarity with design, development and testing of high-level application code, including user interface
• Familiarity and/or proficiency with mid-level protocol development and debugging, as needed for device-to-device communication
• Experience with git, JIRA and Microsoft Azure ADO
  
  
  

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran’s status, age or disability.

This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits