What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Embedded Software Engineer position at Spectrum Safety Solutions?
Spectrum Safety Solutions :
With approximately 1,400 employees operating in more than 20 countries, Spectrum Safety Solutions is a global leader in fire detection and suppression solutions for high-hazard applications across verticals such as critical infrastructure, oil and gas, marine and clean energy. Our global team leverages strong customer relationships across four recognized brands, Det-Tronics, Marioff, Autronica, and Fireye, to deliver differentiated lifecycle solutions and advance growth across key segments. Carved out from Carrier's Fire & Security business in July 2024, Spectrum Safety Solutions is now a privately-held company under the ownership of Sentinel Capital Partners.
Det-Tronics :
We make the world a better place to live! At Spectrum's Det-Tronics, we build and maintain comfortable, accessible, efficient, healthy, safe, secure, and sustainable environments. Det-Tronics is a $180M technologically innovative, projects-based global brand protecting customers in many challenging environments with high end flame and gas detection products and systems. Det-Tronics is a part of Spectrum Safety Solutions and has a global footprint with manufacturing sites in the U.S. and sales presence in all key geographies.
About This Role :
The Principal Embedded Software / Firmware Engineer will lead the firmware design, implementation and test aspects of New Product Development programs (NPD) and Sustaining products throughout their entire lifecycle. The chosen candidate will own the software architecture and design execution, along with processes, tools, and metrics used for new product development and on-going sustaining programs.
Key Responsibilities :
- 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 software strategic planning, concept generation, architecture definition, and translation to system / subsystem / module definitions of designs that are reliable, safe, and sustainable.
- 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.
Required Qualifications :
Preferred Qualifications :
