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Principal Embedded Software Engineer

Irvine, CA 92618

Posted: 03/12/2025 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Engineering Job Number: 618247 Is job remote?: No Country: United States

Job Description


Target PR Range: 69-79/hr
*Depending on experience

Principal Embedded Software Engineer (Contract)

The Principal Embedded Software Engineer is part of our R&D team and plays a critical role with new product development and sustaining development for existing platforms.

In this role, you will collaborate with other members of the R&D team, developers, IT, and more to build state of the art embedded systems. The ideal candidate has a passion for coding, and excellent teamwork, partnering, and negotiation skills. You are a highly motivated self-starter who can achieve results with minimal direction.

Responsibilities:
  • Prototype, plan, build, and deliver new software for existing and new embedded platforms and evaluate other software designs
  • Create and maintain software requirements and design documents
  • Review and unit test the software
  • Own the software toolchain and SDE
  • Automate build and testing processes

Basic Qualifications:
  • Local to Orange County or ability to relocate and work at Becton Dickinson - Advanced Patient Monitoring HQ in Irvine
  • Bachelors degree in STEM
  • 10+ years of experience in embedded systems programming using C or C++ (or 8 years of experience with a Masters in STEM)
  • Experience in real-time embedded software development
  • Experience developing software in multi-threaded and/or multi-tasking environments
  • Experience with hardware-software integration
  • Experience with software testing, static analysis, and debugging at the hardware/software interface (ICE/JTAG)
  • Understanding of object-oriented design and methodology, including UML
  • Experience with testing automation
  • Excellent documentation and communication skills in writing and speech

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience in medical devices or another regulated industry
  • Experience with commercial RTOS
  • Experience with embedded Windows and Linux programming
  • Experience in toolchain and build environment set up
  • Familiarity with networking protocols, including wireless and Bluetooth
  • UI development
  • Familiarity with laboratory instruments such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers
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