The Role
Designs, develops, debugs, documents, tests, and releases firmware for patient bedside monitors and distributed embedded systems. Defines requirements, architectures, interfaces, and component designs; develops communication, storage, and physiological-data software; evaluates hardware interactions; collaborates with global cross-functional teams; and ensures quality, documentation, testing, and on-time delivery. The role also provides technical leadership, supports complex engineering projects, and communicates technical concepts to diverse audiences.
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SENIOR FIRMWARE ENGINEER
At Andrews Cooper, we specialize in delivering cutting-edge engineering solutions in the HardTech space, partnering with industry leaders in Consumer Technology, Medical Technology, Clean Technology, and Automation & Robotics. With a mission to solve novel, ambiguous challenges, we help our customers achieve significant differentiation and success in their industries. Our people-first culture is built on the core values of Own It, Help Each Other Win, and Be Cool, creating an environment where engineers can build fulfilling careers while delivering exceptional work.
The Core Values we embody:
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The salary range for this position is based on national rates. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location. Base Salary: $131,000.00 - $185,000.00. Andrews Cooper is an equal-opportunity employer.
At Andrews Cooper, we specialize in delivering cutting-edge engineering solutions in the HardTech space, partnering with industry leaders in Consumer Technology, Medical Technology, Clean Technology, and Automation & Robotics. With a mission to solve novel, ambiguous challenges, we help our customers achieve significant differentiation and success in their industries. Our people-first culture is built on the core values of Own It, Help Each Other Win, and Be Cool, creating an environment where engineers can build fulfilling careers while delivering exceptional work.
The Core Values we embody:
- Help Each Other Win—AC values winning as a team over personal recognition. Go out of your way to help a teammate and the team succeed.
- Own It—Don’t wait for someone else to clear the way. Recognize opportunities to improve, and when obstacles arise, join forces to overcome them.
- Be Cool—Be self-aware, maintain a positive attitude, prioritize emotional intelligence, and maintain composure under pressure.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- B.S. in Computer Science from an accredited university or equivalent experience in a related field. MSCS is a plus.
- 8+ years of professional hands-on experience in Firmware Engineering.
- Experience in C and C++ programming languages.
- Experience in utilizing multi-threading techniques.
- Demonstrated experience with embedded Linux application development.
- Experience with embedded communication protocols such as I2C, SPI, UART and USB.
- Experience debugging and troubleshooting embedded systems using tools such as debuggers, oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
- Demonstrated experience applying statistical analysis methods in problem solving and design.
- Demonstrated experience with reading and evaluating hardware schematics for areas in system where code interacts.
- Up to 20% of travel may be required between locations.
- Ability to travel for work-related purposes as needed; access to reliable transportation is required due to the nature of our business and multiple client sites.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.
- Background checks are required.
- Adept at software requirement management, and creation of software architecture documentation.
- Adept at verification and validation, including planning, executing test protocols, and collecting resulting data to incorporate into summary reports.
- Comfortable working within a quality management system on safety critical software implementations.
- Medical device software development experience.
- Familiarity with FDA Quality Systems Regulations (QSR).
- Experience with Linux, Containers, and DevOps environment.
- Experience developing high reliability, “mission critical” devices and systems.
- Understanding of Continuous Delivery and Agile development.
- Experience to work effectively with US teams and international teams, in both Europe and India.
- Familiar with one or more risk management techniques (i.e. Hazard Analysis, Risk Analysis, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), etc.) is a plus.
- Working knowledge of software development tools such as Azure DevOps, Git, etc.
- Effective leadership, communication, and presentation skills.
- Able to work and influence in a highly cross-functional team environment.
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills, for both internal and external audiences, at all levels.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Work with team and other cross-functional staff to define requirements related to patient bedside monitors.
- Participate in systems level requirements definition, architecture, design and external communications/connectivity interface designs.
- Participate in component design efforts. Understand and design to existing interface specifications.
- Design, write, debug, document and release software used for communication, storage and analysis of patient physiological information.
- Work with global teams.
- Ensure on-time delivery of software including design documentation and unit tests necessary to maintenance of the software.
- Use your experience to make smart engineering decisions and own critical areas of a product used by millions of customers.
- Participate in the design, implementation, and delivery of large engineering projects that interact with multiple teams.
- Work with the Software Architects to define designs and workflows that enable working through other engineers.
- Ensure consistency of the team you are on code and those teams you integrate with.
- Ideate and be an innovative driver of complex software solutions.
- Participate in the development of complex distributed systems, including working through with other engineers to help deliver the end solution.
- Describe highly technical concepts to non-technical audiences in a way they can understand.
- Hold yourself and other engineers to high standards while maintaining friendly, respectful relationships.
- Be passionate about software engineering with a strong sense of ownership for the code that you and your team write.
- Medical, dental, life, and disability insurance; health savings accounts (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), employee assistance programs (EAP), and dependent savings accounts (DSA).
- Paid leave for maternity and paternity for birth or adoption.
- Generous PTO for vacation, sick, community service, and 8 paid holidays.
- In-office snacks, coffee, and sponsored lunches.
- 401k retirement plan with 3% employer contribution.
- Access to hands-on mentorship to advance professional skills and an educational reimbursement.
The salary range for this position is based on national rates. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location. Base Salary: $131,000.00 - $185,000.00. Andrews Cooper is an equal-opportunity employer.
Skills Required
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or equivalent experience in a related field
- 8+ years of professional hands-on firmware engineering experience
- Experience with C and C++
- Experience with multithreading techniques
- Embedded Linux application development experience
- Experience with embedded communication protocols including I2C, SPI, UART, and USB
- Experience debugging embedded systems with debuggers, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers
- Experience applying statistical analysis methods to problem solving and design
- Experience reading and evaluating hardware schematics where code interacts with the system
- Ability to travel up to 20% between locations
- Ability to travel for work and access to reliable transportation
- Legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
- Background check completion
- Master of Science in Computer Science
- Software requirements management and software architecture documentation experience
- Verification and validation experience, including test planning, execution, data collection, and reporting
- Experience working within quality management systems for safety-critical software
- Medical device software development experience
- Familiarity with FDA Quality Systems Regulations
- Experience with Linux, containers, and DevOps environments
- Experience developing high-reliability or mission-critical devices and systems
- Understanding of continuous delivery and Agile development
- Experience working effectively with United States, European, and Indian teams
- Familiarity with risk management techniques such as hazard analysis, risk analysis, FMEA, or FTA
- Working knowledge of Azure DevOps and Git
- Leadership, communication, presentation, and negotiation skills
- Ability to influence and work effectively in cross-functional teams
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The Company
What We Do
AC is an enterprise grade product development services firm with deep expertise in product engineering & custom automation Concurrent creation of new products with automated inspection, assembly and test capabilities by AC enables otherwise impossible breakthroughs in design, performance and manufacturability. In over 21 years of service, we’ve assembled a team of 130+ engineers, technicians, program managers & support staff. We’re honored to have earned the repeat business of nearly every customer who’s experienced working with us. Household name, industry defining multinationals measure their engagements with AC in years and decades. Mid-cap niche leaders use us to catapult to the next level, and early stage companies with big dreams leverage AC to deliver on their Missions with the effectiveness and quality of the Fortune 100. We take on only select new Customers – we know we’ll be a good fit if you’ve got vision, ambition, and dedication to the principle that we all win when we’re all on the same team.
