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Job Summary
The Senior Software Engineer is a key technical contributor responsible for the architecture, design, development, integration, and lifecycle maintenance of high-quality, carrier-grade packet Ethernet products. This role independently leads complex engineering initiatives, provides technical guidance to other engineers, and collaborates across disciplines to deliver scalable, reliable, and maintainable embedded software solutions. The position requires strong technical judgment, ownership, and the ability to translate business and customer requirements into product capabilities. This role requires the ability to work well in a team-based collaboration environment, delivering completed work assignments in an iterative and prioritized fashion.
Duties and Responsibilities- Serves as a senior contributor and technical owner for major features in the Ethernet product domain, supporting design, development and platform evolution.
- Designs and develops embedded software applications, primarily using C/C++ using the SAFe development methodology in a team environment. The software applications include platform, kernel, and device driver components and bootloader applications as well as higher level embedded applications which meet the customers’ requirements.
- Leverage modern software development tools, including AI-assisted engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot and Claude Code, to improve development efficiency, code quality, and engineering productivity. Evaluate and contribute to AI-related engineering initiatives where appropriate.
- Develop and execute unit, integration, system, and feature-level test strategies to verify software functionality, robustness, performance, and reliability.
- Contribute to system architecture and technical strategy across multiple subsystems, or serve as the recognized expert for a significant technology domain.
- Evaluate emerging technologies, lead proof-of-concept investigations, influence technical direction, and represent the organization in relevant industry forums, standards activities, or customer engagements.
- Considered a department expert in one or more technical areas and is frequently consulted by others for this expertise.
- Own the technical delivery and quality of major features from requirements through deployment, sustaining support, and customer issue resolution.
- Provide technical mentoring, design guidance, code reviews, and architectural knowledge transfer to junior and mid-level engineers.
- Demonstrated success participating in multiple full product development life cycles within telecom, datacom, networking, or related embedded systems industries.
- Collaborates with systems engineering, product line management, FPGA, hardware and product teams to translate business requirements into functional product solutions.
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code, improving overall code quality through refactoring, automation, and reduction of technical debt.
- Creates and maintains unit and integration tests to ensure application stability.
- Evaluate new technologies and infrastructure improvements that support long-term sustainability, scalability, and maintainability of the product family.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Science or equivalent education required.
- Typically requires 8+ years of professional embedded software development experience or equivalent demonstrated expertise.
- Strong proficiency with Linux development environments, including system administration, debugging, build systems, process management, and performance analysis.
- Strong understanding of embedded software architecture, multithreading, concurrency, memory management, and performance optimization.
- Development experience on Embedded Linux operating systems.
- Experience debugging complex software issues using tools such as GDB, core dumps, protocol analyzers, and system tracing tools.
- Proficiency with Git and modern source control workflows, including branching strategies, code review processes, and CI/CD integration.
- Experience implementing or troubleshooting networking protocols such as Ethernet, VLAN, MPLS, LACP, STP/RSTP/MSTP, OAM, PTP, or synchronization technologies.
- Familiarity with SAFe development methodology.
- Strong interpersonal, project management, analytical, and investigative skills
- Strong verbal presentation and communication skills
- Ability to influence technical decisions and build consensus among cross-functional stakeholders.
- Attentive to detail
- Limited travel may be required for this position
- Industry experience developing carrier-grade software for Telecom/Datacom transport equipment.
- Solid understanding of data communications networking with an emphasis on Layer 2 Ethernet technologies.
- Familiarity with IEEE, ITU, and MEF standards.
- Embedded Linux kernel and device driver development.
- Secure software development practices.
- Open-source software integration and maintenance.
- Experience with ARM-based embedded platforms.
- Network management protocols (NETCONF, SNMP, gNMI, RESTCONF).
- High-availability and carrier-grade software architectures.
- CI/CD and automated test frameworks.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Science, or equivalent education
- Typically 8 or more years of professional embedded software development experience or equivalent demonstrated expertise
- Strong proficiency with Linux development environments, including system administration, debugging, build systems, process management, and performance analysis
- Strong understanding of embedded software architecture, multithreading, concurrency, memory management, and performance optimization
- Development experience on Embedded Linux operating systems
- Experience debugging complex software issues using GDB, core dumps, protocol analyzers, and system tracing tools
- Proficiency with Git and modern source control workflows, including branching, code reviews, and CI/CD integration
- Experience implementing or troubleshooting networking protocols such as Ethernet, VLAN, MPLS, LACP, STP/RSTP/MSTP, OAM, PTP, or synchronization technologies
- Familiarity with SAFe development methodology
- Strong interpersonal, project management, analytical, and investigative skills
- Strong verbal presentation and communication skills
- Ability to influence technical decisions and build consensus among cross-functional stakeholders
- Attention to detail
- Industry experience developing carrier-grade software for Telecom/Datacom transport equipment
- Solid understanding of data communications networking, especially Layer 2 Ethernet technologies
- Familiarity with IEEE, ITU, and MEF standards
- Embedded Linux kernel and device driver development experience
- Secure software development practices
- Open-source software integration and maintenance experience
- Experience with ARM-based embedded platforms
- Experience with network management protocols including NETCONF, SNMP, gNMI, and RESTCONF
- Experience with high-availability and carrier-grade software architectures
- Experience with CI/CD and automated test frameworks
ADTRAN Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Feedback suggests health insurance is solid, with medical, dental, and vision coverage viewed favorably. Company-paid short-term disability and access to on-site medical services at some locations reinforce the perception of strong healthcare support.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests the 2024 shift to flexible/unlimited PTO has been well received and is complemented by paid holidays and sick leave. Volunteer time off adds to the overall time-away options.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Feedback suggests on-site clinics, fitness centers, cafeterias, and tuition assistance add meaningful day-to-day value. An Employee Assistance Program and optional add-ons further expand lifestyle support.
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What We Do
ADTRAN, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) is defining the future network with innovative next-generation solutions that enable telecommunication service providers to deliver voice, data and video services to homes and businesses. Our vision is to enable a fully connected world where the power to communicate is available to everyone, everywhere. ADTRAN was founded in 1985 in Huntsville, AL. The corporate headquarters remains in Huntsville with additional R&D centers in Germany and India and sales offices located throughout the world. Innovation has been at the heart of the company since its inception and is recognized through our large portfolio of patents that is more than 700 strong. Our employees, more than 2,000 strong, come to work each day searching for ways to bring the world together through improved communication. We seek the best and brightest minds that bring integrity, a spirit of entrepreneurism, creative problem solving, and a passion for their work.
