Senior Software Engineer (Contract)

About the position

We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join our team in developing and delivering a key strategic project. The Senior Software Engineer will be a member of the engineering team responsible for building high-quality, innovative, and fully performing software that complies with coding standards and technical design. Responsibilities include gathering user requirements, defining system functionality, and writing code in various languages, such as Python, C++, and C.

Responsibilities

• Develop information systems by designing, developing, and installing software solutions.
• Determine operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions.
• Develop software solutions by studying information needs, conferring with users, and studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes.
• Work with RF engineers, designers, and FAB production process owners to define hardware architecture and software computing requirements.
• Document and demonstrate solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments, and clear code.
• Conduct software code security reviews and testing and stay abreast of current software coding vulnerabilities and exploits.
• Prepare and install solutions by determining and designing system specifications, standards, and programming.
• Improve operations by conducting systems analysis and recommending changes in policies and procedures.
• Obtain and license software by obtaining required information from vendors, recommending purchases, and testing and approving products.
• Protect operation by keeping information confidential.
• Provide information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing development and service issues.
• Accomplish engineering and organization mission by completing related results as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or relevant field and five years of proven experience.
• MEMS or RF experience or MSEE with RF experience is a plus.
• System integration, automation, controls, and manufacturing experience desired.
• Knowledge of MEMS and RF design and manufacturing a plus.
• Deep understanding of software engineering principles and fundamentals.
• Programming experience in Python required.
• Programming experience C#, C++ preferred.
• Programming with MySQL, MariaDB, and SQLite, as well as experience with DB creation and management, is required.
• API programming experience desired.
• Experience in developing software: General programming skills, Software design, Software debugging, Software documentation, Software testing.
• Effective problem solver, proactive process owner, and insightful software developer.
• Familiar with the software development life cycle (SDLC) from preliminary system analysis to tests and deployment.

Nice-to-haves

• MEMS or RF experience or MSEE with RF experience is a plus.
• Knowledge of MEMS and RF design and manufacturing a plus.