Senior Embedded Software Engineer

About the role

Nordson EFD - East Providence, Rhode Island, United States

From the mobile device in your pocket to the sensors in your car or components used in AI datacenters, and even life-saving medical devices, our technology is used to make products that touch your life every day. Do you want to join a growing team in a market-leading technology company? We're looking for motivated individuals who care about helping our customers succeed. If you value integrity, respect for people, customer passion, energy, and excellence, you will fit right in to the Nordson culture.

We are looking for a talented Senior Embedded Software Engineer to join the Nordson EFD product design team. In this role you will be responsible for designing, developing, troubleshooting, and debugging firmware and software programs for electro-mechanical systems that enable precision manufacturing processes and medical fluid handling.

You will work on complex hardware-software interaction problems that require strong analytical and data driven approaches to make our products smarter, connected, and intelligent. You will work with Embedded linux, ARM-based processors, Ethernet networking, industrial automation, motion control, and precision fluid dispensing systems.

How YOU will make an impact

• Develop embedded software for microprocessors, microcontrollers, and FPGAs to control electro-mechanical actuators, acquire sensor data, implement control algorithms, and enable digital communications.
• Collaborate with a global team and develop software and firmware source code in C/C++, embedded C, Verilog/VHDL and other languages.
• Determine hardware compatibility and/or influences of hardware design.
• Influence coding conventions and software development standards within the company.
• Write requirements, develop, maintain, and troubleshoot software APIs/SDKs for industrial controllers as well as work with external vendors to support integration of communication APIs.
• Work directly with customers, field applications engineers, and product managers to define system requirements and support integration of Nordson EFD products into customer automation systems.

Qualifications To Be Successful

• 5+ years' experience developing and debugging electro-mechanical hardware/software products with embedded systems, real time control, and digital communication interfaces. Experience with embedded debugging tools e.g. oscilloscope, logic analyzer, protocol analyzer, JTAG, etc.
• Proficient in C/C++ programming of microcontrollers/microprocessors and FPGA's. HDL and real time operating systems experience desired.
• Knowledge of communications protocols such as I2C, UART (RS232, RS485), SPI, TCP/IP, MODBUS, Profinet, Ethernet IP etc.
• Knowledge of socket-based communication with other processes / systems strongly preferred.
• Agile / Scrum / XP development best practices. Experience with version control tools e.g. git.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with a global team.
• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields.

Preferred

• Background in robotics or machine automation.
• Familiarity with embedded Linux development and SBCs/SOMs (single board computer/system on module)
• Additional experience with full stack web development for embedded HMI/UI
• Experience with real-time operating systems (RTOS) such as FreeRTOS, ThreadX, Zephy
• Experience with buildroot and/or yocto
• Experience with automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and code review practices preferred.

What We Offer

• Flexible work hours.
• Starting day 1, your benefits include Medical, Rx, Vision, Dental, Health Savings Account (HSA), 401k (with match AND additional 3% annual company contribution), tuition reimbursement and Life Insurance.
• In addition to paid time off and paid holidays, each employee receives 16 hours of paid time each calendar year to perform volunteer services in our communities.
• Full-service on-site cafeteria

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Travel Required: Estimated 10%

• All employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of our pre-employment drug screening and background/criminal check, consistent with applicable laws.
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