Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer (6-Month Contract) Location: Portland, OR Responsibilities Effectively manage and lead software development for New Product Introduction (NPI). Support the software design efforts of new sensors, circuit designs and products. Ensure all design and validation activities meet the specified NPI needs and deadlines, as well as any internal quality and industry regulatory standards.

Act as the lead development and support engineer for all microprocessor based NPI products. Support CAN communication protocols for both SAE J1939 and CiA CAN Open implementations. Support customer requests for protocol updates.

Lead software DFMEA tasks and work with Electrical Engineers to mitigate both hardware and software failure modes and risks. Support engineers with tools and CAN-based data collection to support product EMC testing. Develop and maintain all software product documentation, including flowchart diagrams, state diagrams, UML diagrams, timing diagrams, CAN protocol descriptions, and software DFMEA reports.

Actively participate in cross functional teams to identify and address production and development issues. Ensure teams take appropriate steps to troubleshoot problems as they arise in order to minimize defects on final manufactured parts and products. Manage and lead the development of new testing, programming and validation hardware and software to support the manufacturing operation, as well as new product development, lab testing, field support and sales demonstrations on an as-needed basis.

As required, help resolve customer related issues by recommending design approaches and solutions to technical problems affecting customers on routine matters and obtain assistance from peers, other departments and engineering management on critical issues. Qualifications ANSI C, MISRA C source code development for embedded microcontrollers. Experience with source code control and software bug reporting tools.

Good communication skills, both verbal and written. Ability to interface with individuals, groups, and diverse cultures. Strong planning and organizational abilities.

Microchip 8‑bit PIC and NXP 16‑bit processor experience. Hands‑on experience implementing CAN‑based communications. Experience with Vector CANalyzer.

Experience developing PC‑based test applications with LabVIEW. Experience developing software for functional safety products under ISO26262. Education & Experience Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Computer, or Software Engineering. 5-10 years of related engineering experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment, ideally in the automobile or commercial vehicle industry.

Codewarrior and MPLAB IDE experience. MS Office product proficiency. General laboratory equipment operation (voltmeter, oscilloscope, power supply, etc.).

C/C++ programming (required). LabVIEW programming (preferred). Vector CANalyzer (preferred).

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