Sr. Software Engineer (10927) at USPRO

Sr. Software Engineer
Sterling Heights, MI
Duration: 1 year contract (temp to perm)


Job Description:
We have multiple openings for individuals with a minimum of 6 years of professional experience in verification testing of real-time, embedded software. This experience might be gained in a test role within a software development organization or gained within a Software Quality Assurance organization, depending upon how the organization is structured. In either case, the successful candidate will have experience performing requirements-based software verification of embedded software. The Senior Software Test Engineer plans and performs a variety of tasks across the areas of software requirements analysis, documentation, hardware-software integration, troubleshooting, problem solving, and software verification testing.

The Senior Software Engineer:
Has knowledge of the full software development lifecycle.
Has experience working on programs involving the development, maintenance, upgrade and porting of embedded product software and/or product support software to enhance, implement and support project/system functionality for the assigned technical effort.
Mentors less experienced software test engineers to help develop their software test capabilities and troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
Collaborates across the other engineering disciplines such as Mechanical, Electrical, Controls, and Systems.
Ensures that technical approach is consistent with established engineering principles and practices.
Ensures that product outcomes meet customer needs and that customer and company technical, system, performance, process, and quality requirements are met.


Required Qualifications:

• Develop, debug, and execute automated and manual requirements-based software verification testing. Use version control and issue tracking tools.  
• Integrating and testing software with various real-time operating systems such as Linux/Unix derivatives. Good programming skills (C++, Python, BASH).
• Experience developing, analyzing, and/or reviewing requirements for safety critical real-time embedded software.  
• Experience with Computer Networks (switches, VLAN, protocols).  
• Experience building and maintaining software and hardware integration testbeds (cabling, power supply) Testing and troubleshooting Communication protocol software (CAN, Serial, Ethernet)
• Bachelor's degree in STEM field

Preferred Qualifications:

• Traceability across software requirements, design, and verification artifacts.
• Experience developing tests using NI Software (TestStand, VeriStand, and/or LabView).  
• Experience working with software architecture and design information captured in models (using tools such as Magic Draw, Enterprise Architect, or similar model-based engineering tool).
• Familiarity with combat vehicle functionality and capability.
• Experience using Atlassian (Bitbucket, Jira, Bamboo) tools.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Computer Science