Senior Software Engineer

Role:Senior Software Engineer

Location: Maynard MA

Duration: Long Term

This role will also involve customer interface for technical discussions related to Acacia SW architecture and design with our customers.

• You are enthusiastic about architecting embedded firmware solutions and driving requirements for future platforms. You enjoy contributing and collaborating with the wider cross-functional engineering teams to develop efficient, compact algorithms for embedded CPUs. You are great at low-level RTOS debug and systems bring up in the lab.

• You are capable in figuring out complex systems specifications from standards bodies and a strong mentor for junior colleagues.

• You don''''t hesitate to point out how we can be more effective as a team, and you are open to similar suggestions by your team members.

• Your interpersonal and communication skills allow effortless collaboration within and across teams and to steer development in a positive direction.

• You are able to work from high level system design to low level driver development.

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor''''s degree and 10+ years of relevant experience or Master''''s degree and 8+ years (Electronics/Electrical Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent) of relevant experience in the telecommunications industry.

• 8+ years of experience with C++ and C.

• 8+ years of experience with embedded firmware development (both control and data path). 

• Demonstrated experience with programming on bare metal and RTOS running on embedded CPUs and microcontrollers.

• Demonstrated experience with control systems.
   

Preferred Requirements

• Experience with ARM processors.

• Experience leading software/firmware teams and driving cross-functional requirements across other engineering and product teams.

• Embedded systems firmware architecture, design and development for Optical transceivers, and High-speed Mixed-signal components.

• Experience working within a team environment developing complex control-plane code in a multi-processor/multithreaded environment.

• Experience with developing/debugging software state machines.

• Proficient in writing compact highly efficient code to control HW components.

• Experience with a revision control system and defect tracking systems (Perforce™, GIT, Bugzilla, JIRA).

• Experience with collaborative code review tools (such as Jira Crucible®).

• Comfortable with UNIX-style command-line development (make, shell programming, Python).