Embedded Software Designer

Location: North York, ON – Hybrid (Monday & Tuesday on-site) Contract Duration: 12 months with a possibility of extension Working Hours: 40 hours per week (M-F) Job Title: Software Analyst Key Accountabilities / Key Areas of Responsibility

• Contributes modifications to the mission/function description, architectural & algorithms design and the refinement of functional and non-functional requirements.
• Designs, codes, debugs, write test procedures and tests software code, chairs design reviews for components of medium complexity or criticality.
• Produces and executes integration tests on simulated or target hardware test benches.
• Produces, under supervision, detailed impact analyses of changes to multiple software components.
• Reviews code, test procedures and test results.
• Identifies the root cause and implements corrections for software defects.
• Perform engineering testing in the field and investigates problems in the field.
• Contributes to co-engineering activities with the Systems Engineering team to ensure system-software consistency and the right refinement of software components and compliance with the software architecture.
• Proposes solutions appropriate for the phase of the project and the duration of the planned activity.

• Minimum 3 years relevant working experience
• University degree in Computer sciences, Engineering or a closely related field.
• Intermediate level engineering analysis skills, able to diagnose issues based on field logs and correlate events to failures
• Able to handle assignments within a medium to large scale software application
• Able to propose and implement solutions aligned with the scope proposed in engineering impact analyses, and which follow established design patterns
• Knowledgeable of the software development processes
• Able to quickly integrate with the team and work independently
• Knowledge of software development environment (Microsoft Visual Studio, desktop simulator, target simulator etc.)
• Experience in working within a team using Agile Methodologies
• Working level knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite
• Practical experience with source control, IDE and requirements management tools (e.G. Eclipse, Jira, Git, ClearCase, ClearQuest, Doors, etc.)

• Intermediate level experience in development of software for embedded systems using programming languages such as C and C++
• Intermediate level experience in using scripting languages such as Perl, Ruby etc.
• Intermediate level experience in Modelling and Simulation
• Able to program on various operating platforms (i.E. Windows, Linux, Unix etc.)

• 3+ years of software development experience with C, C++ embedded systems background
• Have experience with full cycle software development
• Bachelors degree in Computer Sciences, electrical engineering

• Understanding of control theory (PID, PD, Fuzzy Logic, Adaptive controllers etc.)
• Understanding of the Graph theory