Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Job Description

Description:

Position Overview

Under the direction of the Engineering Manager – KT Innovation, the Senior Embedded Software Engineer will conduct critical and complex engineering research and development projects to support Key Technology (KT) and New Product Development (NPD) of Fitness Equipment. The Senior Embedded Software Engineer will perform advanced development, innovation, and critical problem solving to enhance Johnson Health Tech’s product portfolio. This position requires a highly creative and flexible individual who can stretch to support the specific needs of the development situation and manufacturing environment. The successful candidate will be willing to move fast, fail early, iterate, and consistently deliver. They are never married to ideas, have a penchant for creating new IP and IP workarounds, and will help Johnson Health Tech continue to be a leader in the fitness space. This is a non-supervisory position.

Responsibilities

Understand and integrate potential new technologies, features, modalities/ergonomics into Johnson products

Create proof-of-concepts (PoC) and partner with the Product Management team for review and refinement

Evaluate and test for viability and risk mitigation

Feed new product development by successfully and smoothly transitioning PoC’s to NPD engineering teams based on Asia sourcing and manufacturing

Develop and document design and specifications

Strive to move beyond the status quo with a positive, problem-solving, and can-do approach. Know which battles to win and those to compromise on

Create new intellectual property and intellectual property workarounds

Other projects as assigned

Requirements:

Qualifications

Education:

4-year degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering

Well-qualified candidates will possess an advanced degree

Experience:

8+ years of object-oriented programming in a language such as C++, C# or Java

8+ years of bare-metal or RTOS programming in C or C++

Proficient in scripting languages such as Python or Javascript

Experience reading electronic schematics and component datasheets

Proficient in writing technical documentation

Well-qualified candidates will possess engineering experience with fitness products and strong fitness market knowledge

Other Requirements:

Ability and willingness to travel internationally, approximately 1-2 trips to Asia annually

Strong and creative problem-solving skills

Ability to work well with numerous diverse groups and individuals

Ability and desire to mentor less experienced team members

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Skills

Strong software engineering and general problem-solving skills

Ability to adapt to new and changing technology

Proven track record of on time completion of tasks

Works well in a team environment

Able to multitask

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with diverse groups of co-workers, customers and vendors

Ability to work with overseas development groups

Understand threading, synchronization and inter-process communications

Understand network communication such as TCP, UDP and RESTful API’s

Binary communication implementation such as RS232/RS485/CAN/USB/SPI/I2C

Linux application development, driver development and OS building

Benefits: We offer an excellent compensation package and team-oriented work environment with growth opportunities. Some of our outstanding benefits include:

Health & Dental Insurance

Company paid Life Insurance

401(k)

Paid Time Off benefits

Product discounts

Wellness programs

EOE/M/W/Vet/Disability#ZR

Full-time