Principal Embedded Software Engineer
Coherent Corp.3 days ago
Ottawa, CanadaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Design and develop embedded software features from customer and product-line requirements.
- Develop features for existing and future products and resolve bugs and sustaining issues in legacy products.
- Collaborate with validation, integration, optical, hardware, and test engineering teams.
- Maintain accurate firmware documentation and contribute to documentation efforts.
- Coach junior software engineers and drive coding reviews and team development practices.
- Provide technical guidance to Field Application Engineers during pre- and post-sales customer interactions.
- Support system-level optical networking features and work across the full software development lifecycle.
Requirements
- University degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science.
- 8+ years of experience in embedded software systems.
- 5+ years of experience in the optical networking industry, including L0 and/or L1 equipment.
- Expertise in C and C++ programming for embedded systems.
- Experience with system software functions such as North-Bound Interface, platform infrastructure, BSP, photonic control, alarms, performance monitoring, and service management.
- Experience with L2/L3 protocols, networking protocols, security protocols, virtualization, and container technologies.
- Experience with Embedded Linux multiprocessing, multithreading, object-oriented design, and programming in Go and Python.
- Experience with Agile development lifecycle practices, continuous integration and deployment, and DevOps practices.
- Experience with optical networking technologies such as ROADM and ILA.
- Experience with cross-site development and global teams; knowledge of Chinese is an asset.
- Open-source experience with SONiC, FRRouting, or Open vSwitch is a plus.
- Strong written and oral English communication skills and the ability to deliver on an aggressive schedule.
Benefits
- The position is onsite at the company’s Ottawa location.
- Occasional off-site meetings or travel may be required.
- The role may require occasional overtime and flexibility in work hours.
- The position includes regular interaction with team members and external contacts.
About Coherent Corp.
Coherent Corp. builds lasers, optics, and compound semiconductor components and systems for OEMs in the industrial, communications, electronics, and instrumentation markets. Its portfolio spans laser machines, optical transceivers, and optoelectronic devices sold through direct sales and global channel partners. Headquartered in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, the company adopted the Coherent name after acquiring Coherent, Inc. in 2022 and is publicly traded on Nasdaq (COHR).