Embedded Software Engineer
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation2 months ago
West Melbourne, FL, USASenior
Base Salary
$79k - $113k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, integrate, test, demonstrate, and maintain embedded software applications for locomotive control products.
- Develop embedded software components, systems, and networks from requirements analysis through production and commercial deployment.
- Program applications, components, and interfaces in C and C++.
- Maintain and enhance software deployed in existing embedded products and systems.
- Collaborate with product managers, system engineers, architects, test teams, business units, and other engineering teams to meet product and interface requirements.
- Participate in design and code reviews and drive performance, reliability, and quality improvements.
- Develop software design, requirements, and architecture documentation.
- Interact with customers and partners in technical discussions throughout development and deployment.
- Provide technical mentoring to junior software engineers as needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of experience developing embedded software in RTOS and bare-metal environments.
- Experience writing multiprocess and multithreaded programs using C or C++.
- Strong understanding of software design methods, architectural approaches, data structures, algorithms, and software engineering principles.
- Experience with ColdFire, ARM, or PowerPC microprocessors in a C/C++ environment.
- Experience with communication protocols including TCP/IP, UDP, RS232/RS422, HDLC, SPI, I2C, and CAN.
- Experience with embedded real-time operating systems, including Green Hills INTEGRITY.
- Experience with software configuration management tools such as SVN or Git.
- Experience with software analysis tools such as Klocwork, Understand, or PC-Lint and unit testing tools such as VectorCAST.
- Experience designing high-reliability, safety-critical, redundant, and fail-safe products.
- Experience with industry standards including IEC 61508, DO-178B, and Cenelec-50128.
- Experience working in Agile development environments, including Scrum or Kanban.
- Willingness and ability to travel 10% of the time.
Benefits
- Base salary range is $79300-$113000.
- Health, welfare, and retirement benefits are available.
- Annual bonus may be offered if eligible.
- Relocation assistance may be provided if eligibility requirements are met.
- The role requires legal authorization to work in the United States and may require successful completion of a drug screen and fitness-for-duty test.
About Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (Wabtec) builds freight locomotives, braking and signaling systems, rail components, and software used by freight railroads, transit agencies, and industrial operators. The Pittsburgh-based public company (NYSE: WAB) sells original equipment, digital solutions, and aftermarket services worldwide; it combined with GE Transportation in 2019 and traces its roots to George Westinghouse’s 19th‑century air brake business. Its portfolio spans rolling stock, parts, condition‑monitoring, and train control platforms.