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Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain reliable software for activity recording, planning, training, and file-management features.
- Investigate and resolve complex software issues spanning multiple teams and products.
- Own and evolve shared technologies used by Garmin Outdoor and Fitness product teams.
- Lead individual-contributor software development for new products and applications.
- Decompose ambiguous requirements into plans, dependencies, risks, estimates, milestones, and schedules.
- Provide technical assessments of new technologies and software designs.
- Improve software performance and advocate for unit and automated testing improvements.
- Contribute technical input to project leadership, program planning, product development plans, and concept documents.
- Evaluate project feasibility, tradeoffs, and risks.
- Mentor and guide less experienced Software Engineers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Math, Physics, or a related field plus at least five years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Excellent academic performance, generally with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0; a GPA of at least 3.5 is preferred.
- Proficiency designing well-architected software systems and modules that support new technology or improve existing capabilities and performance.
- Competence researching fundamental problems and implementing appropriate algorithmic solutions.
- Experience serving as a lead software engineer for a complex software project.
- Ability to decompose functional requirements into well-defined tasks and balance quality, quantity, and complexity.
- Ability to provide peer technical assessments on areas of expertise, new technologies, and software designs.
- Mastery of C, C++, C#, or Java, with relevant data structures or object-oriented design experience and/or training.
- Strong verbal, written, interpersonal, problem-solving, organizational, prioritization, and leadership skills.
Benefits
- The position is full-time and located at Garmin’s U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area.
- The position is eligible for Garmin’s benefit program.
About Garmin
Garmin designs and sells GPS-enabled electronics and software for consumers and specialized markets, including wearables, automotive, marine, outdoor, and aviation. Its portfolio spans smartwatches and cycling computers to chartplotters and certified avionics, with revenue from device sales plus maps, apps, and subscription services. Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Olathe, Kansas, Garmin is a public company traded on NASDAQ (GRMN) with global manufacturing and R&D sites.