MED-ENG & PSP – THE SAFARILAND GROUP Hiring for Software Designer at Ottawa, ON Full Time

Summary:
The Software Designer will support our current suite of products and be heavily involved in developing next generation products. The ideal candidate is an inventive problem solver capable of working through technical challenges and diligently completing assignments. This is a great opportunity to join a team that provides leading-edge life-saving products to clients around the world.

Duties & Responsibilities:
Working within assigned technical roles, key duties, responsibilities and objectives will include:

• Designing and programming real time software
• data acquisition and analysis, peripheral control
• embedded microcontroller applications
• Documenting software and release documents
• Test, debug, troubleshoot and validate firmware/software and write test reports
• Estimating effort required for various tasks
• Author the technical portion of bids and proposals.
• Performing the role of Project Technical Lead on small projects
• Maintaining software tools
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• 6+ years software experience in a product development environment
• 2+ years experience writing android apps
• Proficiency with C, C#, Java
• Proficiency in real time computing and RTOS
• Proficiency with microcontroller integrated development environments and tools
• Good writing and verbal communication skills (English)
• Good software troubleshooting abilities
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or software engineering or equivalent
• Eligibility for a Canadian security clearance to the level of Secret

Desirable experience:

• Able to read electronic schematics
• Low power mobile microcontroller systems
• experience writing IOS apps
• Database APIs
• Understanding of electronics, test instrumentation and control systems
• Software verification and regression testing
• Communication protocols – Bluetooth, BLE, I2C, SPI, WiFi, MQTT, USB C
• graphics and video (on mobile devices)
• ARM Cortex Mx microcontrollers
• Matlab experience

The Safariland Group believes in the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to equal opportunity and affirmative actions. We pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people, without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law.

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