Senior Staff Real-Time C/C++ System Software Engineer
Skills
- Expert modern C/C++ (C++14/17+) for system and real‑time development on Linux.
- Deep knowledge of concurrency, memory management and real‑time scheduling (e.g., SCHED_FIFO).
- Experience optimizing latency and throughput: SIMD/vectorization, cache/NUMA tuning, zero‑copy and DMA.
- Proficiency with Linux internals and debugging/profiling tools (gdb/lldb, perf, sanitizers).
- Experience integrating host software with embedded/industrial systems and rigorous lab/production testing.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement real‑time C/C++ services and libraries on Linux (including RT configurations) to ingest, control, process and synchronize data from embedded devices and sensors.
- Define and implement robust interfaces and protocols with firmware/hardware teams (SPI/I²C/UART, CAN, Modbus/TCP, EtherCAT/Profinet, Ethernet/TCP/UDP, gRPC).
- Optimize for determinism, throughput and latency using threading, scheduling, lock‑free queues, ring buffers, zero‑copy, DMA boundaries, and NUMA/affinity tuning.
- Harden system reliability with state machines, watchdogs, retries/backoff and graceful degradation for 24/7 factory operation.
- Own host‑side system bring‑up: board/OS configuration, device/driver integration, I/O path validation, and deployment automation.
- Instrument, profile and debug systems using logs, metrics, traces and tools (perf, sanitizers, flame graphs) to drive root‑cause analysis and tuning.
- Collaborate across HW/FW/ML/Product/QA to define requirements, testability, and perform design reviews and customer demos.
- Author and maintain requirements, interface specifications, test plans and test reports.
Education
- STEM degree (BS/MS/PhD) or equivalent practical experience.
- 10+ years professional software engineering experience or equivalent.
Benefits
- Health, dental and vision insurance
- 401(k) with employer matching
- 20 days PTO per year plus ~15 paid US holidays
- Opportunities to work on real‑world green‑energy and advanced materials systems
- Collaborative multidisciplinary engineering environment
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