Development Engineer II SPPDG (Limited Tenure)

TheMayo Clinic Special Purpose Processor Development Group(SPPDG) is seekinga Limited Tenure Firmware Platform Engineer for the oversight management and release of complex embedded systems and health status monitor is a research group within Mayo Clinic comprised of electronics hardware software and firmware engineers supporting a variety of design analysis and testing efforts.

As part of this R&D team the candidate would lead small project or technical work teams or provide guidance and expertise as a part of a larger project team responsible for code management systems git revision control firmware documentation test driven design philosophies continuous integration and deployment as well as embedded software system test and development hardware testing and verification and software development and addition to specific code base management managing feature timelines release cycles and release notes is also required. Specializations include real-time systems especially ultra-low power portable systems embedded C-code implementations for various architectures and emerging system level programming languages. Limited travel may be required.

Requires a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university with a minimum of 7 years of engineering experience.

The successful candidate is expected to have experience and deep knowledge of code development cycles as well as emerging technologies in firmware development testing and verification. Additional useful skills include experience with highlevel programming applied to signal processing system modeling and data analytics using environments such as Python MATLAB and Mathematica.

Experience should include familiarity with the following: basic laboratory equipment (e.g. power supplies multimeters oscilloscopes logic analyzers) embedded IDEs the C programming language embedded architectures serial communication protocols and general firmware development and debugging practices. Additional base qualifications include the ability to generate a test based on a description or functional requirement an expectation to document test plans test execution and results and ability to communicate technical details to team members.

Applies technical knowledge and experience to perform complex engineering tasks using state-of-the-art resources. Able to apply expertise gained from internal and external subject matter experts and resources. Through the careful review of reports patents literature and other data maintains an up-to-date basic understanding of the latest developments in the technical field as it pertains to the current assignments. Maintains relevant technical skill base.

Preferred Qualifications Include:

• Familiarity with ARM Cortex M4 core use and debug of serial communication protocols specifically UART I2C SPI.
• Experience with Python language - especially for testing.
• Familiarity with version management software such as Git.
• Experience with RF communication testing debugging and verification
• Experience working in multithreaded RTOS environments.
• Experience and/or interest in applying engineering knowledge to physiologic signals such as photoplethysmography electrocardiograms and activity monitoring.
• Ability to document instructions to aid in programming debug test and verification.
• Familiarity with embedded coding standards and the ability to apply these standards.
• Experience participating in code and design reviews.
• Ability to analyze data quickly and determine best path forward for debug.
• Ability to debug embedded systems in real time.
• Experience using debuggers to set breakpoints watch variables analyze stack usage and monitor RTOS mechanisms.

Note: This position requires obtaining and maintaining a Secret clearance and adhering to security requirements described in the NISPOM. Therefore must be a U.S. Citizen. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.