Job Title: Embedded OR Hardware / Firmware
Location: Redmond WA 98052
Duration: 6 Months
Job Type: Contract
Work Type: Onsite
Note: Embedded Engineer with Python
Job Description:
- This role will design and integrate OT infrastructure for machine shop and factory floor applications using both physical and cloudbased systems.
- This is a highly collaborative position that interfaces with Project Kuiper production engineering and IT teams.
Key job responsibilities
- Programming: Working to requirements and priorities set by the GSE Automation team develop configure and deploy software solutions to
- provide automated test and manufacturing capabilities on the factory floor.
- QA: Conduct endtoend testing of automated manufacturing and test applications to ensure all requirements are being met before handoff to production.
Collaboration:
- Collaborate with crossfunctional teams including teams in Production Operations IT and Digital Operations (KET) to ensure successful project execution and completion.
Safety and Compliance:
- Ensure that all integrated systems comply with internal IT and Security standards with designs and code that is well documented and version controlled.
- Contribute to the overall architecture for a highperforming connected safe and maintainable factory.
- They must be detail oriented have superior verbal and written communication skills strong organizational skills are able to work independently and can maintain professionalism under pressure.
Basic Requirements:
- Python programming skills
- Labview programming skills
- Experience developing software that directly interacts with hardware
- Experience developing on the Ignition SCADA platform or other user interfaces in an operational environment
- Working knowledge of Ethernetbased industrial protocols (OPC UA MQTT Modbus TCP etc)
- Working knowledge of fieldbus protocols such as Profinet and CAN
- Knowledge of security best practices (encryption in transit encryption at restestablishing chains of trust etc.)
- Knowledge of using version control systems such as Git
- Knowledge in different web technologies and data formats (i.e. HTTP/HTTPS JSON/XML)
- Crossorganizational communication comfortable evangelizing ideas and concerns clearly and persuasively in both verbal and written form.
- A Computer Science or equivalent technical degree and 47 years of relevant experience is required.
Story Behind the Need Business Group & Key Projects
Can you give me a little detail about your team culture
- Internal Client only
- Almost exclusively within this team.
- There is another team of software and automation that are filling a similar need so may be some collaboration with that team.
- Such as products automations best practices learning from that team as they go through the process etc.
- But actual work will be hardware team owners within team.
- Executing tests how to do data processing all the networking data infrastructure.
Typical Day in the Role:
Extension
- Potential but not guaranteed TBD
Conversion
Compelling Story & Candidate Value Proposition
Role interesting:
- Doing some of the coolest engineering/innovation out there with Kuiper.
- Orbital satellites improving connectivity across the world.
- Hardware technology and manufacturing testing.
- Being apart of a global mission is always fun to be apart of.
Candidate Requirements
Years of Experience:
- 47 years of relevant experience is required.
Degree or Certification:
- A Computer Science or equivalent technical degree
Top musthave hard skills
- Experience developing software that directly interacts with hardware
- Python Programming background is a MUST
- Working knowledge of Ethernetbased industrial protocols (OPC UA MQTT Modbus TCP etc). Knowledge of using version control systems such as Git