Sr. Embedded Software Engineer

Building the people that build the world.

With platforms in HVAC and Detection and Measurement, SPX Technologies builds innovative solutions that enable a safer, more efficient, sustainable world.  Through our RiSE talent development framework, we Reach, Identify, Strengthen, and Engage our employees to support them in their continued development.  We’re a global company of problem solvers, collaborators, and innovators, and our businesses build solutions that impact the world. 

 

As part of Detection and Measurement, TCI is a global leader in innovative spectrum monitoring and signals intelligence systems.  With solutions to ensure the efficient use of frequencies, long distance communications, monitoring and security communications intelligence applications, we improve communications and protect military forces and infrastructure around the world. 

 

How you will make an Impact (Job Summary)

SPX is a diverse team of unique individuals who all make an impact. As a Sr. Embedded Software Engineer, you will actively participate in the development of radio frequency signal acquisition/processing/storage/retrieval, IQ data transport, direction finding and analysis systems used for spectrum monitoring and communications intelligence purposes. This person will apply their strong real time embedded server development background, knowledge of radio frequency communications, reception and signal processing techniques as well as software development skills to meet signal detection, parameter measurement and analysis challenges facing spectrum regulators and intelligence organizations around the globe. Specifically, this person will develop software to implement architectures using TCI’s existing technical base along with new development work that will satisfy both customer specific and market generic requirements.

 

What you can expect in this role (Job Responsibilities)

While each day brings new opportunities at SPX, your core responsibilities will be:

• Develop a deep understanding of TCI’s Embedded server architectures and become a key contributor to architecting and implementing improvements and new features for our products.
• Modify existing software and/or develop new software to implement improvements or add new features to our systems. Support testing and analysis of new hardware and software performance up to the system level.
• Provide technical support to our product support group by interfacing with customers to deploy new products, solve issues found in the field and to understand potential product improvements.
• Other duties as assigned.

 

 

What we are looking for (Experience, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Education)

We each bring something to the table, and we are looking for someone who has:

Required Experience

• Extensive experience in design, implementation and testing of complex real-time multithreaded/multitasking/multicore embedded server software supporting multiple simultaneous clients
• Extensive C/C++ software development experience (6+ years) with proficiency in such language features as templates, Lambda functions, vectors, maps and algorithms etc. using C++11 or newer standards
• Experience with designing well-crafted C++ classes/modules 
• Cross-platform programming for Linux and Windows targets
• Experience in developing/using Windows and Linux libraries 
• Clear understanding of Synchronization primitives, Queueing and task scheduling
• TCP Message based Client/Server communication  
• Experience with FPGA co-processing and managing Interrupts/data blocks    
• Clear understanding of ADCs, RF Receiver architectures and associated quality metrics
• Realtime hardware control and data acquisition
• SCPI control
• TCP/UDP Networking and socket level pro