Senior Software Engineer

Build and deliver carrier-grade embedded software for Ethernet packet products in a Dallas onsite environment.

Responsibilities

• Act as a senior contributor and technical owner for major features in the Ethernet product domain, supporting design, development, and platform evolution
• Design and develop embedded software applications, primarily with C/C++, using the SAFe development methodology in a team environment
• Define and execute unit, integration, system, and feature-level test strategies to validate software functionality, robustness, performance, and reliability
• Contribute to system architecture and technical strategy across multiple subsystems, or lead as a recognized expert for a significant technology domain
• Evaluate emerging technologies, lead proof-of-concept investigations, influence technical direction, and represent the organization in industry forums, standards activities, or customer engagements
• Own technical delivery and quality of major features from requirements through deployment, sustaining support, and customer issue resolution
• Provide technical mentoring, design guidance, code review, and architectural knowledge transfer to junior and mid-level engineers
• Support clean, maintainable, well-documented code practices; improve code quality through refactoring, automation, and reduction of technical debt
• Create and maintain unit and integration tests to ensure application stability
• Evaluate new technologies and infrastructure improvements to support long-term sustainability, scalability, and maintainability across the product family
• Use modern software engineering tools, including AI-assisted engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot and Claude Code, to improve development efficiency, code quality, and productivity; evaluate and contribute to AI-related engineering initiatives as appropriate
• Serve as a department expert in one or more technical areas and be frequently consulted for that expertise
• Collaborate with systems engineering, product line management, FPGA, hardware, and product teams to translate business requirements into functional product solutions

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Science, or equivalent education
• 8+ years of professional embedded software development experience or equivalent demonstrated expertise
• Strong proficiency with Linux development environments, including system administration, debugging, build systems, process management, and performance analysis
• Strong embedded software architecture knowledge, including multithreading, concurrency, memory management, and performance optimization
• Development experience on Embedded Linux operating systems
• Experience debugging complex software using tools such as GDB, core dumps, protocol analyzers, and system tracing tools
• Proficiency with Git and modern source control workflows, including branching strategies, code review processes, and CI/CD integration
• Experience implementing or troubleshooting networking protocols such as Ethernet, VLAN, MPLS, LACP, STP/RSTP/MSTP, OAM, PTP, or synchronization technologies
• Familiarity with SAFe development methodology
• Strong interpersonal, project management, analytical, and investigative skills
• Strong verbal presentation and communication skills
• Ability to influence technical decisions and build consensus among cross-functional stakeholders
• Strong attention to detail
• Limited travel may be required

Technologies

• C/C++
• SAFe
• GitHub Copilot, Claude Code
• Linux, Embedded Linux
• GDB, CI/CD
• Ethernet, VLAN, MPLS, LACP, STP/RSTP/MSTP, OAM, PTP
• NETCONF, SNMP, gNMI, RESTCONF
• IEEE, ITU, MEF
• ARM
• Embedded Linux kernel, device driver development

Preferred Qualifications (Success Criteria)

• Industry experience developing carrier-grade software for Telecom/Datacom transport equipment
• Solid understanding of data communications networking with an emphasis on Layer 2 Ethernet technologies
• Familiarity with IEEE, ITU, and MEF standards
• Experience with Embedded Linux kernel and device driver development
• Secure software development practices
• Open-source software integration and maintenance experience
• Experience with ARM-based embedded platforms
• Network management protocols experience: NETCONF, SNMP, gNMI, RESTCONF
• Background in high-availability and carrier-grade software architectures
• CI/CD and automated test framework experience

Location: Dallas, TX (onsite)