**10564BR** **PRS Facility Location:** Independence, MO PRIIS - 287 **Job Purpose:** Progress Rail Services Corporation, a Caterpillar Company and a leading provider of services to the Railroad industry in the US, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil, is seeking a highly motivated and experienced SENIOR FIRMWARE ENGINEER to join our team. This role performs the complete software lifecycle for company-developed embedded devices, including software design, implementation, maintenance and end-of-life management. This role is a senior, highly skilled and experienced member of the department and, as such, you’ll be expected to take on additional responsibilities beyond the scope of the immediate job. **Req ID:** 10564BR **Company Description:** Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, is an integrated rolling stock and infrastructure provider, delivering a full range of products and services to domestic and international railroad customers. Our customers enjoy one-stop shopping and comprehensive cradle-to-grave railway solutions - whether it rolls on the rail or is the rail itself. From locomotives, transit, freight cars and engines, to tracks, signals and advanced technology, we ensure customers can count on us to meet all their rail needs. Forging the bridge between ideas and success, our talented and innovative team members work together to address the challenges of the rail industry today, ensuring success for the future. As part of a vibrant, global network of business operations, each and every member of our team is important to our success. With headquarters in Albertville, Ala., more than 7,000 dedicated employees serve customers through a network of close to 150 locations around the world. For more information, visit www.progressrail.com and follow @Progress_Rail on Twitter and YouTube. **Education / Training:** • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science with functional cross-domain skills in working with hardware engineering. **Job Title:** Senior Firmware Engineer **City:** Independence **Key Job Elements:** • Familiarity with common Linux-based operating systems from available software frameworks; • Customizes operating systems for product-specific roles; • Provides evaluation of hardware for operating system utilization; • Provides customization of operating system for specific hardware utilization; • Designs software components in operating system specialization; • Implements software components in operating system specialization; • Maintains software components in operating system specialization, including testing and validation; • Performs other job-related duties as assigned. **Qualifications and Experience:** • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or computer science with functional cross-domain skills in working with hardware engineering; • 5 -7+ years of embedded software and/or hardware driver development experience; • Capable of designing and implementing software, utilizing best practices; • Cross-discipline familiarity with embedded devices of different architectures and hardware specifics, ability to work with associated software and lab-based tools to facilitate completion of tasks; • Ability to work with hardware schematics and data sheets to understand impacts to software; • Ability to work with stakeholders on appropriate designs and implementation details; • Ability to read and modify code written by other people; • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel). Preferred: • Software development proficiency in C, C++, C#, Python; • Experience with QNX; • Rust experience is a strong plus; • Full development life cycle from requirements, design, development, board bring-up, to product support; • Software engineering best practices for estimation, design, unit, and system testing; • Experience with container technologies (Docker, Containerd) or VM; • Experience with communication protocols such as TCP/IP, CAN, SPI; • Experience with secure protocols such as SSL, SSH; • Experience using Agile in a structured development environment such as DO 178C, ISO 26262 or IEC 61508; • Experience with Matroska library or Live555 library or another media container or RTP/RTSP library; • Excellent organizational, technical leadership and interpersonal skills; • Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to communicate technical concepts and support assertions with data; ability to make decisions based on facts; • Experience with AWS or other cloud services; • Understanding of secure coding concepts; • Self-motivated with a strong sense of team environment. Essential and Physical Activities Functions: • Strength - Position typically involves work in an office environment with frequent visits to manufacturing environment. Frequent/constant sitting. Occasional standing and walking. Occasional light- to medium- level lifting or carrying (up to 30 pounds); • Motion - Position regularly requires standard motions associated with working in an office environment; • Vision/Hearing Requirements - Frequent verbal communications, including both talking and hearing; • Work Environment- Position is typically located in an office environment with occasional visits to an industrial environment which may include a non-temperature-controlled environment, as well as exposure to noise (85+ decibels), occasional exposure to temperature changes, heavy machinery and other hazardous working conditions requiring the use of PPE; • Emotional Demands - Very high level of responsibility. Must be able to coordinate diverse aspects of a project. Requires significant interpersonal skills while sustaining very high standards. Domestic and international travel as required; • Safety - Position may occasionally require the use of Personal Protective Equipment during visits to industrial areas. The preceding description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities required of a Senior Firmware Engineer. **EEO:** Equal Opportunity Employer – Race/Color/Sex/Religion/National Origin/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Vets/Disabilities **Benefits:** + Competitive Salary + 401(k) plan with up to 6% company match (no waiting period with immediate vesting) + Medical/Dental/Vision/Life/Disability Insurance + Supplemental Accident, Critical Care, and Hospital Insurance available along with an HDHP and HSA with seed money + Flexible Spending Accounts + Paid Vacation + Paid Holidays + Paid Time-Off (PTO) + Employee Assistance Plan + Education Assistance Program + Employee Recognition Programs + Site specific Production and Incentive Plans + Site specific Step and Skill Level Wage Adjustment Plans + Site Specific Relocation and Sign-on Bonus Programs _*Benefits eligibility varies by job position, full-time/part-time and regular/temporary status. The provisions of the plan documents control such benefits._ **Job Category:** Engineering **Work Location Options:** Independence **State::** Missouri