Embedded Test SW Engineer Sr Job Listing at SAIC in Indianapolis, IN (Job ID 2510598)

Description

Description

SAIC is seeking a Senior level Software/Hardware Engineer for development and maintenance of Automated Test Equipment (ATE) for various development/production products that SAIC develops, repairs, or produces at its Indianapolis, IN site. 

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Maintain existing in-house ATE systems  

• Maintain/develop new tests as unit-under-test (UUT) requirements change  

• Maintain/develop ATE software, or propose changes/fixes, as OEM/COTS hardware changes or becomes obsolete 

• Assist or lead efforts in redesigning obsolete test systems 

• Advise leadership/supervisors on areas of improvement in the context of ATE systems to better test products 

• Work with and/or assist lab technicians in troubleshooting issues with ATE systems 

• Work with and/or assist lab technicians in repairing ATE systems 

• Assist or lead efforts in the design of new ATE systems 

• Synthesize project/customer requirements for new ATE systems into Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) estimates on cost of equipment/labor 

• Analyze end product (UUT) test requirements and develop test set architecture to meet and test those requirements 

• Search out COTS products that meet or exceed test requirements 

• Develop self-testable test set architecture (ability to self-test itself to verify proper operation) 

Qualifications

Required Education/Skills:

• Bachelors and five (5) years or more experience; Masters and three (3) years or more experience.
• Knowledge and experience in Perl, Python, and/or JavaScript. 

• Demonstrated ability to write/read/debug National Instruments (NI) LabVIEW programs.

• Ability to use common lab equipment (oscilloscopes, DMMs, power supplies, function generators, etc). 

• Ability to use an electrical schematic to debug a hardware circuit using available lab equipment.

• Ability to digest a manual testing procedure into a fully/semi-automated process where possible. 

• Advise on the testability of new product designs.

• Knowledge and experience with National Instruments (NI) PXI hardware. 

• Knowledge and experience with controlling test equipment via GPIB, Ethernet (LXI), and other means. 

• Active DoD security clearance (SECRET or higher), or ability to obtain a clearance.

   

  Desired Skills/Experience: 

   

• NI LabVIEW certification (CLAD, CLD, or CLA) 

• Familiarity with National Instruments Switch Executive and legacy SCXI switch topologies 

• Knowledge and understanding of using git for source code revision management 

• Knowledge and experience using Markdown for documentation in Wiki format or equivalent collaboration tools (e.g., Atlassian Confluence) 

• Experience and knowledge of using UNIX/Linux environments and utilities (e.g., bash, make, awk, sed, grep, vi) 

• Experience and knowledge of embedded systems software development using C or C++ 

• Ability to read and interpret a circuit's function by its schematic and characterize its power requirements (current draw, voltage drops, power, etc) 

• Ability to debug an embedded application using JTAG and the appropriate integrated development environment (IDE) 

• Knowledge and experience using schematic capture software 

• Knowledge of commonly used communications protocols - MIL-STD-1553, RS-232/422/485, CAN, I2C, SPI, SSH, Ethernet 

• Knowledge of one or more microprocessor architectures - STM32, AVR, 8051, and/or similar 
• Ability to work with minimal direction/supervision.
• Team player