Software Engineer - Embedded

Business Unit: GE Infrastructure, EnergyFunction: Engineering/ Product DevelopmentResponsibilities: Job Purpose
This position within the Controls COE is responsible for the design, development and maintenance of real time embedded software for industrial controllers, I/O devices and power conversion products. These products include turbine and distributed control systems (DCS) controllers, intelligent distributed I/O modules, communications gateways and advanced special purpose monitoring modules.
Essential Functions
Participate in the requirement gathering process with customers, internal users and system engineers.
Design software to meet product specifications using Object Oriented Design methodologies and tools.
Implement design using Object Oriented Programming techniques.
Create unit test programs to verify implementation to the design.
Participate in the creation of system integration test plans.
Supply information into user documentation process.
Follow documented software development process.
Engage in improvements to the process to aid productivity and to increase quality.~HJ~
REQUIREMENTS
Qualifications: Basic Qualifications
BS Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Computer Science.
Minimum of 2 years C/C++ programming experience.
Minimum of 1 year hands on experience with computing hardware and operating systems.
Minimum of 1 year experience in embedded real-time software development through. job experience or coursework.
Eligibility Requirements
You must submit your application for employment through gecareers.com to be considered.
You must be 18 years or older.
You must be willing to take a drug test as part of the selection process.
You must be willing to submit to a background investigation as part of the selection process.
You must have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States.
If currently a GE employee, you must have been in your current position for at least 12 months and have at least a satisfactory performance rating.Desired: Desired Characteristics
Masters Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or Computer Science.
Demonstrated competency in an Integrated Development Environment (Visual Studio, Eclipse).
Knowledge of at least one commercial off the shelf real-time operating systems such as QNX, VxWorks, pSOS or Windows CE.
Minimum of 1 year assembly language programming experience.
Knowledge of C# and .Net Framework.
Knowledge of COM, MFC, ActiveX, Win32.
Knowledge of network protocols and programming (TCP/IP, Sockets, Ethernet stack, etc).
Web Application Programming exposure (ASP.Net, Java, IIS, XML, SOAP).
Minimum of 1 year experience writing device driver level code.
Minimum of 2 years experience applying industrial control products ( GE preferred).
Work Traits
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.General: The United States has regulations that govern the hiring of current or former U.S. Government employees. If you currently work for (or have in the past) the U.S. Government (in any capacity), you may have certain responsibilities under these regulations and certain restrictions may apply to your potential employment with GE. Therefore, if you are contacted by GE regarding a position of employment, and you have worked for the U.S. Government at any time, please immediately inform the GE representative of this fact.
GE is an equal opportunity employer, offering a great work environment, challenging career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation.The United States has regulations that govern the hiring of current or former U.S. Government employees. If you currently work for (or have in the past) the U.S. Government (in any capacity), you may have certain responsibilities under these regulations and certain restrictions may apply to your potential employment with GE. Therefore, if you are contacted by GE regarding a position of employment, and you have worked for the U.S. Government at any time, please immediately inform the GE representative of this fact.