Software Engineer, Associate at MKS Inc. in Rochester, NY

Summary: MKS Inc. is a company focused on advancing manufacturing technology in the semiconductor industry. They are seeking a Junior Software Engineer to design embedded firmware for power delivery systems, collaborating with other engineers to improve efficiency and precision. Responsibilities: - Develops software libraries/applications/drivers/modules using embedded programming languages including, but not limited to, C/C++, Python, Matlab, VHDL - Analyzes system software verification standards and procedures - Analyzes requirements, designs, implements, documents, and tests against customer, marketing, and engineering requests - Follows software and business processes to ensure high level quality and robustness of deliverables - Develop and execute test plans on embedded firmware features in RF/DC power system; collect and analyze data from firmware debug probes and external instrument; Correlate abnormalities in the data to the firmware bugs - Contributes meaningfully within the software team to improve on-time delivery and frequency of new releases - Produces maintainable design documents providing technical information about designs to ease rapid future development - Collaborates and supports other functional teams, like system, reliability, manufacturing, field application engineers to troubleshoot, guide, support, and test our products Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related degree - 0 to 1+ years of related experience with embedded object-oriented software development (applicable co-ops, internships may count) - Strong collaboration and communication skills - Sharp analytical thinking and a talent for creative problem-solving - Experience in MS Office suite and instant messaging to help engineering activities Preferred Qualifications: - Work experience in the industrial protocols—EtherCAT, DeviceNet, Fieldbus - Work experience or interests in developing embedded Linux user/kernel applications/drivers, commercial/open-source RTOS user/kernel applications/drivers, and device tree - Work experience or interests in developing multi-threaded/multi-task systems, as well as profiling, benchmarking, tracing system bottlenecks - Work experience in digital signal processing, control theory, power amplifier, and power delivery theory - Interests in implementing control theories in discrete time domain on an embedded system - Interests in Radio Frequency characteristics and transmission theories Required Skills: Embedded programming (C/C++), Embedded firmware development Important Skills: Python, Matlab, VHDL, Agile development Nice-to-Have Skills: Analytical thinking, MS Office proficiency, Networking knowledge, Electronic circuit design, Collaboration skills Benefits: Health insurance coverage (medical, dental and vision), 401(k) with company match, Life and disability insurance, 12 paid holidays, Sick time, 15 paid vacation days, 6 weeks fully paid parental leave, Adoption assistance, Tuition reimbursement