Senior Engineer I-Software Development

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Job Description:

Microchip Technology Inc. has a Senior Engineer I–Software Development opening based in Houston, Texas.  The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, developing and supporting web-based Management Software, as well as implementing Standards based solutions such as PLDM/RDE for server storage applications.  In this role, you will be working with a team of other software engineers delivering industry-leading storage products for the Enterprise and Data Center environments.  You will work closely with hardware, ASIC, firmware, OS driver and test teams to help deliver complete solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and unit test high quality application software and APIs within the formal SCRUM process.

• Implements and manages project deliverables using Software Development Lifecycle.

• Maintains and supports applications, infrastructure, and information systems, and performs optimization, troubleshooting, and debugging tasks.

• Develop features for new generations of products as well as supporting current ones.

• Interface with other teams to build a complete software stack solution.

• Ability to collaborate with team members and organization.

• Deliver software applications that meets all customer requirements.

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science and a minimum of 5+ years of industry experience.

• Working knowledge of UIs and supporting APIs.

• Experience with higher-level object-oriented programming languages, such as C++, Java, etc.

• Proficient with C programming language.

• Experience with low level firmware layers.

• Experience with XSLT, XML, Web Services, JSON.

• Experience with Advanced Web technologies such as HTML 5, CSS3, JavaScript and JavaScript frameworks such as jQuery a plus.

• Experience with Perl and other scripting languages.

• Experience with Jenkins and VMware a plus.

• Experienced with both Windows and Linux OSes and programming environments.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Extremely comfortable working with others.

• Strong problem solving, hands-on debugging, lab skills, and use of test equipment.

• Highly motivated and can achieve goals with minimal supervision.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Agile methodologies and with the formal SCRUM software development process.

• Experience in developing storage products a plus.

• Knowledge or familiarity with PLDM/RDE standards and implementation

Travel Time:

0% - 25%

Physical Attributes:

Hearing, Reaching, Talking, Works Alone, Works Around Others

Physical Requirements:

10%Standing, 10%walking, 80%Sitting, 100% Inside-MF 8-5PM

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