Embedded Software Engineer 3

Role Overview

• Thenumber one requirement isreal‐world FPGA development experience.
• Emphasis is onHDL design work, not FPGA integration only.

Key Technical Focus

• FPGA Development
  • Must havehands‐on HDL development experience
  • VHDL or Verilog (both are used at Caterpillar)
  • Full FPGA development lifecycle:
    • HDL design
    • Simulation
    • Synthesis
    • Debugging
• Candidates must havepersonally written HDL code, not just:
  • Interfaced with an FPGA designed by someone else
  • Worked only on the microcontroller side talking to an FPGA

Additional Technical Expectations

• Low‐level embedded software exposure is a plus, including:
  • Peripheral interfacing
  • Memory access
  • BSP / driver‐level development
• Version control
  • Git is used for version management
• Debug skills
  • Experience using debug equipment such as:
    • Oscilloscopes
    • Hardware debug tools
  • Strong ability to troubleshoot when designs don't work as expected

Experience Level Discussion

• Preferred experience: ~5+ years

Typical Day / Week

• This is apure development role, not leadership
• Activities include:
  • Gathering functional and technical requirements
  • Creating and reviewing designs
  • Implementing designs in HDL
  • Simulation and testing
  • Debugging
  • Merging work with other engineers
  • Releasing code and starting the next development cycle