
Senior Embedded Software Engineer - Connect IQ Platform
Role summary
Garmin is seeking a full-time Senior Embedded Software Engineer to join their Connect IQ Platform team in Olathe, KS. This role involves maintaining and developing features for the Connect IQ runtime environment, including designing APIs for third-party developers, integrating features into Garmin products, and working on a proprietary virtual machine. The position requires a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and a minimum of 5 years of experience, with demonstrated proficiency in C/C++, software system design, algorithm implementation, and technical leadership. Responsibilities include decomposing requirements, researching problems, offering technical assessments, and mentoring junior engineers. The ideal candidate is a driven, detail-oriented problem solver with strong communication skills.
Overview:
We are seeking a full-time Senior Embedded Software Engineer in our Olathe, KS location for our Connect IQ Platform team. In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining and developing new features for the Connect IQ runtime environment. This includes designing and implementing new APIs for third-party developers, integration of new features into Garmin products, and maintenance and feature development for our proprietary virtual machine.
To learn more about the Connect IQ platform visit: https://developer.garmin.com/connect-iq/overview/
Responsibilities:
Essential Functions
- Serves in a leadership capacity as an individual contributor for carrying out software development in C, C++, for new products and/or applications
- May serve as a Lead Software Engineer for complex software development project designs and/or reviews architected modules and software systems supporting new technology or improving capability/performance of existing functionality
- Decomposes functional requirements into well-defined tasks
- Researches fundamental problems and implements algorithm solutions that are appropriate
- Offers peer technical assessments in areas of expertise, new technologies and software designs
- Assists design engineering as needed with component datasheet review and schematic design review
- Participates in project leadership and/or program planning including providing technical input to product development plans and concept documents
- Makes substantial contributions toward determination of project goal/objective feasibility and applies good judgment in setting schedules/risk taking
- Mentors and provides guidance to less experienced Software Engineers (1 & 2)
- Contributes to advanced technical research on new technologies
- Offers process improvement suggestions and authors new procedures as appropriate
- Provides reliable solutions to a wide range of difficult problems using sound problem solving techniques
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Math, Physics or related field AND a minimum of 5 years relevant experience OR an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule)
- Demonstrated proficiency with designing well architectured software systems and modules that support new technology or improve capability/performance of existing functionality
- Demonstrated competence with researching fundamental problems and implementing appropriate algorithmic solutions
- Demonstrated ability to serve as a lead software engineer for a complex software project
- Ability to decompose functional requirements into well-defined tasks while balancing quality, quantity, and complexity in work output
- Demonstrated capability to offer peer technical assessments in areas of expertise, new technologies and software designs
- Mastered proficiency in writing software in C, C++, and relevant experience and/or training in data structures or object-oriented design methodology
- Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Must be positive, detail oriented, organized, team oriented and a driven problem solver, multi-tasker, and self-starter with the ability to prioritize and lead in a fast paced, deadline-driven environment
Desired Qualifications
- Outstanding academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.5)
*Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran’s status, age or disability.*
*This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here:* *Garmin Benefits*
Sample Garmin interview questions
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Minimum Path Sum Find the minimum path sum from top-left to bottom-right in a grid. Input: grid = [[1,2,3],[4,5,6]] Output: 12 Explanation: The optimal path moves along 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 6, resulting in a minimum accumulated sum of 12.
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Rotate a linked list to the right by k places. Given the head of a linked list, rotate the list to the right by k places. Input: head = [0,1,2], k = 4 Output: [2,0,1] Explanation: The list has a length of 3. Rotating by 4 is mathematically equivalent to rotating by 1 (4 mod 3 = 1).
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Find the maximum depth of an N-ary tree.
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Find the total number of continuous subarrays whose sum equals K.
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Find all buildings that have an ocean view.
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