Employment

Micron Optics is a growing technology-based company located in Atlanta, Georgia. In business for over fifteen years, Micron Optics has grown to become the premier supplier of tunable components and test instruments. Part of Micron Optics' mission is to build long-term partnerships with not only our customers and suppliers but our employees as well. Toward that goal, Micron Optics recognizes that our employees are our most valuable assets.

At Micron Optics you are more than just another number; you are a valued individual. As the company continues to grow, so do the opportunities for each employee's own personal growth and development.

In addition, Micron Optics provides a comprehensive benefits package. Highlights include full health insurance (including Medical, Dental, and Prescription Drug Plan), 401(k) savings plan, company-paid life insurance, supplemental life insurance and flexible work hours. Most importantly, we strive to ensure that each Micron Optics employee is professionally challenged with interesting and valuable problems that need to be solved.

Micron Optics is currently seeking:

An embedded software developer who will design, develop, operate, and maintain software and firmware components and computing systems software to be applied to and integrated with engineering, manufacturing, and end user requirements. The successful applicant will apply the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the system development life cycle to support the generation of industrial grade measurement equipment and user interface software. The position will require working as part of a software development team and a willingness to provide customer technical support, when needed.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
-Master's Degree in Electrical or other Engineering
-4 to 6 years of industry experience in embedded system firmware development
-Embedded OS (Linux) experience
-Embedded C/C++ programming
-Knowledge of and experience developing low-level device drivers. Examples: flash drivers, serial drivers, USB, TCP/IP and related networking drivers
-Experience with LabVIEW strongly preferred
-Experience testing and troubleshooting on hardware platforms is required. Must be able to develop and execute low level test procedures. Knowledge in developing desktop simulations to facilitate low level testing is preferred
-Good communication and documentation skills

ADDITIONAL DESIRED SKILLS:
-FPGA experience, including familiarity with Verilog and/or VHDL & Xilinx and/or Altera
-Java, Visual Basic, Visual C++
-Some familiarity with fiber optics, piezoelectric transducers, and/or lasers a plus
-Experience working with hardware and manufacturing teams to bring projects fully to market
-Comfort with hardware: read and use schematics effectively, use test equipment (e.g. oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, etc.)

If you are interested in this position, please send us your resume.