Are you looking for an opportunity with plenty of growth potential? Do you enjoy working in an exciting, fast-paced, collaborative environment? Are you interested in working with the world’s most innovative companies to create a more connected world?  

Connecting Continents. Impacting Communities.  

The backbone of the Internet is a series of high-tech subsea fiber optic cables deployed throughout the globe - SubCom has deployed over 50% of them. Our employees ensure data communications networks are engineered, manufactured, deployed to the highest standards, enabling faster and more reliable connectivity to communities worldwide. Every member of the SubCom team plays a role in an end-to-end process that is critical to enterprises, governments, big cities, and rural towns.  

We encourage, expect, and value creativity, thoughtful risk taking, openness to change, and diverse perspectives. Whether you’re a seasoned applicant seeking a new and exciting challenge, or you’re new to the workforce and looking for a flexible, rewarding, and fast-paced position with an innovative and stable organization (since 1953), SubCom has opportunities to advance your career.  

Position Overview

This role requires a strong background in firmware development and designing of embedded systems. This includes designing, developing, and testing firmware for our cutting-edge network elements and ensuring the highest quality and performance standards.

Duties/Responsibilities Design and develop firmware architectures for embedded systems used in network elements. Involves all aspects of embedded systems coding: application development to low-level device drivers. Develop software and firmware source code in embedded C/C++ and other languages. Be part of a fast-paced firmware development team. Design, implement, enhance, test, and debug new features on existing firmware projects or new platforms. Debug using standard embedded debugging tools and lab instrumentation. Create detailed design documentation and test plans. Run static analysis tools and interpret/address analysis results. Participate in peer code reviews and provide/receive constructive feedback to/from team members. Evaluate new microcontroller and SoC platforms. Provide sustaining engineering support for legacy products. Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies in firmware development. Collaborate cross-functionally with other groups and management.  Work with minimal supervision and take ownership of assigned development modules through all stages of development and maintenance. Occasional travel to NJ required.