Job Description

Are you someone who is passionate, motivated, and driven to make a difference? If so, MSA Safety is the perfect fit for your career.

At MSA, SAFETY is who we are AND it is what we do. We are a purpose-driven company committed to deploying innovation and technology to deliver on our Mission to help protect people and assets all around the world. We continue to be relentless in our pursuit of solving our customers greatest problems so they can go home safe each and every day.

Are you in? Read on for more details about this particular role.

What you get to do:

• Work for a tech company that makes solutions and products that directly protect and save lives of industrial/construction workers and firefighters around the world everyday, as well as the environment
• Grow in your craft, your career and the discipline of embedded software engineering while simultaneously delivering tangible and recognized value to internal and external customers
• Gain experience on a variety of technology stacks and product types as part of a highly engaged, highly skilled team that spans different skillsets, backgrounds, roles and global locations
• Gas/flame/refrigerant leak detectors, industrial/construction worker gear and firefighter equipment, with various sensor technologies (e.g. environmental sensing, location, thermal imaging, infrared/lasers)
• IoT style ecosystem of physical/digital products with wireless and wired connectivity (e.g. AWS, cellular, GNSS, BLE)
• Safety critical software (SIL, security)
• Understand the “why” behind customer needs and connect that to deeply technical, hardware/software-based problem solving approaches on a day-to-day basis

About you:

• Your mindset is one of personal, team and company growth
• You want your work to be meaningful and you want to launch awesome products
• You’re motivated to help others and to be helped by others as part of reaching larger goals together
• You don’t like doing the same thing over and over, you want to be challenged and to make a difference
• You value understanding the context and big picture while focusing on and working through the details of technical solutions
• You like active, growing cities with lots of history/culture/tech (Pittsburgh, PA USA) and being part of a global team
• You want the excitement of tech, but with stability, work/life balance and in-person interaction

Special Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Understanding of the software lifecycle and the challenges and complexities that arise during a typical development cycle
• Strong technical skills in designing and implementing software that fits the need, including within the constraints of hardware
• Ability to communicate well , including empathy for other viewpoints and helping move towards resolution that is best for the company and team
• Industry experience with:
• Microcontroller-based devices (FreeRTOS, ARM) w/ sensors
• Modern software development/quality (git, C/C++/Python, unit testing, static analysis, automated integration testing, interface simulators, build/release)

Preferred:

• Experience with:
• Wired and wireless communications protocols (BLE, etc.)
• Working close to the hardware
• Embedded security approaches

Education and Experience Required:

• BSCE, BSEE or relevant technical discipline, preferably from an ABET or similarly accredited program
• This position is available at two different career levels based upon experience and education:
• Staff II: 2 years of relevant industry experience minimum
• Staff III: 4 years of relevant industry experience minimum
• MS degree may be substituted for up to 1 year of relevant experience

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