Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is a world famous brand with offices across the globe. Within Fender Musical Instruments Corporation’s ("FMIC") R&D Software Team, you will develop embedded software for products used by guitar and bass players. You will have the opportunity to learn from existing products, but also help chart the course for future technology-based amplifiers, pedals, and related products.
An American icon, Fender was born in Southern California and has built a worldwide influence extending beyond the studio and the stage. A Fender is more than an instrument, it’s a cultural symbol that resonates globally.
We are searching for a Software Engineer II, Embedded to work on guitar and bass amplifiers. You will have the opportunity to learn from existing products, but also to chart the course for future technology-based amplifiers. You are a self-starter, with a proven ability to continuously learn on your own.
Preferably, this role will be hybrid based out of Scottsdale, AZ. Consideration will be given to remote candidates.
Essential Functions:
- Collaborate with coworkers as a member of a product-focused SCRUM agile team
- Implement application and platform features in C++
- Write development tools and test scripts in python
- Help maintain automated builds and software releases
- Participate in process improvement initiatives
- GUI development for embedded devices using frameworks like QT
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher. CE/CSE, CS, EE preferred.
- 2+ years professional software development experience
- 2+ years C++ experience
- 2+ years combined experience with other high-level languages (python, C, java, C#)
- Experience debugging embedded systems
- Familiar with Git or other version control
- Everyday experience using Linux for development, including the command line
- Real-time audio processing experience, multicore programming experience
- Bonus: Familiarity with embedded peripherals like GPIO, UART, I2C, SPI, ADC, USB, BLE, WIFI, Bluetooth
- Bonus: Linux kernel development, or real-time patch experience
- If you have more, or less experience, that’s fine too. Apply to start the conversation.
About Fender Musical Instruments:
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) is one of the world’s leading musical instrument manufacturers, marketers and distributors, whose portfolio of brands includes Fender®, Squier®, Presonus®, Gretsch®, Jackson®, EVH®, Charvel®, Bigsby®, and Groove Tubes®, among others. For more information, visit www.fender.com. FMIC offers a competitive benefits package which includes medical, dental, 401(k), paid time off, and an equipment purchase program to help you get the band back together. Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, disability, veterans’ status, sexual orientation, or any other protected factor.
Fender is required by law in certain jurisdictions to include a pay scale in the job posting for this position. “Pay scale” means the salary or hourly wage range that Fender reasonably expects to pay for this position; it is neither a promise nor a guarantee of the compensation that the successful candidate will receive. The pay scale for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that Fender considers in making compensation decisions, including, without limitation: skill set, experience, and training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. If this is a remote position, the pay scale disclosed herein may be adjusted further based upon the applicable geographic differential associated with the location from which the successful candidate will work. Please note that it is not typical for a Fender employee to be at or near the top of the pay scale for their role – especially as a new hire – and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Subject to the foregoing, the current pay scale for this position is $70,000.00 – $100,000.00 per year.
