Senior Software Engineer

Overview We are seeking a full-time Senior Software Engineer at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. In this role, you will help our team advance the frontier of our activity recording technologies that power Outdoor and Fitness wearables and products. You’ll be focused on both adding and updating functionality and features to support their ubiquitous use in Garmin Fitness and Outdoor devices. Success in this role requires strong software engineering skills, enthusiasm for solving difficult technical problems, and a passion for building reliable products used by millions of Garmin customers worldwide. Essential Functions Use expertise in C++ and C to design, develop and maintain robust and reliable software to support activity recording, planning and training features, and file management technologies. Investigate and resolve complex software issues that span multiple teams and products, delivering reliable solutions to a wide range of difficult problems using sound problem solving techniques. Own and evolve shared technologies relied upon by Garmin Outdoor and Fitness product teams. Serve in a leadership capacity as an individual contributor for carrying out software development to support new products and/or applications. Break down complex and ambiguous requirements into actionable plans, identifying dependencies and risks, and developing estimates, milestones and schedules. Provide technical assessments in areas of expertise, new technologies and software designs. Proactively identify and act on opportunities to improve performance. Expand and advocate for improvements to unit and automated testing to improve quality and reliability. Participate in project leadership and/or program planning including providing technical input to product development plans and concept documents. Make substantial contributions toward determination of project feasibility and exercise sound judgement in evaluating tradeoffs and risks. Mentor and provide guidance to less experienced Software Engineers (1 & 2) Basic Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Aerospace 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++, C# or Java 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