Firmware Engineer III

Responsibilities

• Conduct R&D on new high-tech devices/products – INNOVATE!
• Work as a member of the Agile cross-functional development team; release and iteration planning; development of user stories, unit test and feature implementation.
• Participate in dialog with other developers in discussing current and proposed architecture(s), defects, enhancements, and other issues.
• Collect input from stakeholders, build architecture requirements and specification and develop them into production quality code.
• Track software development issues and work with the team to determine resolutions for these problems.
• Share knowledge with more junior team members via a formal mentoring relationship, reviewing code, reviewing design docs, or giving technical talks.
• Architect, design, develop and validate embedded firmware on various micro controllers.
• Create Software Design Specifications from the requirement specification.
• Identification and implementation of engineering projects to reduce costs, improve production yields /efficiencies, while ensuring world-class quality.
• Support ongoing production, partner with multiple departments within the company to help develop new processes and help transfer products and processes to other locations.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to resolve product issues in different phases.
• Ability to multitask and handle multiple projects at various phases.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of embedded real-time firmware development (requirements analysis, design, testing documentation) using C and/or other middle to high-level languages.
• 3+ year experience in system design and architecture
• Multiple years of extensive experience with all phases of embedded firmware development in platform independent environments
• Strong knowledge or hands on experience in various RF technologies and profiles such as Bluetooth classic, BLE, Zigbee, RF4CE, Wi-Fi, Z-Wave
• Experience with various communication protocols such as SPI, I2C, UART, I2S, etc.
• Experience with typical embedded control peripherals (i.e., RAM, Flash, UART, PWM, A/D, CAN, I2C, I2S, and SPI)
• Hands on experience with various MCU cores (16 to 32-bits, common ARM Cortex) and peripherals
• Scripting languages and for test automation (Perl, Python or similar) big plus
• Debug skills with tools such as JTAG/serial debugger, protocol analyzer and oscilloscopes
• Experience in consumer electronics product development, especially IR/RF remote control, HVAC controls, Thermostats and Sensors a Plus
• Experience developing on a bare metal, Linux and using an RTOS. FreeRTOS is a plus.
• Experience using debuggers, logic analyzers and oscilloscopes.
• Experience designing device drivers for peripherals like external memories and sensors.
• Software development methodologies and quality control processes
• Familiarity with embedded firmware development tools, including the capability to debug, step through code and perform traces if needed.
• Demonstrated skills in the firmware development process (version control, use case, requirements, design, coding, and unit test)
• Proven ability to develop embedded firmware that optimizes run-time performance, memory requirements, and code re-use.
• Experience with writing and executing firmware test specifications.
• Experience with power-management
• Proven ability to analyze and solve complex problems which involve both firmware and hardware.
• Quick-learning self-starter who works well with a dynamic team.
• Energy and passion for the industry & products
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Capable of working on multiple projects in a deadline driven environment

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field