Firmware Engineer
Summary
Designs and maintains firmware and measurement software for Keysight's manufacturing test products within an agile team, owning subsystems, fixing defects, adding features, writing unit/integration tests, and producing technical docs. Core stack: C/C++ on real-time embedded systems, with C#/.NET/WPF and Python/Perl as pluses.
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About the Job:
Keysight Singapore Center of Excellence is expanding in the areas of next-generation hardware and software manufacturing test technologies used in electronic product design and test for customers around the world.
About the Team:
Being part of the development team, you will work in an AGILE team to turn innovative ideas into robust software and solve complex design and implementation problems. You will also investigate new technologies and applications and apply modern software engineering practices such as design reviews, code reviews, unit testing, and usability testing.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with a cross-functional team (R&D, marketing, Order fulfilment, etc)
- Design and develop firmware and software for Keysight’s Manufacturing Test products. (new product generation or existing product maintenance)
- Work closely with system experts to evaluate, design, and develop measurement software to enhance test & measurement capabilities
- Be the owner of one or multiple sub-systems and make changes in current system software/firmware to correct errors/improve quality and create extensions to add new features or performance improvements.
- Design and perform software/firmware testing. (unit test, integration test, etc)
- Participate in or conduct technical reviews to identify problems early in the development phases
- Create detailed technical design documentations
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor/Master/PhD Degree in Computer Science or Electrical/Electronic Engineering
- Min. 5 years of work experience in an R&D or similar product development environment as a software/firmware engineer
- Demonstrated understanding of software methodologies and good practices
- Strong C/C++ programming skills and demonstrated structured programming experience
- Working knowledge of real-time & embedded systems, fundamentals, design methodologies
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience in software development using C#, .NET, WPF.
- Exposure / Experience in software development toolset (IDE, graphical and numerical libraries, performance and memory usage profilers etc.)
- Working experience with RTOS: embedded Linux, VxWorks, WinCE.
- Familiarity with version control software – Git, ClearCase, TFS.
- Experience using equipment like oscilloscopes and logic analyzers for problem resolution and design verification.
- Working knowledge of low-level device driver development for peripherals like Serial (SPI/I2C/RS485), USB, and Ethernet is an added advantage.
- Experience in Perl/Python scripting languages is an added advantage.
- Self-motivated team player with strong interpersonal skills
***Keysight is an Equal Opportunity Employer.***