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Staff Software Engineer

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Responsibilities

  • Architecting and implementing firmware solutions for embedded systems, including low-level drivers, communication protocols, and application logic.
  • Work with product definers, hardware engineers, QA and product teams to ensure firmware compatibility with hardware designs.
  • Developing comprehensive test plans and procedures to verify firmware functionality.
  • Debugging hardware/firmware integration issues by utilizing debugging tools to analyze firmware behavior and troubleshoot complex problems.
  • Provide ongoing maintenance and support for existing firmware, including troubleshooting, debugging and resolving issues as needed to ensure product reliability and performance.
  • Mentor junior engineers and guide best practices for FW/SW development.

Required Experience and Skills

  • Bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Science or related fields.
  • 8-10 years of experience in firmware development, embedded systems and related areas.
  • Proficiency in C and assembly language. Experience with Python or scripting languages is a plus.
  • Strong knowledge of microcontrollers, microprocessors, FPGAs, and other embedded hardware architectures,
  • Experience with bare metal programming and RTOS like FreeRTOS or Zephyr.
  • Experience in writing low level drivers for peripherals like UART, SPI, I2C, PWM etc.
  • Knowledge of communication protocols like ZigBee and BLE.
  • Proficiency in using debug tools like JTAG, GDB, oscilloscopes, Logic Analysers and other debuggers.
  • Understanding of secure firmware development and firmware over-the-air updates.
  • Ability to work with different version control systems like GIT, GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket.
  • Experience with unit testing, system testing and integration testing. Ability to isolate issues in a system test environment.

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