Sr. Firmware Engineer

* ** Travel:
Occasionally (1-10% of work time)**
* ** In-office role- M-F
*** Pay: 130-145K
* Design, build, test, and document microprocessor based firmware for wireless electronic products from concept, feasibility, prototyping through production.
* Create embedded firmware and software in widely used software development environments (e.g. IAR Systems, AVR Studio, Eclipse, MPLab IDE, Zephyr).
* Create software design requirements, test plan and test results documentation for various platforms.
* Work closely with hardware engineers in specifying components for efficient firmware design.
* Working with hardware team and others, create and design PC based software to create production, manufacturing and product validation test fixtures
* Conduct system functional tests and troubleshoot products and equipment as required.
* Provide and continuously communicate time and cost estimates for projects.
* Provide ongoing technical assistance to manufacturing.
* BS+ in Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Computer Science.
* 5+ years of experience designing, building, and testing firmware and hardware for embedded systems.
* Experience generating firmware for 8-bit, 32-bit single or dual core microprocessor systems including use of peripheral devices such as A-D converters, voltage/current switches/regulators/controllers/monitors, batteries, solar panels, and charging system controllers in assembly, C or other higher languages. Familiarity with communication protocols such as SPI, I2C, Ethernet, TCP/IP, wireless networks desired.
* Experience in Low power applications for fielded devices.
* Experience with revision control applications and documentation, e.g. Git, Git Hub, Tortoise Git, Doxygen
* Experience with PC based software for controlling electronic products including but not limited to VB, Visual Studio. NET, C #, Lab View.
* Experience with Yocto Linux and real time operating systems (RTOS) for embedded systems
* Experience in BSP development and RPM creation for Linux based microprocessors.
* Experience using oscilloscopes, network analyzers, spectrum analyzers and basic lab tools and instruments.
* Desired direct design experience with RF wireless communication technologies such as Wifi, 4G, 5G, Mesh network, Bluetooth, Sigfox and LoRa.
* Experience working with FPGA firmware including but not limited to Verilog, VHDL etc. desired.
* Advanced mathematical skills relevant to the application of firmware/software engineering
* Experience in BSP development for IMX
93 core processor.
* Experience in  Zephyr RTOS development for Ublox NORA-B120.
* Comfortable using firmware development tools (IDE).
* Comfortable programming microprocessors using industry standard practices and tools.
* Comfortable documenting software and associated activities.
* Comfortable using typical tools to develop, test and troubleshoot firmware.
* Experience with mathematical and simulation tools a plus
* Basic knowledge of Google applications and Gmail
* Able to save and maintain electronic files
* Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
* Ability to write routine business reports and business correspondence in English
* Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from employees and/or customers
* Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
* Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals using the English language
* Strong organizational skills and the ability to handle high-level multi-tasking
* Strong written and oral communication skills
* Strong attention to detail

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