Firmware Engineer

An Amazing Career Opportunity for a Firmware Engineer
Location: Durban, South Africa
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Profile Summary:
At HID, as part of the Physical Access Control Systems business unit we produce cutting-edge security products. The PACS business is highly visible and one of our most significant portfolios within HID Global. The PACS products include smart cards, mobile access and identifications, software, services, and controllers for physical access control.

You would be joining as a firmware engineer where you will get to work with the teams in a Scaled Agile environment. The primary focus of this role is the development of the Biometrics product line. You will be working in an embedded Linux environment, implementing secure and performant applications.

Who are we?

HID powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places, and things, allowing people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely. We are a high-tech software company headquarters in Austin, TX, with over 4,000 worldwide employees.

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HID is an Innovative High-Tech Security Company!

At HID you will work as part of a team to deliver high quality features and products to our customers. You will be involved in secure software development and have input on how best to achieve our goals.

As an Engineer, you’ll support HID’s successby:

• Collaborating with other teams to ensure successful delivery of products.
• Participate in security reviews with the team helping to identify problem areas.
• Assist in finding solutions to the identified problems.
• Participate in preparing, reviewing, and completing project documentation.
• Writing good, maintainable code.
• Work on setting up and maintaining devops pipelines.
• Help with identifying and rectifying security related issues.

Your Skills, Experience and Education must include:

• Legally eligible to work in South Africa.
• Strong communication skills in English.
• BSc in Electronic Engineering or equivalent.
• 2+ years of practical engineering.
• Proficient in C/C++, able to write performant, maintainable code.
• Ability to analyze a problem and determine the best steps to solve it.
• Ability to participate in the design process, providing insight and guidance.
• Comfortable working with in-circuit emulators, GNU tool chains, gdb and cmake.
• Strict attention to detail.
• Experience with distributed embedded systems.
• Familiarity with Git and Git workflows.
• Dedicated to learning and continuous growth.
• Able to identify unknowns in assigned task and go through the discovery process.

Preference will be given to candidates with the following:

• Familiarity with Yocto/Open-Embedded Linux.
• Experience with Secure Software Development Life cycles.
• Experience Cryptographic Standards.
• Experience with QA processes.
• Familiarity with cyber security related tools and testing methodologies.
• SAFe or Agile experience.
• Experience with gitflow.
• Development experience in Rust/Golang

Work Environment:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Employees work primarily in an office environment, within a well-ventilated area, and is exposed to moderate noise levels.

Work Requirements

• Travel and fieldwork including international travel may be required, therefore employees must possess or can acquire valid travel authorization.

Why apply?

• Empowerment: You’ll work as part of a global team in a flexible work environment, learning and enhancing your expertise. We welcome an opportunity to meet you and learn about your unique talents, skills, and experiences. You don’t need to check all the boxes.
  
  If you have most of the skills and experience, we want you to apply.
• Innovation:
  You embrace challenges and want to drive change. We are open to ideas, including flexible work arrangements, job sharing or part-time job seekers.
• Integrity: You are results-orientated, reliable, and straightforward and value being treated accordingly. We want all our employees to be themselves, to feel appreciated and accepted.

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