Essential Responsibilities

• Design and implement firmware of embedded devices and systems from requirements to production release, through to post release support
• Design, code, test and debug embedded firmware across a range of micro-control architectures, from simple 16 bit standalone, through to complex multi-processor solutions.
• Work collaboratively with the hardware designers to optimize software / hardware partitioning.
• Assist in bridging the gap between remote firmware development and localized testing and debug.
• Contribute to the hardware and firmware roadmap, to achieve convergence of a complex product portfolio, to a cost optimized platform solution

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering or Computer Science discipline or equivalent.
• Preferably 4+ years of experience as a firmware developer.
• Proven working experience in real time, embedded software engineering.
• Demonstrated experience defining and implementing complex firmware / hardware architectures.
• Solid programming experience in C or C++, familiarity with software configuration management tools, defect tracking tools, and peer review.
• Experience with TI DSP, FPGA’s and ARM architectures.
• Experience in JavaScript, HTML
• Demonstrated ability to get complex projects across the line, to budget and quality targets
• Ability to work independently and be self-motivated.
• Understanding and practical application of System Design and System Architecture; i.e. hardware / software portioning, hardware abstraction etc.

Desired Characteristics

• Understanding of RTOS concepts, from simple round robin to layered pre-emptive.
• Ability to understand and minimally modify assembler.
• Experience of Embedded Linux implementations and environments.
• Experience of industrial communication protocols (eg. MODBUS, TCP, DNP3, IEC61850, CAN)
• Experience of modern programming languages (for example C#)
• Strong communications skills, with a proven ability to work successfully within a geographically distributed team.
• Ability to demonstrate delivery to time, quality and budget within an Agile programming environment.
• Experience in secure code development – cyber security
• Experience of reading schematics and data sheets to assist in software / hardware debug

Additional Information