Embedded Staff Engineer - LDD

As an Embedded Software Staff Engineer at Softnautics, you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies on upcoming FPGAs, next-generation processors, and development kits. Your primary focus will be collaborating with Linux experts to undertake development, debugging, and integration tasks. Joining the Device Engineering team in Ahmedabad/Pune, India, your role is essential in providing reliable, predictable, and adaptable IP and semiconductor engineering solutions for customers. Your responsibilities will include a wide range of tasks such as requirement understanding, designing, developing, unit testing, and debugging of Embedded Software for real-time applications. You will also be involved in creating documentation for requirement specifications, design, test plans, and test cases. Additionally, you will be responsible for debugging technical issues, delivering modules timely and with high quality, implementing feature enhancements, integration, bug fixing, and mentoring and building the team of next-level professionals. To excel in this role, you should have 5-8 years of experience in Embedded Software with a strong foundation in C programming. Project management experience of at least 1 year is required. Expertise in the Linux kernel and device drivers such as USB, SATA, PCI, Ethernet, WLAN, NFC, and Bluetooth is essential. Hands-on experience in embedded Linux building, Uboot configuration, kernel compilation, Linux start-up sequencing, file systems, debugging kernel messages, and board bring-ups for cross platforms is a must. Moreover, familiarity with OS fundamentals, bootloaders, secure boot, ATF (ARM Trusted Firmware), ARM Trust Zone, development using Host-Target tool chains, system-level debugging, reverse engineering, Linux internals, and protocol-level knowledge of interfaces would be advantageous. Proficiency in debugging tools like GDB, KGDB, JTAG, ADB, and tools like Logic Analyzer, DSO/CRO, Spectrum Analyzer is beneficial. Sound knowledge of software development tools such as Git, CVS, Confluence, JIRA, bit-bucket, SourceTree is necessary. Desirable skills include the ability to independently lead and manage modules, knowledge of quality processes like CMMi and Agile Scrum, experience with open-source software packages, and a positive attitude towards collaboration with other leaders and projects. If you are passionate about learning new technologies, methodologies, strategies, and processes, possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, thrive in aggressive and high-pressure environments, and have a problem-solving and creative mindset, this role is for you. Your ability to prepare specifications, design documents, test plans, and test reports from requirements, as well as read schematics, datasheets, technical reference manuals, and silicon revision sheets, will be crucial in excelling as an Embedded Software Staff Engineer at Softnautics.,