The successful Firmware Engineer will analyze, develop, design, program, debug and implement embedded systems for the organization's products and systems. They will develop testing and troubleshooting strategies, devices, and systems for firmware. Integrate firmware to maintain functionality and consistency and develop user documentation.

Responsibilities:

• Leads requirements meetings for moderately complex firmware design projects.
• Design, code, debug, and test assigned firmware, firmware improvements, and firmware modifications in a quality manner consistent with company and departmental standards and procedures.
• Document designs and code or update preexisting documentationas appropriate with context, data flow and/or state diagrams, structure and flow charts, pseudocode, and source statement commentary.
• Reviews firmware test results and root cause analysis. Resolves highly complex technical issues. Test designs or code under specified and/or reasonable conditions under which it may operate. Investigate problems and recommend solutions.  Implement any required corrective action.
• Reviews changes or upgrades to existing firmware designs. Develops new solutions to unique problems.
• Identifies issues and makes recommendations for complex problems.
• Prepare system specifications and/or sub-specification or evaluate such specifications.
• Makes modifications to or upgrades existing firmware designs via patches and generating new code.
• Enhances and improves existing technologies to apply to new solutions.
• Develops positive relationships with other company functions involved in the design, test, and implementation processes.
• Makes recommendations to immediate team to enhance performance and improve product quality.
• Exercises judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
• Keep abreast of developments in the field of software languages, techniques, and methods.
• Prepare written documentation, reports, memoranda, or other data relative to assignments of a quality suitable for dissemination.
• Give oral presentations regarding system technical performance, operation, or troubleshooting.
• Support development, evaluation, revision, and/or refinement of computer programming techniques and standards, languages, and other tools.
• Conduct training sessions for other firmware or hardware engineers.

Minimum Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Software Engineering or related fields) with 6+ years of relevant experience.
• Hands on experience in firmware development using C/ C++ (low level/ device driver development)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge in scripting using Python or Perl.
• Experience working in a Linux/ UNIX based development platform is a huge plus
• Exposure to 64-bit microcontroller/ processor programing is a plus
• Exposure to various technologies like RF, USB technology, communication protocols like WiFi, Bluetooth.
• Knowledge of UI interfaces/ protocols, communication protocols and network protocols is a plus
• Exposure to Microcontrollers and Motor drivers is a big plus.