Principal Firmware Engineer

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering, Computer science, or similar, with focus on embedded firmware and/or signal processing
• Minimum 7 years of experience in Firmware development
• Strong embedded software integration, testing & troubleshooting skills
• Good understanding of microcontroller architecture (e.g. ARM) and real-time operating systems
• Comprehensive programming skills in C/C++ and scripting languages
• Experience with developing USBC Power Delivery is highly desired
• Experience with DSP algorithm implementation using finite precision arithmetic is a plus
• Experience in real-time OS (e.g. FreeRTOS, ThreadX) programming is desired
• Strong debugging skills and knowledge of standard debug equipment like JTAG debugger, sniffer, scope, logic analyzer, etc. is desired
• Experience with silicon bring-up and silicon validation is desired
• Knowledge of ARM assembly is a plus
• Experience in Linux / Android / Windows driver programming is a plus
• Team player and excellent interpersonal, communication, and writing skills
• Independent, self-motivated, and willing to learn

Your responsibilities

• Creating firmware specifications, based on reference code, documentation, and system specifications
• Supporting the creation of overall firmware considering both performance specifications and processing constraints
• Working as an integral part of a project team, supporting other team members to create high-quality code by taking part in code reviews and sharing your ideas for improvement
• Implementing and testing embedded firmware based on the specifications and within hardware constraints
• Providing high-quality and timely deliverables (code, documentation, presentation material, demo) as agreed in your project
• Taking part in and supporting the bring-up and validation tasks
• Propose new ideas and improvements to the way of working to improve the firmware creation

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