Sr. Firmware Engineer - Garland, United States - Polara Enterprises

    Polara Enterprises
    Polara Enterprises Garland, United States

    1 month ago

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    Job Type

    Full-time

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    Position Title: Sr. Firmware Engineer

    Salary Classification: Exempt

    Reports to: Engineering Manager

    Supervises: N/A

    Summary:

    The Firmware Engineer will develop and support our industry-leading traffic products. The successful candidate will help create products that allow the visually impaired to safely experience the world on their own terms.

    JOB DUTIES: Include but are not limited to the following:

    • Maintain and enhance embedded software for existing product lines.
    • Own the embedded software system design cycle from requirements through launch and beyond.
    • Design, develop, code, test, and debug embedded software.
    • Integrate, verify, and validate new product designs and design changes.
    • Perform design and code reviews.
    • Interface with a cross-functional engineering team.
    • Support the Tech Support team with intimate product knowledge.
    • Contribute to a fun and innovative work environment.
    • Work in an Agile environment using Atlassian toolset
    • Up to 10% travel possible
    Requirements

    Experience:
    • Degree in Degree in Electrical, Electronic, Computer Science or Computer Engineering
    • 5+ years of experience
    Technical Skills:
    • Strong understanding of computer architecture and embedded software development best practices, with significant experience in low level development and programming.
    • Familiarity with various ARM architectures (e.g. Cortex M4, M7, etc.).
    • Familiarity with security basics (e.g. TrustZone, security certificates, etc.).
    • Knowledge of communication interfaces, such as SPI, I2C, I2S, UART, CAN, USB, BLE, Wi-Fi, and Ethernet.
    • Ability to read schematics to troubleshoot, debug and bring up new hardware using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers and in-circuit emulators.
    • Mastery of C language programming as it pertains to an embedded environment.
    • Working knowledge of C++.
    • Familiarity with OOP design principles.
    • Real time development experience with and without an RTOS.
    • Experience programing peripheral hardware at the register level.
    • 3+ years' experience in embedded software development and writing C and/or assembly code for microcontrollers such as Microchip PIC, Freescale/NXP, ST, Cortex M3/M0 and Atmel.
    Soft Skills:
    • Strong interpersonal, analytical, organizational and follow-up skills.
    • Solid problem-solving skills. Highly technical, quickly grasping how things work. Presents technical concepts, ideas, and information in terms that both engineers and non-engineers can understand.
    • Motivated by continuous learning and development.
    • Functions well in a small company/startup environment. (High visibility, accountability and development velocity)
    • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, and collaboratively with a cross functional team.
    • Disciplined engineering approach.
    • Differentiates value added activities from waste.
    • Demonstrates systems thinking.