Embedded Software/Firmware Engineer

A US-based product development and consultancy company that is leveraging the power of technology to revolutionize the industry is looking for an Embedded Software/Firmware Engineer. The selected candidate will be taking ownership and seeing a product through from concept to mass production. The company provides a wide spectrum of consumers with high-quality and inimitable services by designing and engineering innovative technical solutions that have a beneficial impact on people's lives. This is an exciting opportunity for developers to work in a fun, fast-paced, and highly collaborative team environment.

Job Responsibilities:

• Work across cross-functional teams to deliver a stellar user experience
• Design and develop firmware for innovative hardware products
• Work with the development team to design, implement, and test software for execution 
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders in Agile/Scrum to define requirements right from roadmap to sprint planning
• Provide product quality reports and develop test plans
• Perform regression testing in an agile embedded software development environment 
• Follow software development processes for quality deliverables 
• Communicate with team to clearly set work expectations, share technical and design details, resolve issues, and report progress
• Work collaboratively and participate in brainstorming sessions outside your area of expertise to define innovative solutions from concept to prototype 
• Apply SQA process and methodologies, including estimation, design documentation, unit and system testing

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• At least 3+ years of relevant experience as a software engineer
• Passion for innovative products and technology is a plus 
• Excellent communication and client interaction skills
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in embedded software development and testing 
• Expertise in debugging hardware and software, from device firmware to cloud architecture
• Demonstrable experience in Python and strong C programming knowledge 
• Expertise with common software tools such as Jira for requirements management, test plan management, and bug/regression tracking 
• Previous encounter with software testing of consumer electronics and/or medical devices
• Experience with low-level development and debugging platforms, such as ARM Cortex-M, MSP430, and RISC-V
• Familiarity with common communications protocols including UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, USB
• Familiarity with open-source software licenses GPL, MIT, BSD
• Demonstrated curiosity to quickly learn new skills and adapt to several project needs
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills
• Demonstrable experience working as an SDET with automated testing, test frameworks, continuous integration, and release management
• Familiarity with wireless technologies BLE, ZigBee, Bluetooth and/or WiFi
• Experience with embedded Linux, Android, including configuration management and board bring-up.
• Verifiable expertise building connected device applications using cloud technology stacks (AWS, Azure, AWS IoT/AVS/Lambda, and languages Go, Python)
• Prior experience building mobile applications for iOS and Android 
• Experience with one or more RTOSs, such as Zephyr and multithreaded programming, is a plus