Firmware Engineer

Company: ProArch Consulting Services
Location: Garland
Posted on: February 14, 2021

Job Description:

About the Company:We design, produce and support a complete line of wireless tracking and sensing devices andapplications. We have product deployed in over 160 countries supporting hundreds of globalCustomers.
We are Driven by our customer-centric and results-focused team, with a hunger forproviding high quality products and a spirit of continuous innovation. We only have 3 rules: 1)family always comes first; 2) work hard and make our customers happy; and 3) have fun!
Job DescriptionWe are looking for a seasoned firmware engineer with experience in architecting, developing,debugging and supporting ARM-based hardware products.
This role will involve working with internal teams, external contractors, and customers todesign, launch and support mobile industrial internet of things (IIoT) products used to track andmonitor remote assets. Ultimately, you will ensure that our products, applications and systemsare properly architected and built to effectively secure, scale and support our global customerBase.
In this role, you should have experience in full software development lifecycle includinggathering requirements, design, coding, and testing of existing and new products. You shouldhave a keen eye for detail, excellent communication skills, and a passion for ensuring quality.You should be an enthusiastic self-starter that is equally at home doing the work yourself orworking within a team. You should not be intimidated by a rapid pace of development andmanaging multiple projects simultaneously. You should have some experience working onsystems that are integrated with wireless mobile devices and cloud platforms. Interaction withinternational customers and large technical teams will be required, and you will be tasked withvarious systems integration and feature enhancement projects. We can't promise it will beeasy, but we can promise it will be interesting and fast-paced with many opportunities toinnovate and grow into senior roles within our team.


Primary Responsibilities

• Take ownership if the existing suite of wireless tracking and sensing products to support and enhance them, including new feature development and integration with 3rd party hardware/software
• Design, develop, debug and test new products
• Participate in schematic reviews and work collaboratively with hardware designers
• Perform unit and regression testing including debug of hardware and software
• Participate in code reviews and release management
• Train and work with product and software testing resources
• Develop design documentation, user guides and product support materials
• Interface with customers and 3rd parties that are using and/or integrating our products
• Maintain deep hands-on technical knowledge of our hardware and software products
• Engage in continuous learning to keep abreast of industry developments, architectures, designs and innovations to ensure we are at the leading edge of our industry
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the product and software development lifecycle
• Support product testing, QA, verification, validation and regression
• Actively participate in project team and customer meetings as required
• Actively participate in product and process improvement initiatives
• Participate in daily scrum meetings
• Ensure cost optimization of our products and services.
  Requirements
  • 5+ years of experience in C programming on ARM 32-bit processors
  • Demonstrated experience with battery powered wireless devices
  • Equally comfortable with RTOS and bare-metal development
  • Must have experience with various communication protocols such as UART, I2C, SPI, CAN, Modbus etc.
  • Knowledge and experience with radio modules such as cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GNSS, LoRa, UWB, etc.
  • Experience implementing firmware security features and encryption schemes
  • Knowledge and experience in sensor technology and products including temperature, humidity, pressure, accelerometers, light sensors, etc.
  • Experience with battery powered embedded systems, fuel gauge experience a plus
  • Experience with Jira and version control systems
  • Experience with GUI development in C# is a plus
  • History of working on products deployed globally in significant volume
  • Experience with product safety and emissions certifications a plus
  • Demonstrate knowledge of product integration with cloud architectures, specifically Microsoft Azure
  • Working knowledge of agile development, scrum and Application Lifecycle Management
  • Experience using various source control technologies such as Azure DevOps, GitHub and Git
  • Experience leading or working on teams performing systems automation and integration in an agile methodology and/or using lean techniques
  • Specific experience with geospatial mapping systems and APIs a plus
  • Experience with project tracking tools such as JIRA
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Analytical mind and problem-solving aptitude
  • Strong organizational skills
  • BSc/BA/MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field preferred

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