Embedded Engineer (LoRa & Linux)

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Strong experience with programming microcontrollers like Arduino, ESP32, and ESP8266.
• Experience with Embedded C/C++.
• Experience with Raspberry Pi, Python, and OpenCV.
• Experience with Low power Devices would be preferred
• Knowledge about communication protocols (UART, I2C, etc.)
• Experience with Wi-Fi, LoRa, GSM, M2M, SImcom, and Quactel Modules.
• Experience with 3d modeling (preferred).
• Experience with 3d printers (preferred).
• Experience with Hardware design and knowledge of basic electronics.
• Experience with   Software will be preferred.ss

Detailed Job role (daily basis) done by the IOT developer.

·       Design hardware that meets the needs of the application.

·       Support for current hardware, testing, and bug-fixing.

·       Create, maintain, and document microcontroller code.

·       prototyping, testing, and soldering

·       Making 3D/CAD models for PCBs.

Lifespark Technologies is looking for individuals with a passion for impacting real lives through technology. Lifespark is one of the most promising startups in the Assistive Tech space in India, and has been honoured with several National and International awards. Our mission is to create seamless, persistent and affordable healthcare solutions. If you are someone who is driven to make a real impact in this world, we are your people.

Lifespark is currently building solutions for Parkinson’s Disease, and we are looking for an embedded software lead to join our growing team. You will be working directly with the founders on high impact problems in the Neurological Healthcare domain. You will be solving some of the most fundamental and exciting challenges in the industry and will have the ability to see your insights turned into real products every day

Responsibilities :

1. RTOS based multithreaded software development

2. Building future ready, scalable software architectures

3. Liasing with hardware team to decide project requirements

4. Realtime IoT functionality development on ESP32 platform

5. Integration of third party services for cloud based communications and computation

6. Maintaining and documenting software via git (GitLab)

7. Coordinating releases, setup and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines

8. Managing AWS based backend services, integration with AWS services such as S3,

Sagemaker

9. Firmware security, Flash encryption, Bootloader encryption, secure communications

10. Deep integration with hardware team - stress testing hardware

11. Development of device drivers

12. Software testing and maintenance

Recommended experience :

1. Good command over Linux

2. Familiarity with real time tasks and timing sensitive system design

3. Familiarity with BLE/Wifi/etc IoT communication protocols

4. Familiarity with major third party platforms for cloud and ML/AI integration

5. Testing actual physical outcomes of programmed solutions

6. Deep familiarity with ESP-IDF

Location : IIT Bombay, Mumbai

Working mechanism : In-person

Compensation range : 4-12 lpa + ESOPs

Min 4 Years Experience in Embbeded domain

1. C++

2. C++ ★ Profinet ProfiSAFE ★ Embedded RTOS

3. rtos c c++ python ★ Industrial protocols Embedded Security Threat Modeling ★ Embedded C Embedded Linux

4. Embedded Systems ★ Embedded C ★ C++ ★ RTOS

Skill Required

          Technical

• ●  The suitable candidate shall have most of the following knowledge /skills/experience:

• ●  Clear fundamentals of Analog and Digital Electronics. Knowledge of Full Hardware

• Design Life Cycle.

• ●  Knowledge of Circuit Simulation (PSPICE, NI Multisim, etc).

• ●  Hand- On experience with HW designing rules, PCB Layout in Cadsoft Eagle/Altium Designer etc.

• ●  Should have knowledge & experience with designing & developing 8/16 bit Microcontroller based close loop control systems and Arduino Platform.

• ●  Circuit building and Circuit Analysis Skills.

• ●  Component Data Sheet analysis skills.

• ●  Project Requirement Analysis Protocols/Ethernet, Wi-Fi, USB, Serial interfaces(SPI, I2C, RS485, RS422, RS232).

• ●  Hands-on experience in utilizing test equipment like DMM, Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, Function/Signal generator/Solder Station (SMD/DIP).

• ●  Knowledge about Board Bring Up process.

• ●  Testing (Integration testing, protocol/Driver testing, etc.).

• ●  Experience in Embedded C programming and embedded system integration and can develop test cases for the same.

• ●  Knowledge of IoT Open Source Programming / Development.

• ●  Candidate will be responsible for research & development of M2M/IoT products.

• ●  Candidate will be responsible for end-to-end embedded system integration.

   

• Others

  Abilities on the following shall be of added advantage:

• ●  Component Procurement

• ●  Vendor Interaction

• ●  Tools Management

• ●  Costing and resource estimation

• ●  Team management, Good Communication Skills, Pleasant Personality, Positive Attitude & Highly Creative

•  

• Decision level
  Contributory: Makes major contribution to decision or policy judgment on Technical matters of IoT/ M2M Projects, Vending Machines

  Demonstrate (Key competencies)

  Healthy knowledge of most of the following:

• ●  Embedded C

• ●  8/16 bit Microcontrollers

• ●  Atmel Studio/ Arduino IDE

• ●  Schematic / PCB layout design in Cadsoft Eagle / Altium Designer (SMD/DIP)

• ●  Hands-on experience on Test equipment and solder stations (SMD/DIP)

• ●  M2M / IoT based development

• Strong C/C++ programming hands on experience
• Should have work experience on firmware development with strong Linux internals.
• Very good development, design and debugging experience on embedded firmware.
• Added advantage to have experience on Systems management/Out of Band/BMC domain experience
• Good to have automation experience using Python or shell scripting  
• Excellent communication and problem solving skills  
• Experience on tools like JIRA, Yocto, Visual studio, etc.

• Hands-on embedded C skills (mandatory)
• Experience with any microcontrollers MCU (mandatory) – Renesas/ Infineon/ Cypress/ ST-Micro /TI / Microchip
• Experience with any of peripherals & communication protocols usage in application development (mandatory) – UART, I2C, SPI, I2S, CAN, USB, ADC, DAC, EEPROM, Flash memory
• Experience with any RTOS – FreeRTOS, Azure RTOS, ThreadX
• Experience with any networking &  connectivity modules (preferred & added advantage) – Ethernet, WiFi, BLE, MQTT, COAP

• Bachelors in Electronics & Communication or equivalent
• 6-10 yrs experience in embedded software development
• Hands-on embedded C skills (mandatory)
• Experience with any microcontrollers MCU (mandatory) – Renesas/ Infineon/ Cypress/ ST-Micro /TI / Microchip
• Experience with any of peripherals & communication protocols usage in application development (mandatory) – UART, I2C, SPI, I2S, CAN, USB, ADC, DAC, EEPROM, Flash memory
• Experience with any RTOS – FreeRTOS, Azure RTOS, ThreadX
• Experience with any networking &  connectivity modules (preferred & added advantage) – Ethernet, WiFi, BLE, MQTT, COAP
• Exposure to any IoT frameworks (desirable not mandatory) – IoTivity, AWS IoT, Azure IoT
• Experience with any device driver development, driver optimisation (desirable not mandatory)
• Good ability to read data sheets & technical manuals

Experience in programming Embedded C applications.

• Strong development experience in embedded C and RTOS

• Strong debugging skills

• Embedded development tools and methodologies

• Version Control Systems – Clear Case / RTC /GIT

Should have detailed knowledge on microcontrollers / microprocessors

Should have detailed knowledge on Battery Electric Vehicle Powertrain (BEV), Fuel Cell and H2-Motor

Should have detailed knowledge in powertrain function development for BEV, Fuel Cell and H2-Motor 

Strong development experience in MATLAB for powertrain function development

Strong development experience in CAN / LIN /Flexray / UDS / KWP, SPI communication protocols

Knowledge in tools like CANalyser / CANoe, CANDiva, CANstress, CANDELA studio, Lauterbach

Experience in scripting languages like Shell / Perl / CAPL / Make etc.,

Experience in using tools like Logiscope / Function Generator / Oscilloscope, etc

Experience in configuration management & defect tracking tools

Automotive domain and powertrain systems knowledge a plus

Ability to work as part of a dedicated project team and independently

Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Must be a self-starter.

• Very strong knowledge in Embedded C including
• Data structures
• Function pointers
• Bitwise operations
• Experience with Finite State Machine (FSM) software design
• Required experience in AVR microcontrollers and projects to demonstrate it
• Familiarity with ARM 32 bit microcontrollers (Cortex M or any other)
• Required experience with common communication protocols like SPI, UART, I2C etc.
• Comfortable with reading datasheets and basic hardware schematics
• Comfortable with linux development environment including the use of GCC, gdb, makefile

Soft Skills

• Good communication skills
• Self-driven
• Passion for embedded engineering