
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Own & lead full cycle development: design, implementation, testing & debugging for an automotive product.
- Create conceptual system designs, assess risks, conduct design trade studies, and develop a product that meets feature requirements for integrating sensor, processing and software systems.
- Lead innovative system development projects with responsibility for achievement of cost, schedule, and technical requirements, with an eye toward technology maturation, transition, and follow on work.
- Generate comprehensive engineering documentation.
- Responsible for end-to-end system firmware development to include power management, boot loaders, scheduling, RTOS and /or bare metal implementations.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex software problems in embedded real-time systems.
- Source code development, review & maintenance (C/C++).
- Dive into & take ownership of critical design issues.
- Analyse & propose solutions for performance bottlenecks.
- Address all aspects of technology readiness, including manufacturability.
- Help build robust methodology and processes to deliver the technology to products.
REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
- Experience in embedded architecture, external interfaces, product constraints, along with ability to develop architectures / features that meet these constraints while providing new value for the platform.
- Experience in system architecture, operating system, device architecture, hardware design.
- Strong background in software methodology & full cycle development (Design, implementation, testing & debugging).
- Expertise in embedded microcontrollers’ architecture.
- Expertise in software designing and programming in C/C++ is a must.
- Algorithm modelling, benchmarking, implementation & digital signal processing.
- Understanding of hardware & software co-verification & emulation platforms
- Experience in understanding hardware, clock-level issues, bridges, delays, interrupts, clock gating, polling etc.
- Experience with lab instrumentation like oscilloscope, logic/ protocol for debugging embedded systems at HW level.
- Bachelors | Masters degree in Computer Science or Electronics & Communication engineering with 2-5 years of relevant experience is a must.

About Quixote Automotive Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
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Quixote (pronounced kee-yo-tee), is an automotive tech start-up working in connected cars, ADAS and autonomous vehicular technology, with its head office in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
At Quixote, everyone is a geek and everyone loves what they do, and everyone is working towards a common goal! We are an ambitious young company that wishes to change the world with the technology that we develop. We truly believe in the words of Margaret Mead, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has!". and work diligently & strategically to convert our ideas into technological products. We are a team of professionals ranging from recent graduates to industry experts with more than 15 years of experience.
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Leadership:
- This role requires excellent communication skills
- Strong analytical & problem-solving skills
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- Require multi-tasking and time management skills
- Prior experience working with overseas clients
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Knowledge of Python
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· Collaborate with the quality assurance team to identify and resolve software defects.
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Embedded Software/Firmware Design and Development on OS/Non-OS based platform
Necessary system architecture development and implementation
Device, sensor and gateway selection and integration based on industry use case.
Development on Image Analytics and Cloud/Platform integration
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Experience of microcontroller and microprocessor.
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Proactive and Self motivated
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