
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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• Experience in system design and building IoT systems in resource and power constrained environments
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Skill Required
Technical
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● The suitable candidate shall have most of the following knowledge /skills/experience:
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● Clear fundamentals of Analog and Digital Electronics. Knowledge of Full Hardware
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Design Life Cycle.
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● Knowledge of Circuit Simulation (PSPICE, NI Multisim, etc).
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● Hand- On experience with HW designing rules, PCB Layout in Cadsoft Eagle/Altium Designer etc.
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● Should have knowledge & experience with designing & developing 8/16 bit Microcontroller based close loop control systems and Arduino Platform.
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● Circuit building and Circuit Analysis Skills.
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● Component Data Sheet analysis skills.
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● Project Requirement Analysis Protocols/Ethernet, Wi-Fi, USB, Serial interfaces(SPI, I2C, RS485, RS422, RS232).
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● Hands-on experience in utilizing test equipment like DMM, Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, Function/Signal generator/Solder Station (SMD/DIP).
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● Knowledge about Board Bring Up process.
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● Testing (Integration testing, protocol/Driver testing, etc.).
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● Experience in Embedded C programming and embedded system integration and can develop test cases for the same.
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● Knowledge of IoT Open Source Programming / Development.
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● Candidate will be responsible for research & development of M2M/IoT products.
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● Candidate will be responsible for end-to-end embedded system integration.
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Others
Abilities on the following shall be of added advantage:
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● Component Procurement
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● Vendor Interaction
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● Tools Management
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● Costing and resource estimation
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● Team management, Good Communication Skills, Pleasant Personality, Positive Attitude & Highly Creative
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Decision level
Contributory: Makes major contribution to decision or policy judgment on Technical matters of IoT/ M2M Projects, Vending MachinesDemonstrate (Key competencies)
Healthy knowledge of most of the following:
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● Embedded C
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● 8/16 bit Microcontrollers
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● Atmel Studio/ Arduino IDE
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● Schematic / PCB layout design in Cadsoft Eagle / Altium Designer (SMD/DIP)
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● Hands-on experience on Test equipment and solder stations (SMD/DIP)
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● M2M / IoT based development

Hands-on experience in Autosar methodologies and workflows.
• Sound understanding of embedded SW development using C on 32/64 bit microcontrollers.
• Experience in at least one of microcontroller architectures: Renesas RH family, Tricore or PowerPC architecture.
• Automotive Product Development Process knowledge (ASpice, ISO26262)
• Experience in one or more of Autosar BSW Modules stacks.
• Autosar based SWcs development in any domain of cluster, ADAS and IVI system.
• Com stack (FlexRay, CAN, LIN, Ethernet) / Memory Stack/ Diagnostic stack/ OS, Wdg, other services.
• Working knowledge on AUTOSAR ECU software architecture
• Understand the various features provided by AUTOSAR BSW modules and configure BSW modules in Davinci Configurator or similar tools
• Understand the AUTOSAR application (SW-C) configuration and the interaction of AUTOSAR applications (SW-C) with the underlying BSW modules
• Understand the functionality of RTE, mapping of application entities with BSW module parameters, OS scheduling concepts, ECU and BSW module state changes
• Understand the AUTOSAR methodology (ECU extract contents, import of ECU extract into configuration tool)
Understand the flow of the AUTOSAR software from application till the underlying driver.
- 32-bit Microcontroller knowledge is essential (ARM Cortex based micro-controllers (STM32).
- Esp32 architecture knowledge is essential.
- Strong experience in C, C++, Free-RTOS
- Strong experience in CUBEMX IDE, MDK Version 5 – Keil, Arduino IDE environment
- Good knowledge in HW and communication protocols like CAN, SPI, UART, I2C, USB
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- Good knowledge of power electronics (TRIACs, MOSFETs, IGBTs, gate drivers) and require protections (Over/under voltage/current).
- Document firmware designs, specifications, test plans, revisions and produce test reports
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Design and implement software of embedded devices and systems from requirements to production and commercial deployment.
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Design, develop, code, test and debug system software Review code.
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Support software QA and optimize I/O performance.
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Interface with hardware design and development Assess third party and open source software.
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hands-on development and troubleshooting on embedded targets Solid programming experience in C or C++.
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Experience in programming Embedded C/C++ applications with strong background in C/C++ inheritance, templates and pointers.
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Strong in OS concepts like efficient multi-threading and resource-sharing.
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Experience in working with firmware, application and board support packages.
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Expert knowledge on protocols like (RS485 SPI, I2C, ADCs, PWM, CAN).
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Embedded development tools and methodologies. • Version Control Systems - Clear Case / RTC /GIT.
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Strong development experience in embedded C and RTOS. • Should have detailed knowledge and experience on microcontrollers / microprocessors ( 16 bit/32-bit).
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Experience in configuration management & defect tracking tools.
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Strong debugging skills.
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Must be a self-starter.


