Embedded Software Engineer

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

Skills Required:

- Good experience with programming language Python
- Strong experience in Docker.
- Good knowledge with any of the Cloud Platform like Azure.
- Must be comfortable working in a Linux environment.
- Must have exposure into IOT domain and its protocols ((Zigbee & BLE ,LoRa,Modbus)
- Must be a good team player.
- Strong Communication Skills

Summary: 

Hyperspec is building a real time local map for self-driving cars and using cross view localization to enable ubiquitous autonomy. Hyperspec is a VC funded startup.

The principal embedded systems engineer will have deep expertise in embedded systems design, development and worked for years on embedded systems teams. This person is a leader and mentor to junior engineers and shares knowledge about the design and development of embedded systems.

Responsibilities:

• Serves as an expert in all aspects of embedded projects and embedded systems—including designing, developing, testing, and perfecting designs 
• Responsible for updating and working with executive leadership on the development of embedded systems and status of projects 
• Provides guidance and mentoring to other members of the team

Requirements:

• Minimum of bachelors' degree in computer science or engineering
• At least ten years of engineering experience with expertise in software engineering, data structures, and programming techniques
• Deep expertise in C/C++ programming
• Experience with FPGAs, PCB, Xilinx, Altera, or similar SoCs.
• Experience with ISPs, Cameras, Switches a plus.
• Experience in working with real-time operating systems, communications protocols and firmware design.

• Experience in interfaces, IP protocols, and hardware subsystems.
• Experience in working as part of a team and leading teams.

• Experience  4 - 8 years
• Key Skills for Software Developer C++, Linux :
• - Looking only for candidates who can join immediately or max 10 day
• - should be able to work independently with no handholding
• - the ability to work with C/C++ code on Windows/Linux platforms
• - Database knowledge of MSSQL, Oracle, MySQL/MariaDB, ideally other ones too: Saphana, Teradata, Postgres.
• - Ability to work on their own fixing defects
• - should be able to understand secure coding practices
• - should have the Ability to work independently and with the team across different time zones

• Extensive knowledge of linux kernel internals.
• Good knowledge of C programming language.
• Familiarity with any processor architecture, virtualization, storage and network management.
• Strong experience in debugging linux kernel mode
• Debugging experience across hardware and platform firmware.

• Product and Application Development in C.
• Develop and debug Applications and Firmware in/for Embedded Linux Environment
• Design and development of real-time, multi-processor / multi-controller systems.
• Module-level design with proper software design practices

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years of C development AND Linux experience
• Linux user space and kernel space programming experience
• Linux system programming
• Work experience with 8 / 32-bit microcontroller programming
• Experience with CAN, MODBUS, and high power systems software development.
• Source revision control (git, svn)
• Degree in Computer Science from a reputed institution
• Linux command line and development tools (e.g. shell script, Make, CMake, GDB, and GNU development tools)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Exposure to a full product development cycle.
• Programming experience in an object-oriented language (C++)
• Programming experience in a high-level language (e.g. Python)
• Knowledge of common Linux system calls, kernel interfaces, Linux device drivers, and configuration.
• Exposure to multi-processor product architecture.
• Experience in open source components and libraries (e.g. libxml, glib, qt, dbus, OpenSSL, curl, etc)
• Experience with Level2 AC EV chargers and/or DC fast chargers.
• Experience OR Knowledge with standards ISO 15118-2
•  Add "8 bit / 16 bit / 32 bit microcontroller experience, specially ARM"