Firmware Engineer

FURIOUS FOX is looking for Embedded Developers with strong coding skills in C & C++ as well as experience with Embedded Linux.

Experience : (Minimum 7-10 yrs)

• Experienced in edge processing for connected building / industrial / consumer

appliances / automotive ECU

• Have a good understanding of IoT platforms and architecture

• Deep experience in operating systems eg: Linux, freeRTOS / kernel development/device drivers.

/ sensor drivers

• Have experience with various low-level communication protocols, memory devices, messaging

framework etc.

• Have a deep understanding of design principles, design patterns, container preparations

• Have developed hardware, OS abstraction layers, and sensor handlers services to manage various BSP, os standards

• Have experience with Python edge packages.

• Have a good understanding about IoT databases for edge computing

• Good understanding of connectivity application protocols and connectivity SDK for Wi-Fi and BT / BLE

• Experienced in arm architecture, peripheral devices and hardware board configurations

• Able to set up debuggers, configure build environments, and compilers and optimize code and performance.

Skills / Tools:

• Expert at object-oriented programming

• Modular programming

• C / C++ / JavaScript / Python

• Eclipse framework

• Target deployment techniques

• IoT framework

• Test framework

Highlights :

• Having AI / ML knowledge in applications

• Have worked on wireless protocols

• Ethernet / Wi-Fi / Bluetooth / BLE

• Highly exploratory attitude

• willing to venture in and learn new

technologies.

• Have done passionate projects based on self-interest.

● Write Effective Codes In C++, Develop Software For Embedded Systems Based On STM32, NRF
● Support And Improve Existing Software
● Prepare Documentation For The Created Software. Qualifications
● Confident Knowledge Of C++ 17, Object-Oriented Programming, Embedded Software Development
● Proficiency With Microcontrollers Of The STM32 And / Or NRF Series
● Experience With RTOS
● Familiarity With Git, Linux
● Technical English
● Knowledge Of Python As An Advantage
● Any Experience With UAS \ UAV \ Drones is much appreciated

Role: Sr. Principle Engineer -Firmware

Experience: 8 to 10 Yrs.

Job description:

Primary skills:

-        At least 8 years of working experience on embedded firmware development

-        Experience in multithreaded programming, network programming (wired and wireless protocols), real-time programming, cross-platform and cross-language development

-        Prior experience with overseeing board bring-up and validation

-        Hands-on experience on driver development for various sensors,Flash,PMIC

-        Working knowledge of communication protocols like UART, I2C, SPI, USB, Ethernet, etc

-        Product development experience with range of microcontroller/microprocessor architectures, adoption of bare-metal, RTOS and Linux operating systems on new platforms

-        Minimum 2+ years of experience doing hands-on software development in Bluetooth domain; application, framework, Bluetooth stack or drivers

-        Working Experience In display driver development with MIPI/LVDS/QSPI will be a value addition

-        Experience with hardware lab equipment such as digital scope, logic analyser and JTAG

-        Understanding of embedded development constraints and system performance

-        Hands-on Experience on System level integration

-        Experience with programming in C/C++/python

-        Experience in reading schematics

Secondary skills:

-        Version Control System

-        Working experience on BLE SoC like Nordic, Ambiq, Dailog

-        Bug Tracking

• 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

Responsibilities and Duties
The team leader will be leading a team of Hardware engineers, firmware and testing engineers. Being a team leader, you will primarily be responsible for fast and accurate delivery from the team which might even include handholding of team members whenever needed. Embedded team would be responsible for the following:
Hardware Design including

• Circuit design as per design requirements
• Schematic capture in the tool
• CAD layout
• QA/QC/functional testing
• PCB assembling and rework
• Lab inventory management
• Component procurement.

Firmware Design Including

• Firmware Design and architect
• Software Development
• Firmware Testing
• Code management over svn

Other Responsibilities

• The team leader would also be responsible for architecting the system, creating detailed design documents as per requirement and maintaining quality control of all the deliverables.
• The team leader would also be required to create a detailed test plan and list of test cases to be executed and if needed, create proper environment for the same.
• Ownership of the ‘ground up’ design and architecture of embedded software for real time applications.
• Decomposition of designs in to structured modules/functions ready for implementationby yourself and the team.
• Hands on development in C of new ARM based embedded software for a range of products currently under development
• Ensure quality of software using appropriate methods(Code Review, Static Analysis, Unit Test etc.) and application of suitable Coding Standards
• Maintain, update and enhance existing embedded software written in C
• Documentation of software products, development and execution of test plans
• Work closely with other members of the engineering team to assist with the correct choice of processors and supporting hardware

Required Experience, Skills and Qualifications

• Experience of 8+ years in field of embedded systems designing and developement.
• Familiar with usage of various LAB instruments.
• Strong fundamentals of electronics (Digital and analog) are must.
• Well versed with circuit designing and HW debugging
• Analog and Digital Circuit designing: familiarity with micro-controllers, memories, communication interfaces, op-amps, comparators, relays, inductors and capacitors, Handling EMI and Noise issues associated with circuits.
• Understanding of BLE protocols will be required.
• Understanding of scientific methodologies of experimentation, data-gathering and interpretation and hypothesis.
• Understanding of basic architecture, debugging of sensors.
• Experienced in embedded-C coding, memory allocations.
• Experience with any RTOS designing preferably with FreeRTOS at least with Semaphores, SW Timers, synchronisation and event handlings, task handling and prioritization.
• Understanding of micro-controller architecture, programming and debugging methodologies, interrupt-handling.
• Experience with any of the IDEs and debuggers for ARM architecture.
• Basic understanding of assembly programing of ARM architecture
• Understanding of basic peripherals like UART, CAN, I2C, Timers, Counters, PWMs, ADCs, DAC.
• Experience/knowledge in IoT devices (sensor, gateway, cloud) handling.
• Familiarity with CAD tools for schematics and layout generation.
• Experience on MS-Office.
• Familiarity in understanding and creating various test plans and documents.

General Skills Needed/ Requirements:

• Strong knowledge of components and should be able to suggest the team with right componenet
• Candidate must have a knack to use his/her technical knowledge to give it back to society.
• Candidates passionate to bring a change in society will be preferred with no compromise on pay check.
• Candidates must be open to work with communities to get feedback on product features so that products are best fit for social upliftment.
• Candidates must be open to travel to needy communities and should not hesitate to get his/her hands dirty to bring a change to the communities.
• Candidates must find associated with the cause and mission of the company.
• Open to work in open startup culture and give his/her 100%.
• Analytical reasoning and fact-based brainstorming capabilities will be highly preferred.
• Ready to relocate to Gurugram.
• Occasional field visits.

• 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"