IPC Developer (software)

Requirements:

• Very good programming knowledge in C/C++
• Experience in Multi-threaded software development
• Understanding of operating systems concepts, system performance, and optimization
• Familiar with working in an Embedded Linux development environment.
• Excellent problem-solving/debugging skills, design, development, troubleshooting, and debugging
• Knowledge of embedded tools like emulators, linkers, makefiles, etc
• Experience in voice applications development, preferably on client/server platforms
• Knowledge of RTOS programming will be added advantage.
• Understanding of different processors. microcontrollers architectures.
• Familiarity with development tools such as GCC, GDB, Eclipse, GNU Make, etc

Seize an exceptional opportunity at Himachal’s leading R&D Tech company, with over seven years of establishment and recognized as one of the fastest-growing tech firms in the Himachal-Tricity region. As a proud participant in the Make in India initiative and a strong advocate for the 'Vocal for Local' movement, Vihaas is managed by local professionals. We are dedicated to innovation and excellence in technology development, fostering a unique, hierarchy-free environment that promotes creativity and collaboration.

Key Responsibilities: -

• Full Lifecycle Design: Lead the design and development of digital and analogue electronics for telecommunications products, from initial concept through to production.

• Sensor and Interface Design: Develop sensor systems, including sensor conditioning circuits and interfacing electronics.

• Simulation and Analysis: Conduct simulations, perform calculations, and create detailed circuit designs to ensure optimal performance and reliability.

• Documentation: Prepare and maintain comprehensive design specifications, reports, and technical documentation.

• Validation and Verification: Drive validation and verification activities to confirm that designs meet all technical and functional requirements.

• Compliance: Ensure designs adhere to industry standards, functional safety requirements, and regulatory guidelines.

• Manufacturing Support: Provide support for manufacturing activities, both locally and internationally, including troubleshooting and optimization.

Skills and Competencies:

• Problem Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a pragmatic approach to addressing technical challenges.

• Attention to Detail: High level of accuracy in design, analysis, and implementation.

• Innovation: Creative and lateral thinking to drive technological advancements in telecommunications.

• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills for effective interaction with team members and stakeholders.

• Continuous Improvement: Commitment to ongoing professional development and process improvement.

• Hands-On Experience: Practical experience with electronics design, prototyping, and testing.

Essential:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electronic and Communication Engineering or a related field.

• Extensive experience (minimum 3 years) in the design, simulation, and testing of electronics systems specific to telecommunications.

• Proficiency in designing embedded processors, sensors, and interfacing electronics.

• Proven experience with multiple complete development lifecycles.

• Knowledge of design for EMC and addressing compliance issues.

• Familiarity with design for manufacture and test processes.

Desirable:

• Experience with microprocessors.

• Experience with SMPS (Switched-Mode Power Supplies) design and development.

• Background in interfacing with high voltage power electronics.

• Proficiency with Altium Designer and DFMEA (Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis).

Job Responsibilities

Responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to, the following.

Understand requirements and create low-level design using UML

Develop embedded software as per defined software requirements

Software integration & testing

Background & Skills

Education:

B.E/B. Tech/M.Tech/Master (Electronics/Telecommunications/Computers Science)OR equivalent

Experience & Attributes:

2-8 years’ experience in Embedded system software design, development, and testing.

Excellent communication skills, spoken and written English

Must have specialized knowledge :

·  Embedded C

·  Electronics

·  RTOS

·  Knowledge of Microcontrollers (RISC, CISC)

·  CAN Communication & Protocols like UDS, KWP2000, CANopen and J1939

·  MISRA standard - 2000/MISRA 2012

·  SDLC, Agile Scrum

·  Static analysis & Tools like LDRA or QAC or Vector cast

·  Change Management & Tools like JIRA/VSTS

·  Version control & Tools like SVN/GIT/Clearcase

·  Traceability management & Tools like Reqtify or equivalent

·  Design methodologies - like UML

·  Software Test Life Cycle

Specialized knowledge – Will be Preferred

·  Functional Safety life-cycle & Management - Applies to software design & development

·  Safety standards like - IEC-61508, ISO-26262, ISO-25119, ISO-13849

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

·  Software requirement specification writing

·  Creating design for assigned modules

·  Implementing the code for assigned requirements

·  Perform unit testing

·  Perform peer reviews or inspection of software work products

·  Support testing team on defect analysis

·  Adhere to Quality processes

Summary:

The embedded systems engineer designs, develops, tests, and maintains embedded systems. The engineer will identify and fix issues and work collaboratively with engineers, product managers, and others on various teams. 

Responsibilities:

• Design and build embedded systems, including embedded system firmware
• Test and debug the systems
• Monitor and maintain the system after development
• Improve system efficiency and stability after development
• Collaborate with customers to create systems based on their needs

Requirements:

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering
• Professional experience in embedded systems
• Significant programming experience in C or C++
• Experience in trouble-shooting embedded systems and microcontroller peripherals
• Experience in working in real-time operating systems
• Experience in interfaces, IP protocols, and hardware subsystems
• Proficiency in working with common embedded systems communication protocols
• Strong interpersonal and writing skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated and passionate about your work and embedded systems
• Always eager to learn and improve

Xfinito is building a portfolio in new product innovation, product contribution and infrastructure goals while providing individuals and teams the freedom to emphasize specific types of work.

Our work focuses on real –world problems that span the breadth of biomedical engineering, embedded systems, computer science, such as machine and deep learning, data mining, natural language processing, hardware and software performance analysis and much more.

JOB ROLE: EMBEDDED SYSTEMS ENGINEER

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with multi-disciplinary engineering team and customer to identify and recommend hardware needs and requirements for project/product.
• Modify or assist in the development of software architecture and design for new products, prototype, or re-design, including sourcing build environments and writing technical support and control documentation.   
• Read Block Diagrams and detail circuit schematics and layout of proposed or existing hardware and assess the software and driver requirements.
• Participates in cross-divisional Edge IoT projects and/or proposals.
• Develop, oversee, and document automated tests for electrical hardware design and products as well as final operating drivers and systems.
• Evaluate and investigate product failures, and recommend repair or design modifications based on specifications, cost, resources, and risks.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to creatively approach challenges and cleverly solve difficult problems.
• Ability to independently identify daily design and customer support tasks, self-start and motivate.
• Ability to manage several projects and prioritize appropriately, with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work in a collaborative team environment as well as independently.
• Ability to learn and work in virtual environments (CAD & Hardware build packages) in-which candidate’s skills are low but persevere and overcome skill gaps autonomously.
• Some experience programming with embedded systems designs and multithreaded real-time operating systems is required.
• Solid programming experience. Preferably in C or C++, .NET, and Java programming languages.

EXPERIENCE:

We as a team are looking for freshers or young professionals with (0-4 years of experience) passion and eagerness to create scalable and optimized software systems and execute complete embedded software development lifecycle.

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.