Android BSP(SDE3)Middleware

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

Pace Robotics is a construction robotics startup incubated by SINE IIT-Bombay and backed by Pidilite Ventures, MARL 5G Accelerator and Kochi Holdings. We are making the construction process faster, smarter and efficient through robots that can do advanced construction tasks and digitize execution data in real time. We are currently piloting our first product, a modular robot for plastering, painting and putty of building interiors, at construction sites.

To support our next stage of growth and to take the product from prototype to manufacturing ready design, we are looking for an embedded software engineer who will support the design and implementation of the software for embedded devices and systems end to end from requirements gathering to commercial deployment.

What will you do

• Develop embedded code which enables simultaneous exchange of data between various modules and sensors to facilitate fast/robust decision making for the robot.
• Selection of Communication Protocols, actuation sequencing and deep involvement with embedded software and control strategy.
• Develop and maintain various engineering tools used to debug, analyze, and test embedded products.
• Support the Embedded Systems Lead in working as the common link between the hardware, robot autonomy, and software teams, converting inputs from each team along with overall product/customer needs into electronic circuits, software and hardware.
• Assist in conceptualizing, designing, fabricating, integrating and testing overall embedded architecture, embedded boards, software and circuitry for Pace Robotics’ fleet of AGV based robots.
• Assist in selection and integration of all active, passive components, micro-controller, processor w/peripherals and power components.
• Work on improving the efficiency of the power distribution and consumption.
• Work on designing the wiring scheme of the whole autonomous system.

Qualifications

• Masters or Bachelors (with 2-5 yrs exp) in Electronics & Communication / Electronics & Instrumentation/Electrical & Electronics/Embedded Systems with relevant experience in industrial R&D Projects.

You have the following technical skill sets:

• Expertise with microcontroller/microprocessors (non - Arduino), C programming, digital electronics, different communication protocols such as SPI, I2C, rs232, ethernet, rs485, CAN etc
• Good Understanding of Electronics Circuits and Schematics.
• Deep expertise of RTOS / LINUX programming concepts.
• Excellent understanding of Signal Processing methods, (Good To have)
• Experienced in PCB and wiring harness Design, (Good to Have)
• Proficient with Matlab, Simulink, DAQ software. (Good To have)

You have the following personal attributes:

• You are highly organized and methodical in everything you do
• You love solving problems and look at them as an opportunity to grow
• You get excited about thinking, talking and building technology and exploring its endless possibilities

What's in it for you:

Globally, Construction provides a 1.6 Trillion Dollar opportunity, just by making the work more efficient. This is the market we are after. You will be an integral part of the core team of an early stage startup on a mission change the way we build our world and disrupt one of the oldest and the largest industries. You will be designing products that can change the landscape of construction, become ubiquitous in project sites and be synonymous with construction of the future (Think of JCB and Tower Cranes of today)

We promise you an environment that promotes unhindered innovation and one that can provide exciting opportunities for accelerated growth. You will be working with a stellar engineering team having diverse experience in developing robots for automotive, agriculture and construction industries. You will have immense learning opportunity as you will be working on ‘never-seen-before’ products for an industry that’s ripe for technological disruptions.

The compensation includes company stocks through ESOP’s and Other Perks like Health insurance and Personal Accident Insurance for Self.

Please note that we don’t necessarily expect to find a candidate that has done everything listed or possesses all the required skill sets but you should be able to make a credible case that you have done most of it and are keen on learning new things on the job.

• Strong C/C++ programming hands on experience
• Should have work experience on firmware development with strong Linux internals.
• Very good development, design and debugging experience on embedded firmware.
• Added advantage to have experience on Systems management/Out of Band/BMC domain experience
• Good to have automation experience using Python or shell scripting  
• Excellent communication and problem solving skills  
• Experience on tools like JIRA, Yocto, Visual studio, etc.

Position Overview:

This position is part of highly skilled fimrware team that do software board bring up of bare silicon for next generation products. In order to write system software for embedded electronic products, this position requires academic background in electronics engineering to understand hardware concepts such as digital logic, schematics, and microprocessor communications to develop effective embedded software.

Candidate should have complete knowledge of Software development cycle from architecture definition to the implementation.

Responsibilities:

• Must wear multiple hats from analyzing field and factory reported issues to software integration.
• Be a liason for troubleshooting and debugging complex systems and identifying the root cause.
• Develop detailed design documents and customer facing application notes for the system and IOT features for Mobile routers.
• Act as a product lead and be part of bigger team in software bring up.   
• Ability to work on Low level software such as bootloaders and understanding of low level functional blocks is a must.
• Work on Linux kernel and configuration.
• Write or port device drivers for Ethernet, USB, GPIO, LED, Bluetooth, Accelormeter, LCD and touch screen.
• Debug stability issues in data routing between WAN and LAN interfaces.
• Work with Software QA with test plan and execution.
• Work with Hardware team to identify and root cause stability problems.

Experience/Requirements:  

• Demonstrable knowledge of C, C++, Assembly programming skills
• Overall 10+ years of experience in embedded environment preferabily Linux.
• Board bring up proficiency with bootloaders and other low level software, must be very good with debugging techniques.
• Experience in TCP/IP networking is must for trouble shooting throughput and other traffic issues.
• Driver experience with I2C, SPI, UART, LCD, Ethernet, PCIe is a plus.
• Experience with low level debugging using JTAG.
• Experience with Makefiles, and build environments such as PTXDIST, Yocto and Buildroot.    
• Experience with version control such as git and svn.
• Good communication skills and team player.
• Ability to work independently and autonomously to meet deadlines, in a fast-changing environment.

Education:

• 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.

Primary Skill: System Software Development

Skill sets req:

• Linux porting/development; Linux kernel concepts
• Expertise in Linux BSP device driver development
• Customizing kernel + Porting + Developing Applications Linux Device Driver Development (Character devices) Good Concepts of Network Drivers File Systems Concepts
• Expertise in porting, network stack; optimization, network programming
• Bootloader/Uboot porting
• Camera driver development (Good to have)