Senior Embedded Engineer

We are looking for an Embedded Firmware Architect, who will define and drive the firmware architecture for a Device Runtime.  You will collaborate closely with embedded and software engineers both internally and in the open source community to deliver a robust, reliable, scalable, and secure edge runtime for our global customers.  

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the overall firmware architecture for a Device Runtime
• Implement features (i.e., coding) and unit tests
• Serve as the team lead for the firmware engineering team. Manage team workload, resources, and coordinate with the rest of the engineering team.
• Lead and participate in design reviews, code reviews, and documentation reviews
• Conduct thorough testing and debugging of the firmware in order to meet quality and security requirements
• Author and maintain high-quality written documentation
• Effectively manage technical debt
• Implement and maintain the build and CI/CD infrastructure for the Device Runtime
• Ensure the open source aspects of the Runtime are properly maintained in the community
   

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical degree
• Minimum of 6 years experience in technical engineering with hands-on coding
• Experience in firmware design and development for embedded systems with deep experience in at least one RTOS (e.g., Zephyr, FreeRTOS, VxWorks, etc.)
• Strong proficiency in low-level programming in languages such as C
• Experience with firmware development tools, debuggers, and version control systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
   

Additional/Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in a technical leadership role
• Experience with boot-up sequences and bootloaders such as MCU Boot, GRUB, etc.
• Experience with virtualization and software virtual machine technologies such as WebAssembly, QEMU, Xen, KVM, JVM/CLR, etc.
• Experience with Zephyr development.
• Background with security implementation and secure development practices. Familiarity with standards such as MISRA-C is highly desirable.
• Low-level network and communication protocol experience
• Background working with the open source community