Sr. Firmware Engineer (Embedded Systems)

Company: SparkCharge
Location: Somerville
Posted on: May 8, 2022

Job Description:

Job Description As a Senior Firmware engineer, you will work closely with not only your other team members, but across all engineering teams to drive our products from conception to completion. You will regularly flex your creative and technical problem-solving abilities to define, implement, and test embedded firmware for our current and future products. Being successful in this role means that you can keep up with fast paced and exciting timelines while also making informed, practical, reliable, and cost-effective design decisions. This position will report to the Lead Firmware Engineer. Responsibilities: Work with firmware and electrical leadership to architect elegant firmware solutions for current and future products and subsystems. Write and maintain firmware requirement specifications throughout all product development stages. Own and drive development of new source code, functionalities, enhancements, and bug-fixes for our products. Hold design reviews of your source code and resolve issues after receiving feedback. Participate in and support design reviews hosted by other engineers on related projects. Collaborate with test engineering to write procedures and test scripts for your source code. Obtain/maintain a working knowledge of the major EV communication protocols and relevant software safety standards for consumer products. Support other firmware engineers in design, implementation, testing and debugging of firmware Requirements At least eight years experience with bare metal or OS kernel C or C++ on 32-bit or 64-bit architectures (ARM preferred) At least three years Linux user space development At least two years of Python (or other higher-level language) experience CAN protocol experience TCP / IP / IOT/ MQTT / LTE M.2 implementation experience Experience with u-boot (or other bootloader), yocto, or other embedded Linux distro Automated testing experience (unit testing, integration testing, test-driven development, etc.) Unit testing and Continuous Integration experience Distributed source code management system experience (git, mercurial, bazaar, darcs, etc.) Ability to read PCB schematics. Basic level understanding of PCB layout Can operate benchtop test equipment (programmable power supplies, function generators, oscilloscope) Nice to Have: Experience with Renesas ARM / Renesas Synergy Libraries Experience with J1939 CAN protocol Knowledge of EV Charging protocols (CCS, CHAdeMO, SAE J1772) Experience coding to UL 1998 safety standard Experience using LTE M.2 Experience with MIPI/DSI or HDMI touchscreen Experience with Arduino Experience with Atlassian suite (Bitbucket, Asana, Jira, Confluence) Experience with Eclipse Experience with LabVIEW Experience with MATLAB Benefits We are a fast-paced, young start-up building a culture based on hard work, respect, work/life balance, and open communication. We offer unlimited paid time off. The Company pays 99% of the medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums for employees. We offer FSA savings and 401(k) plans. Compensation will be based on the candidates ability to quickly add value to SparkCharge

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