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Senior Firmware Engineer

Science · Alameda, CA, USA · $140k - $200k

Actively hiring Posted over 2 years ago

Responsibilities

  • Architect, develop, test, maintain and support firmware through its entire lifecycle
  • Build firmware for wearables, implants and other medical device technologies
  • Bring up electronic systems and verify firmware functionality in hardware
  • Develop test modes in firmware for SoCs and other electronic systems
  • Work collaboratively across product teams and disciplines to deliver full systems
  • Document and archive all code and work for colleagues to easily follow
  • Prototype, test and analyze new systems and ideas to assess feasibility

Basic qualifications

  • At least 2-3 years experience in firmware development delivering reliable, clear, testable and maintainable firmware for embedded systems
  • Experience in firmware development for microcontrollers, sensor interfaces, SoCs
  • Experience in firmware development for wireless transceivers compliant with at least one established wireless communication standard e.g. Bluetooth, WiFi, LoRa, Zigbee
  • Experience in firmware implementation of test modes on SoCs e.g. DTM modes
  • Familiarity bringing up firmware on hardware - comfortable with logic analyzers, oscilloscope probing, etc.
  • Experience with microsystem sensors or actuators
  • BS or MS (or similar experience) in EE, CE, CS, etc.

Preferred qualifications

  • 4+ years experience in firmware development delivering reliable, clear, testable and maintainable firmware for embedded systems
  • Experience with IEC 62304 compliant firmware for biomedical devices
  • Rapid prototyping experience (microcontrollers, analog and digital interfaces, etc)
  • Experience with ASIC firmware development
  • Experience in over-the-air wireless validation of firmware for wireless interfaces
  • Comfortable with Python for data logging from bring-up / validation etc
  • Experience with continuous integration testing, hardware in the loop (HIL) testing

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and equity
  • Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
  • Flexible vacation and company-paid holidays
  • Healthy meals and snacks provided onsite
  • Paid parental, jury duty, bereavement, family care and medical leave
  • Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, subsidized by Science
  • Flexible Spending Account
  • 401(k)

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