Compensation: $125-150K annually with Bonus

This is a hybrid position located in the Victoria, Canada area. You will be required to be onsite in a hybrid setting.

About the Position:

The Firmware Engineer will develop and support our industry-leading safety and mobility in infrastructure projects across the US.

Essential Job Functions

• Maintain and enhance embedded software for existing product lines.
• Own the embedded software system design cycle from requirements through launch and beyond.
• Design, develop, code, test, and debug embedded software.
• Integrate, verify, and validate new product designs and design changes.
• Perform design and code reviews.
• Interface with a cross-functional engineering team.
• Support the Tech Support team with intimate product knowledge.
• Contribute to a fun and innovative work environment.
• Work in an Agile environment using Atlassian toolset

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's Degree in Electrical, Electronic, Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Technical Experience &Skills:

• 7+ years' experience in embedded software development and writing C and/or assembly code for microcontrollers such as Microchip PIC, Freescale/NXP, ST, Cortex M3/M0 and Atmel.
• Mastery of C language programming as it pertains to an embedded environment.
• Strong understanding of computer architecture and embedded software development best practices, with significant experience in low level development and programming.
• Real time development experience with and without an RTOS.
• Knowledge of communication interfaces, such as SPI, I2C, I2S, UART, CAN, USB, BLE, Wi-Fi, and Ethernet.
• Ability to read schematics to troubleshoot, debug and bring up new hardware using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers and in-circuit emulators.
• Experience programing peripheral hardware at the register level.
• Working knowledge of C++.
• Working knowledge of IoT principles and methods
• Familiarity with OOP design principles.
• Familiarity with various ARM architectures (e.g. Cortex M4, M7, etc.).
• Familiarity with security basics (e.g. TrustZone, security certificates, etc.).

Soft Skills:

• Strong interpersonal, analytical, organizational and follow-up skills.
• Solid problem-solving skills. Highly technical, quickly grasping how things work. Presents technical concepts, ideas, and information in terms that both engineers and non-engineers can understand.
• Motivated by continuous learning and development.
• Functions well in a small company/startup environment. (High visibility, accountability and development velocity)
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, and collaboratively with a cross functional team.
• Disciplined engineering approach.
• Differentiates value added activities from waste.
• Demonstrates systems thinking.