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Head of Embedded Systems
San Francisco, Austin, San Francisco Bay Area, Remote · Full Time
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Job Description
Funded IoT company seeking an Lead Embedded Software Engineer who will contribute in architecting, writing and deploying the next generation of our product firmware.
The ideal candidate will have experience developing complex firmware architectures with and without operating systems, paying particular attention to power consumption.
This position is an integral part of the product development team and will regularly collaborate with the hardware, smartphone and server engineering teams.
This person will maintain full responsibility for ensuring the firmware and API work reliably under adverse conditions with supported smartphones and other BLE clients.
Responsibilities
Architect, design, implement, and maintain complex firmware designs
Write clean, understandable, robust, and sustainable code tailored for embedded systems
Negotiate, specify, and document communication protocols, system states, and firmware / software feature requirements with the software team
Requirements
3+ years of coding experience on low-power embedded platforms (preferably ARM architectures)
Proficiency in C and embedded software development environments
Experience building peripheral drivers in C
Linux (to Android an added plus)
Experience developing with RTOS and Baremetal environments
Experience bringing up different sensing technologies (Sound, PIR, Camera) and interpreting data.
Deep understanding of modern MCU architectures
Experience in power management, power-on self test, and fault handling
Ability to read and interpret schematics
Familiar with general debug tools such as JTAG and oscilloscopes
Even Better
Experience with BLE or RF equivalents
RTOS experience (Free RTOS)
Experience with Linux and / or Android Kernel
Digital signal processing (DSP) experience
Experience cloud-based data collection, software deployment or mesh networking.
High level knowledge of audio recognition systems
Skills
C++, Android, Embedded Systems, Electrical Engineering, Automation, Linux, Linux Kernel, Software, Embedded Linux, IoT, Embedded Firmware Development
Compensation
$125K $150K
0.3% 0.4%
Visa Sponsorship
Not available
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