Firmware Engineer

Firmware Engineer Job ID : 1499

The full job description covers all associated skills, previous experience, and any qualifications that applicants are expected to have.

Location : Santa Barbara, CA

Type : Contract

Status : Closed

Key Skills : Verilog, VHDL, C, Assembly Language, Mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations, Statistics.

Description :

Plans and directs research and development activities for organizational products, services, or ideologies by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following :

• Identifies, in conjunction with marketing and engineering management, promising areas of research or technology that address unmet needs and have large potential markets.
• Communicates to R & D Manager on overview of all products under development, and their stage of development.
• Responsible for the analysis, design, programming, debugging, and modification of field programmable gate arrays and complex programmable logic devices.
• Responsible for designing, developing, modifying and evaluating electronic parts, components or integrated circuitry for electronic equipment and other hardware systems.
• Determines design approaches and parameters.
• Analyzes equipment to establish operating data, conducts experimental tests and evaluates results.
• Selects components and equipment based on analysis of specifications and reliability.
• Develops, debugs and maintains Verilog, VHDL, C, Assembly Language for new real-time imaging system.
• Develops some simulations involving gigabit and sensor data communication, complex math and trigonometry, optimizing algorithms for speed.

Work Environment :

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and / or humid conditions and outside weather conditions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Requirement :

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, technical, written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrates accuracy, meets productivity standards, exhibits professionalism.
• Motivated, takes initiative, is adaptable, punctual, dependable.
• Prioritizes and plans work activities; Uses time efficiently; Plans for additional resources; Sets goals and objectives;

Develops realistic action plans.

• Observes safety and security procedures; Reports potentially unsafe conditions; Uses equipment and materials properly.
• Understands organization's strengths & weaknesses; Adapts strategy to changing conditions.
• Master's degree (M.A.) or equivalent; or Bachelor of Science degree (Computer Science or Electrical Engineering); or four to ten years related experience and / or training;

or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Database software; Design software; Internet software; Manufacturing software; Project Management software and Word Processing software.

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