Senior Firmware Engineer

Company: Simbex
Location: Lebanon
Posted on: January 16, 2022

Job Description:

The Senior Firmware Engineer is responsible for the specification, design, development, and analysis of complex embedded firmware and electronics for the medical device and consumer health markets. The Sr Firmware Engineer will provide technical guidance, follow sound engineering principles, help guide design verification and validation, and follow design/testing processes under Simbex Quality Management System. The ideal candidate is a dependable and creative team player working with both software and electrical engineering cross-functional teams. Essential Functions:

• Lead research and technology development activities in embedded software and electrical engineering fields
• Responsible for architecting, designing, and developing products and solutions based on evolving ideas, concepts, and requirements
• Design and develop embedded systems including firmware development software architecture, low-level hardware designs and algorithm development
• Actively participate in product conceptualization, prototyping, test and evaluation, and design for manufacture
• Design, develop, and automate test procedures for firmware/software unit, integration, and system testing
• Maintain rigorous documentation of the design process and for developing product specifications, test specifications, and test procedures for the products to conform to the design control process as defined by ISO and FDA guidelines and by internal Company QA procedures
• Drive test automation, continuous integration (CI/CD), code analysis, code reviews and other to ensure quality and functionality during development from unit testing through verification testing
• Apply agile and test-driven product development methodologies to produce quality products
• Lead research and innovation and mentor other engineers and interns
• Manage projects with a customer-oriented mindset and providing feedback, effectively communicate project status to necessary teams and escalate critical issues
• Communicate openly, share knowledge, build positive collaboration with colleagues
• Support and contribute to improvement activities, KPIs, and OKRs
  Qualifications
  • BS degree in Engineering; Masters degree in engineering preferred;
  • 7+ years of experience software design and development in embedded applications using C/C++, analog and digital designs including board layout and schematic capture
  • Proven experience in wireless communication protocols, real-time operating systems, software architecture, encryption, bootloaders, traditional state machine architectures
  • Experience in low-level hardware designs (schematics & PCBs), and using test equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, etc.)
  • Demonstrable experience firmware experience in a production environment including ARM, 8051, PIC cores
  • Demonstrable experience in RTOS including SafeRTOS, FreeRTOS, or TI-RTOS
  • Demonstrable RF design and firmware experience including 802.15.4 and/or 802.11 based communication including Zigbee and BLE 5
  • Demonstrable digital communication experience including CAN, SPI/I2C, serial
  • Ultralow battery powered circuit design experience is highly desirable
  • Demonstrable experience with regulatory and standard requirements including IEC, FCC, and UL including IEC 62304 and cybersecurity experience
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Excellent technical and conceptual skills
  • Ability to motivate team efforts to accomplish goals in a timely and productive manner
    Additional information
    • Only applicants who currently reside, or intend to move, within commutable distance to Lebanon, NH will be considered for this role. 100% remote is not available due to the nature of our work.by Jobble

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