Senior Engineer, Firmware
Flock Safety$170,000 - $185,000/year
Full Time
Senior (5 to 8 years)
Not SpecifiedCompensation
Mid-level (3 to 4 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
SemiconductorsIndustries
Requirements
- 4+ years of industry experience in embedded firmware for integrated circuits
- B.S. or M.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineering
- Strong analytical, synthesis and problem solving skills
- Solid knowledge and experience in firmware development for integrated circuits ICs, real-time embedded systems, data path, signal processing, system trade-offs (power, speed, hardware resources, area)
- Background with MCU based systems (ARM, RISC-V, PIC, STM32), architecture, and instruction set
- Proficiency in C/C++ and assembly language programming, scripting languages (Python), debugging capabilities, and industry leading embedded software suites (IDE)
- Design for test experience including implementation of testability and diagnostic features
- Experience with configurations, version control, release management, integration, unit and regression testing
- Demonstration of technical ownership and successful execution
- Experience with standard hardware protocols (I2C, I3C, SPI, MIPI, JTAG, PCIe)
- Independent, self-motivated, rigorous, team player and able to follow through
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Desired Qualifications
- Experience with bare-metal firmware development and real-time embedded systems
- Embedded firmware development for mixed-signal ICs
- Hands-on experience with development boards, FPGAs, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, supplies, multimeters and the associated measurement methods
- Knowledge of system-level aspects: signal processing, digital hardware, analog, modelling, test and application
- Experience with system/digital design methods & tools, Matlab, SV/Verilog/VHDL etc
- Experience with consumer and/or ITA market circuit developments
Responsibilities
- Define, develop, verify and optimize embedded firmware for low-power mixed-signal circuits (30%)
- Design embedded firmware functions and sub systems, from specification definition to support to production (30%)
- Implement testability and diagnosis features to support hardware testing (30%)
- Generate technical documentation and participate in design reviews (30%)
- Define and implement pre-silicon simulation validation, unit and regression testing, debug (20%)
- Support emulation, FPGA prototyping, and top verification (20%)
- Participate in systems and digital hardware-firmware architecture definitions, specification analysis and firmware optimization (20%)
- Support silicon lab evaluation, performance characterization and debug (10%)
- Interface with system, digital hardware, analog, verification and cross functional teams (10%)
- Technical support to test, product and application engineers (10%)
Skills
C
C++
Assembly
Python
ARM
RISC-V
PIC
STM32
I2C
I3C
SPI
MIPI
JTAG
PCIe
Embedded Firmware
Real-time Systems
Unit Testing
Version Control
Firmware Development
Semtech
High-performance semiconductors and IoT solutions
About Semtech
Semtech Corporation focuses on high-performance semiconductors, IoT systems, and cloud connectivity services. Its products include the XR60 5G Router Solution for reliable networking and LoRa technology for efficient IoT applications that support decarbonization. The BlueRiver platform enables the transmission of high-quality video over Ethernet, catering to the audiovisual industry. Semtech aims to provide advanced solutions that enhance connectivity and sustainability across various sectors.
Camarillo, CaliforniaHeadquarters
1960Year Founded
$557MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Automotive & Transportation, Hardware, Energy, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries
1,001-5,000Employees