Embedded Firmware Engineer

Our client, a French multinational company that specializes in digital automation and energy management, is looking to hire an Embedded Firmware Engineer to join their team ONSITE in Andover, Massachusetts!

*** This begins as a 6-month contract with a potential opportunity to extend/convert ***

Responsibilities

• Product Development: Firmware development for POSIX-based platforms (Embedded Linux and VxWorks) for embedded-C. Develop in the context of hardware constraints and system complexity.
• Prototyping & testing Industrial Communication Protocols: Test Driven Development (TDD) & Unit Testing for real-time embedded communication firmware
• Research and Exploration: Evaluating stacks used for prototyping when responding to internal customer offers.
• Technical Documentation: Contributing to writing detailed specifications, design documents, Build Guides, Implementation Guides, and Whitepapers based on industry standards and internal requirements.
• Debugging and Troubleshooting: Debug, Analyze, and resolve complex hardware and software issues to ensure optimal system performance and security and perform unit tests.
• Code Quality Enhancement: Develop high-quality, well-tested code through comprehensive unit testing and debugging.
• Agile Collaboration: Actively participate in the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC), including daily standups and other agile ceremonies.
• Innovation: Participate in innovative projects outside of day-to-day project execution.
• Problem Solving: Demonstrate exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills for rapid troubleshooting and solution development.
• Good Presentation skills: Ability to communicate complex technical concepts.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field with an emphasis on embedded systems.
• Experience: At least 4-7 years of experience in embedded firmware or application development
• Application Needs Understanding: Knowledge of technical specifications, code design using UML diagrams, customer application needed, and ability to convert them into functional and technical design and application.
• Engineering Skills: Ability to propose and deploy new technical solutions, optimize design from the performance and cost perspective using modulization approach.
• Technical Expertise: Solid foundation in C/C programming, Linux development, debugging, and development within embedded environments. General
• Development Environment: Proficiency in (Integrated) tools-chain for (Embedded) Software code management like Cross Compilation and Cmake.
• Operating Systems: Experience working with real-time operating systems RTOS (e.g FreeRTOS or Zephyr), Real-time & multitasks firmware programming. Knowledge of Embedded System Hardware and platforms, including Embedded Linux and VxWorks.
• BSD sockets programming: Understanding of the key parameters to realize physical and software connectivity layers in devices. Ability to define optimum network architecture according to the internal targeted functions of the system and expected performances.
• Networking Protocol: Experience with Networking and Communications Protocols for Industrial Automation, Client/Server Application, OSI model.
• Cyber-Security: Familiarity with cryptography concepts and secure features such as cryptographic key management and distribution, certificate management and PKI.
• Issue Resolution: Ability to identify issues and risks, analyze and understand underlying causes, and devise appropriate action plans.
• Achieve Sustainable Results: Ensure successful execution of strategies, monitor and follow-up on plans, and maintain high levels of energy in a fast-paced environment.
• SDLC and Tools: Experience with the full software development lifecycle, agile methodologies (Scrum), and tools like Wireshark, Git and GitHub.
• Communication and Teamwork: Excellent verbal and written communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively within a team setting.
• Drive for digital upskilling in technologies such as 5G, TSN.

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
• Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• 401(k) including match
• Paid Sick Time Leave
• Legal and Identity Protection Plans
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
• 529 College Saver Plan

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis now and in the future.