Sr Engineer, Embedded Systems Design & Integration

Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions
Office

Job Description

Job Title:

Senior Embedded Systems Engineer

Requisition ID:

Are you passionate about innovative ideas and groundbreaking discoveries? Join Thermo Fisher Scientific, where we invest over $1 billion annually in R&D. Help us tackle some of the world's toughest challenges, from giving hope to cancer patients to ensuring safe drinking water and aiding law enforcement through forensics. We empower our teams to put science into action and provide our R&D colleagues with the autonomy, resources, and tools to push the boundaries of science.

Location/Division Specific Information:

Located just a few miles outside of Madison in Fitchburg, Wisconsin, the Vibrational Spectroscopy business segment specializes in developing spectroscopy products such as FTIR, NIR, and Raman solutions. Our products have applications in university research, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and food manufacturing industries. With R&D, manufacturing, and marketing all co-located on our business campus, we foster a collaborative environment. Our team is dedicated to developing solutions that promote a world that is healthier, cleaner, and safer.

Discover Impactful Work!

Thermo Fisher Scientific is seeking a team member to develop firmware for our FTIR, NIR, and Raman products. In this role, you will have the chance to define, implement, and test firmware for brand new analytical instruments. Working with ARM-based microprocessors, TI DSPs, and Altera FPGAs, you will contribute to the development of outstanding scientific instruments that make a global impact.

A Day in the Life.

• Perform all phases of embedded software development including design, implementation, testing, integration, and maintenance for our company's scientific instruments
• Use your design skills to develop reliable firmware in C for ARM microprocessors and TI DSPs for FT-IR, Raman, and Microscopy instruments
• Use VHDL to develop images for programmable logic parts such as FPGAs and CPLDs
• Apply your C#/.NET skills to build manufacturing and support utilities for our instruments
• Translate customer product requirements into technical tasks for new product designs in collaboration with project management and/or technical lead
• Ensure timely delivery of quality products by working closely with your project team, SQA, and other engineering groups
• Collaborate with product management and customer representatives during the project development phase to ensure firmware functionality and specification accuracy
• Engage in design and architecture review, and build and maintain comprehensive user documentation

How will you get here?
Education

Bachelor's degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, or a related technical field

Experience

• 5 years in embedded systems product development experience

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Strong embedded systems development skills including low-level hardware interface, DMA, and interrupts
• Ability to write VHDL and debug its implementation in FPGAs
• Curiosity about science and the ability to learn basic scientific principles
• Highly motivated teammate with a strong desire for continuous learning and broadening knowledge base
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Desire and ability to work in a multi-disciplinary development team
• Proficient in interpreting schematics and using debug tools such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and protocol analyzers to develop and fix designs
• Proficient in development for system interconnect busses such as i2c and SPI
• Proficient in defining embedded software architecture and communication protocols

Preferred Experience:

• Knowledge of NXP ARM microprocessors and TI DSPs
• Knowledge of Altera FPGAs
• Knowledge of RTOS (FreeRTOS, TI SYSBIOS, etc)
• Knowledge of motor control and data acquisition
• Knowledge of USB
• Knowledge of networking, Ethernet, and WiFi
• Knowledge of C# and .NET framework

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