Embedded Firmware Developer/Lead

Responsibilities:

• Design
  • Requirement analysis and trade-off
  • Architectural/Implementation Design of new functionalities
  • Integration to existing architecture
  • Architecture Improvement Analysis & Design
  • Performance Analysis and Tradeoff
  • Working with architects for module design and integration to overall architecture.
• Embedded Software Development
  • Code development of HW specific firmware
  • Code development of HW agnostic protocols, algorithms and usecases.
  • Code Optimization and Refactoring
  • Guiding engineers to develop/debug/integrate modules
  • Unit Test development and validation.
• Integration & Validation
  • Code Debugging with test teams
  • Specifying & Reviewing Testcases
  • Guiding test engineers to achieve test coverage
  • Mapping requirements, development and tests
• Customer/Product Management Interfacing
  • Analyze, debug and root-cause customer reported issues with quick turn-around
  • Interface with Product Management for new features/clarifications.
  • Cross-component Interfacing
  • Interface with cross-component teams such as HW, RF, Application teams for integration issues, design choices etc,
  • Effective Communication across all stakeholders Mentoring junior engineers Systematic Problem Solving Skills

Key Skills Required

• Experienced/Expert level in
  • C programming
  • SoC Peripheral/IP Drivers
  • Serial interfaces
  • Crypto blocks
  • Power Management
  • Timers
  • ARM Processors (inc. TrustZone)
  • Commercial RTOS (preferably Keil RTX)
  • Embedded Debug Methods
  • Serial protocol bus analyzers
  • Embedded debug
  • HW-SW partitioning & integration
  • DSP programming
  • Real-Time Stack Development
  • RF Wireless Protocols dev & debugging
  • MAC-PHY Protocols
  • RF Integration Issues debugging
  • Specification development
  • Design Specification
  • Test Specification

Proficient Level in

• UML Design Methodology/Architectural Patterns
• Pre-Silicon HW-SW Simulations (RTL Simulation)
• Integration to Secure Software
• Assembly level debugging/analysis
• Code Repository Management ( GIT/SVN etc)
• Code Quality Tools
• Static code analysis, Code Coverage etc.
• RF Tools Usage
• RF Signal Analyzer
• Oscilloscope
• RF Signal Generator
• Power Measurement
• Board Level Debugging.

Native Level in

• Python scripting
• Security Algorithm & Protocols
• Integration to middleware platforms such as Android, Linux, RTOS
• Test Frameworks such as eRPC, ISS Simulator etc