Firmware Engineer
Location
Foster City, CA
Level
Senior
Department
Engineering
Type
Full - Time
Salary
Job Description
Posted on:
January 19, 2023
This role involves both writing code running 'bare-metal' as well as code running on Linux. As an embedded software engineer, you should be passionate about developing production-quality code and designing a product that meets the high safety requirements needed for autonomous driving. You will be interfacing closely with the electrical, mechanical, and optical engineers designing the hardware, as well as the Perception team for the evaluation of sensors and the Core team for writing and bringing up hardware drivers.
Responsibilities
- New board bringup
- Development of reliable drivers across several OS's.
- Write high assurance firmware to achieve required integrity levels for safe vehicle operation
- Write code to diagnose and test modules and subsystems
- Troubleshoot complex hardware and software issues with debuggers and logic analyzers
- Interface with hardware and automation teams to enable scalable testing
Job Requirements
- BS / MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or similar degree with 2-5 years of relevant experience
- Strong background in C / C++ programming for embedded Linux or micro-controllers
- Experience using measurement equipment such as multimeters, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers to debug code
- Experience with low-level interfaces such as I2C, SPI, CAN, RS232, Ethernet
- Willingness to trace bugs to their source, wherever in the system that may end up being
- Ability to perform evaluations of alternative components, providing hard data in the form of plots and tables to allow for quantitative decisions leading to product improvements
- Ability to efficiently collaborate with multidisciplinary program members to achieve project goals, and contribute positively to the engineering community environment
