Firmware Software Engineer

Job Description:

• Our goal is to explore, innovate and design the hardware for the next generation of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality experiences. The mission of the battery team is to develop power sources for the devices that enable these experiences.
• We are looking for a skilled and motivated Firmware Engineer to join our team, with experience in developing, implementing, testing, and validating firmware or embedded systems software for consumer products. Minimum

Responsibilities:

• Working as a part of a multi-disciplinary team to design, integrate, qualify, and test firmware and software features and updates.
• Designing and implementing software algorithms to deliver cutting-edge solutions.
• Creating design documents pertinent to the various phases of software development.
• Documenting findings of engineering analyses and investigations.
• Testing, debugging, verification, and validation of functional modules Providing post-development support.

Qualifications:

• B.S, M.S in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering.
• Years of industry experience in firmware development.
• Embedded firmware design and programming in C and C++ for development, debugging, testing and performance analysis using python.
• Working knowledge of protocols such as SPI, I2C and interfacing of microcontroller peripherals.
• Experienced in developing embedded applications for microcontrollers and application processors.
• Strong understanding of hardware, clock-level issues, delays, interrupts, clock gating, polling etc.
• Experience with logic analyzers, oscilloscope, and other debugging tools.
• Willingness to work across multiple domains including electrical engineering, software engineering and validation as well as debug issues at the interface of different domains.

Preferred Qualifications:

• M.S/PhD with 5+ years of experience in software development for battery management systems.
• Experience with design documentation.
• Good understanding of real time operating systems.
• Communication and personal management skills.
• Experience developing handheld and wearable electronics for high volume manufacturing.
• Working knowledge of battery fuel gauge algorithms for consumer electronics from semiconductor IC vendors.

Must-Have Skills:

• C/C++ programming language.
• Android experience.

Nice-to-have Skills:

• Experience with battery management systems.
• Working with MCU or system chips (micro controller-based work like NXP or Qualcomm)

Years of overall experience required: 4+ years of experience (big tech or part of battery tech/startups).

Degrees/certifications Required: Bachelors or MS in computer science or software engineering.

How many rounds of interviews: 2-3 rounds | 1 or 2 software interviews and then one cross functional interview