Senior Firmware Engineer

Overview

Hybrid
$50 - $80
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)
10% Travel

Skills

Embedded
Firmware
Android
HAL
Linux
Kernel

Job Details

Title: Senior Firmware Engineer

Location: Rockleigh, NJ/ Plano, TX

Duration: 12 Months CTH

Job Description:

Overview
The Senior Firmware Engineer for our Android/Linux BSP team will help in creating new control system and digital media products. The ideal candidate should take part in the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) as well as handling field escalations with new and legacy products.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, implement, debug and maintain embedded real time applications for Android/Linux based products C, & C++ development environments.
  • Embedded Linux Kernel / OS development on ARM based platforms including configuration management, build, deployment, hardware interfaces, device driver, device tree
  • Work closely with other software and hardware engineers to solve design issues.
  • Responsible for design and implementation of new device features on multiple platforms
  • Responsible for the maintenance of current software including: feature enhancements, performance increases, troubleshooting, testing, and bug fixing.
  • Interfacing software applications with other devices and control systems
  • Providing technical documentation (test procedures, design specifications, etc.)
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

  • BS in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering is required.
  • MS in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering is preferred.
  • Minimum 10 years of proven experience developing and debugging embedded software for
  • Linux/Android based products, C & C++ development environments.
  • Must have strong C, & C++ skills.
  • Must have experience with:
    • Embedded Linux U-Boot/kernel development and customization, Linux Device Tree development, Android HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer)
    • Device driver development, optimizations, bug fixing, add new functionality (display, power management, wifi, GPIO, etc )
    • Debugging issues within the Android Framework and Linux Kernel.
    • Ability to independently read and understand electrical schematics
    • Working with source control tools such as Git, Gerrit, GitHub, and with Android command line tools such as adb and fastboot.
    • Debugging embedded systems where step debugging may not be available.
    • HW accelerated graphics processing (OpenGL ES) is beneficial.
    • Google s AOSP architecture developing Android framework services, Android Native applications (JNI / NDK) or system applications in JAVA or Kotlin.
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