Embedded Firmware Engineer(Hardware)

#W2 Requirement

Job Title: Hardware Embedded Firmware Engineer

Location Mountain View, CA (onsite role)

Duration: 12+ Months contract with possible extension

Employment: W2

Job Description:

Must have:

Embedded Firmware for automotive

ARM Cortex

RTOS

C/C++

5+ years of experience + Automotive/Class 8 vehicle/Heavy industrial

In this role, you will

• Design, prototype, build, and test production embedded vehicle firmware.
• Evaluate, implement, test, and optimize applications in a real-time operating system environment.
• Work with software, hardware and mechanical engineers throughout the lifecycle of the product - from device bring-up to manufacturing and deployment.
• Work with test engineers and platform engineers in developing testing frameworks and harnesses at the unit, integration, and system levels.
• Develop a deep understanding of functional safety and security concepts relevant to autonomous vehicles, including standards like ISO 26262.

Required Qualifications

• Basic knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals to support low-level debugging.
• Expert level knowledge of C or C++ programming; other languages and skills also valuable.
• Experience with 32-bit microcontrollers, particularly ARM Cortex M7 and automotive processors such as NXP S32G or S32K.
• Strong knowledge of communication protocols, from low level (SPI, UART, CAN) to high level (TCP/UDP) and diagnostic protocols such as UDS.
• Familiarity with electronics test equipment and hardware debugging (multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, etc).
• Bachelors or higher degree in EE or CS or CE or equivalent

Desirable knowledge

• Experience with time synchronization protocols such as PTP.
• Experience with safety-critical systems and development processes compliant with standards like ISO 26262 and software process models like ASPICE.
• Experience with RTOS environments, especially FreeRTOS/SafeRTOS.
• Experience writing device drivers.
• Experience writing low-level firmware for resource-constrained embedded systems