Principal Firmware Engineer at Morse Micro
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia -
Full Time


Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

05 Dec, 25

Salary

0.0

Posted On

06 Sep, 25

Experience

8 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

No

Skills

Static Analysis, Sdio, Testing Tools, Python, Version Control, Software Projects, Wireshark, I2C, Debugging, Device Drivers, Testing, Operating Systems, Tracking Systems

Industry

Information Technology/IT

Description

ABOUT MORSE MICRO

Morse Micro is redefining wireless connectivity with next-generation Wi‑Fi HaLow (IEEE 802.11ah) technology. As Australia’s largest fabless semiconductor company, we’re building ultra‑efficient chips that power tomorrow’s IoT landscape through extended range, low power consumption and high performance. You’ll be part of a global team collaborating across Australia, the US, India, the UK, China, Taiwan, and Japan.

QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE / SKILLS

  • BSc in Electrical / Electronics / Communication Engineering or Computer Science
  • 8+ years relevant industry experience in embedded software projects
  • Proven experience in Firmware development using the C programming language
  • Experience in porting and using FreeRTOS or RT-Thread Real Time Operating Systems, including bootloaders, device drivers, interrupt handlers and DMA routines.
  • Experience using software version control and issue tracking systems

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

  • Experience with ARM Cortex and RISC-V instruction sets and architectures
  • Experience with various hardware interfacing buses, like SDIO, SPI and I2C
  • Experience using Python for tools and scripts
  • Experience in using static analysis and automated testing tools
  • (Desired but not required) A good understanding of IEEE 802.11 standard including 802.11 security model
  • (Desired but not required) Experience with wireshark for testing and debugging of 802.11 systems
Responsibilities

ROLE OVERVIEW

You will join a firmware team implementing Morse Micro’s IoT software stack for embedded devices, working closely with Analog, Systems, Digital IC design engineers to build and maintain an elegant embedded software architecture. Your main focus will be firmware development for low-cost, RTOS-based devices, including 802.11ah upper layers, device drivers, network stack integration, as well as Python scripts for test and development, troubleshooting and debugging, and other related aspects.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE

  • RTOS device driver development
  • Network stack/protocol development, integration, and debugging
  • Implementation of upper layers of the 802.11ah standard in firmware
  • Various optimisations for performance, footprint and power consumption
  • Writing elegant Python scripts to facilitate testing and other tasks
  • There will be some customer interaction, e.g. implementation of customer requested features, resolution of customer found issues etc.
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