Senior Firmware Engineer

at  ASSA ABLOY

PROFILE SUMMARY:

At HID, as part of the Physical Access Control Systems business unit we produce cutting edge security products. The PACS business is highly visible and one of our most significant portfolios within HID Global. The PACS products include smart cards, mobile access and identifications, software, services, and controllers for physical access control.
You would be joining as a firmware engineer where you will get to work with the teams in a Scaled Agile environment. The primary focus of this role is development of the Biometrics product line. You will be working in an embedded Linux environment, implementing secure and performant applications.

DESIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Legally eligible to work in South Africa.
• Strong communication skills in English.
• BSc in Electronic Engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years of practical engineering.
• Expert in C/C++, not just able to write code, but able to write performant, maintainable code.
• Proficient in developing within an embedded Linux environment.
• Familiarity with virtualization technologies such as docker.
• Ability to analyze a problem and determine the best steps to solve it.
• Ability to participate in the design process, providing insight and guidance.
• Comfortable working with in-circuit emulators, GNU toolchains, gdb and cmake.
• Strict attention to detail.
• Experience with distributed embedded systems.
• Familiarity with Git and Git workflows.
• Dedicated to learning and continuous growth.
• Capable of taking a task assigned to you and demonstrating steady progress, realizing when you are going to be blocked and reaching out early.
• Able to identify unknowns in assigned tasks and go through the discovery process.

• Collaborating with other teams to ensure successful delivery of products.
• Participate in security reviews with the team helping to identify problem areas.
• Assist in finding solutions to the identified problems.
• Participate in preparing, reviewing, and completing project documentation.
• Writing good, maintainable code.
• Work on setting up and maintaining devops pipelines.
• Help with identifying and rectifying security related issues.