Senior Firmware Engineer

at  Novanta

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Summary
This role is to be responsible for the design and development of electronics hardware.

Primary Responsibilities

• Analyse basic product functional requirements, provided by the Project Managers/Customers and expand into detailed product requirement architecture definitions.
• Provide technical contributions and leadership as senior individual contributor working on multiple embedded platforms.
• Generation of firmware using C programming language (C++ desirable).
• Prototype functional testing and verification.
• Design/Enhance/bug fix firmware
• Enhancement and support of existing products.
• Work closely with stakeholders and other Engineers.
• Liaise with customers and suppliers as required.
• Mentor/oversee less experienced Engineers.
• Undertake work as per development processes, procedures and specifications.
• Produce firmware technical documentation and repository control.

General Tasks

• Strict compliance with the quality, occupational safety and environmental regulations.
• Comply with company ISO membership requirements.

Required Experience, Education, Skills, Training and Competencies

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Electrical / Computer Engineering.
• Five years+ proven post graduate industrial experience in a related area.
• Demonstrated experience with successful architecture design, creation and delivery of embedded, real-time firmware systems
• An in-depth understanding of embedded RTOS is required, in particular with respect to resource limitations and timing constraints.
• An appreciation for the unique requirements of embedded systems is important, with hands-on experience delivering embedded systems.
• Has a background of working with digital MCU peripherals and communication protocols (Bluetooth, Ethernet, Serial, USB)
• Experience with SW development best practices and supporting / leading performance improvement efforts is also desired.
• A good understanding of embedded hardware elements and the ability to refer to schematic circuit drawings and component data sheets.
• Ability to effectively use oscilloscopes, logic and protocol analyzers, and other standard electronics lab equipment.
• Use of Development Environments as required for firmware development
• Use of Firmware Version Control Systems (VCS).
• Good organisational and analytical skills.
• Able to work on own initiative with minimal supervision
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced team environment
• Ability to document techniques and algorithms for implementation by others
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Good team player with ability to work independently.
• Microsoft Office suite

Travel Requirements

• Occasional

Physical Requirements
None.
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Primary Responsibilities

• Analyse basic product functional requirements, provided by the Project Managers/Customers and expand into detailed product requirement architecture definitions.
• Provide technical contributions and leadership as senior individual contributor working on multiple embedded platforms.
• Generation of firmware using C programming language (C++ desirable).
• Prototype functional testing and verification.
• Design/Enhance/bug fix firmware
• Enhancement and support of existing products.
• Work closely with stakeholders and other Engineers.
• Liaise with customers and suppliers as required.
• Mentor/oversee less experienced Engineers.
• Undertake work as per development processes, procedures and specifications.
• Produce firmware technical documentation and repository control

General Tasks

• Strict compliance with the quality, occupational safety and environmental regulations.
• Comply with company ISO membership requirements