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Firmware Engineer

Firmware Engineer

HumCapPlano, TX, TX, US
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Responsibilities for a typical software / firmware engineer may include many of the following :

  • Work with customers and project lead to refine requirements
  • Assist with system architecture and high-level hardware design
  • Develop software, embedded software and firmware per requirements on a variety of platforms, from embedded systems, to Microsoft Windows, to Linux
  • Assist with hardware bring-up
  • Integrate software / firmware with customer’s hardware platform(s)
  • Produce design release packages for delivery to customers, including external documentation of source code and protocol specifications
  • As required, meet with customer(s) to discuss project status and to resolve problems

The following is a list of skills and experiences that we find attractive in candidates.

  • BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related engineering discipline, MS degree preferred
  • Minimum 7 years software / firmware development experience
  • Must be proficient in C / C++
  • Experience with hardware / software integration in embedded systems
  • Thorough understanding of networking protocols and techniques
  • Hands-on experience with logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, etc
  • Strong written and oral communications skills
  • Excellent troubleshooting / diagnostic capability
  • Experience with and discipline in using revision control systems

    • Because the skill sets needed for each project vary, we expect all candidates to be able to learn new skills and adapt to quickly-changing technology. If you have experience across a number of these technologies, we want to talk with you :

    Processors

  • TI MSP430 microprocessors
  • Microchip PIC microprocessors
  • Freescale / Motorola Coldfire and PowerPC microprocessors
  • ARM 7 / 9 microprocessors
  • Intel x86 microprocessors
  • TI Power-efficient and high-performance DSPs

    • Operating Systems / Languages

  • Windows
  • Visual Studio 6.0 through 2013 (both MFC and .Net)
  • Mobile
  • Linux
  • Java, Perl, CGI, PHP, XML
  • MySQL and PostgreSQL database applications
  • Web-based GUIs
  • Device drivers
  • Eclipse
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