Firmware Design Engineer

Title: Firmware Design Engineer

Location: Spring, TX (On-site)

Design & Development:

Firmware design to support product changes and new development;

• Design and develop embedded firmware for Interface Systems (subsea / surface)
• Design Tests and Procedures
• Analyse design issues and identify solutions
• Independently evaluate design and execute tests to meet stated requirements
• Create Product Support Documentation
• Participates and facilitates in Design Reviews
• Creation of new Intellectual Property

Product Maintenance & Manufacturing:

• Support Technology Transfer (Documentation and Training)
• Product Support to Operations
• Product Support to Manufacturing
• Troubleshooting of operational issues
• Product Line governance and continuous improvement

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

• Embedded C programming on microcontrollers, and microcontrollers including coding of interfaces to external systems
• C++ programming
• Setting up and developing against different toolchain(s) including but not limited to GCC, CCS, Libero, Vivado etc.
• Experience with configuring embedded Linux operating systems and development environment, using Buildroot, Yocto or other tools.
• Bootloader configuration and debugging, JTAG, SWO.
• Communication interfaces such as SPI/I2C/SCI/CAN/UART
• Industrial communication network systems and communication protocols
• Control algorithms for power supplies and motor drivers
• Understanding of how to work around processing, memory, I/O, timing, and other limitations
• Using basic laboratory instruments efficiently for test and analysis during development (oscilloscope, function generator, logic analyser etc).
• Using common debugging tools to troubleshoot embedded code and implement corrections
• Designing tests including regression tests and unit testing
• Troubleshooting prototype and production tools at Electromechanical Systems level
• Preferable: Knowledge of ARM Cortex architectures