Senior Principal Firmware Engineer, IoT

CHEP helps move more goods to more people in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets crates and containers. We employ approximately 13000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model the worlds biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently safely and with less environmental impact.

What does that mean for you Youll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere and small enough to get you there sooner. Youll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. Youll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through ourHybrid Work Model.

Key Responsibilities May Include:

• Translate complex system requirements into design specifications and develop firmware applications for low-power small-system environments.
• Design develop document and test I/O communication protocols and device drivers for embedded systems.
• Manage and maintain source code repositories ensuring version control and efficient development practices.
• Develop tracking and sensor telemetry applications for real-time LPWAN or Cellular IoT networks.
• Optimize firmware solutions to enhance network performance signal quality and power efficiency.
• Implement and lead improvements in software development methodologies including unit test strategies.
• Participate in technical design reviews to improve code quality system architecture and deployment processes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful integration and post-deployment support.

POSITION PURPOSE

As a hands-on Architect/Senior Manager you will architect design build and test embedded firmware systems for IoT asset tracking device this role you will participate in the definition of architecture and implementation of designs in both prototype and shipping products as well as demonstrate good development practices and seamless collaboration.

Engineering for device systems spans deep collaboration across engineering disciplines (HW design Test Architects PMs and Cloud software teams). Our engineers drive concepts into prototypes and prototypes to products.

MAJOR / KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Translate system requirements into design specification. Develop firmware applications within constraints of small low-power systems operating in a challenging environment

Manage firmware features and debug for existing products in markets while also developing new products.

Manage customer features configuration changes and debugs working with Customer support teams.

Manage silicon vendors SDKs IT Cloud Security Cyber stakeholders.

Develop tracking and sensor telemetry applications for real-time Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) or Cellular IoT networks

Develop coordinate and implement improvements in software development methodology and leading practices including requirements definition specification development and unit test strategies.

Participate in technical reviews for design and implementation for deployment and support processes.

MEASURES

Product prototypes which can be tested resulting in a minimally viable product to enable our Digital team to gather the data needed to derive the IoT data resulting in intelligence gathering from field.

AUTHORITY / DECISION MAKING

Working autonomously or having limited access to immediate manager

Working in a matrix environment

KEY CONTACTS

Internal: Engineering and Project Management

External: External vendors specific to choosing the technology or products that will be used in the engineering of the device

QUALIFICATIONS

Experience with embedded software design and programming in C/C for development debugging testing and performance analysis

10-15 years of experience in embedded software development

Experience working with embedded/IoT firmware platforms with FreeRTOS or Zephyr or similar OS.

Experience building software for embedded/IoT systems or custom SoCs

B.S. degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience

Desirable:

Experience with lab instrumentation for power performance tuning SDKs analysers for debugging IoT systems

Experience delivering electronics devices in Consumer IoT Embedded markets

Demonstrated expertise in one or several of the following areas - communication protocols (TCP/IP Bluetooth Wi-Fi) computer vision sensors cellular

EXPERIENCE

10 years of related experience in embedded systems.

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

Architect/Design of embedded software engineering activities and provide technical leadership and guidance to team members

Analyze design develop and debug firmware for a wide variety of tracking devices including GPS Cellular Wi-Fi / BLE

Be a go-to person to escalate the most complex development performance and evaluation issues that require in-depth knowledge of product-focused firmware development

Be the go-to guy for head of firmware engineering in the definition and execution of long-term roadmaps in partnership with architects hardware designers SW team

Support all phases of hardware development including early architecture requirements definition EVT DVT PVT.

Proven track record in managing engineering teams and external contractors

Knowledge of communication protocols: I2C SPI USART I2S PCM.

Experience with sensors accelerometers gyro GPS humidity temperature

Experience with Wi-Fi BLE and Cellular IoT solutions is a plus.

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