Lead Embedded Software/Firmware Engineer - Connected Services

What you will do

The Lead Embedded Software/Firmware Engineer will be a key member of the Technology & Architecture Team for Connected Services, reporting to the Director, Technology & Architecture. In this position, you’ll have a unique opportunity to join a newly created business unit and shape solutions for the fast-evolving low voltage space.

The ideal candidate for the Connected Services Lead Embedded Software/Firmware Engineer role embodies Clarios’ behaviors and is driven to play a critical role in creating industry defining experiences for our customers.  This position is responsible for the specification, design and execution of embedded software and firmware for automotive IoT (Internet of Things) solutions as part of the Connected Service business unit. This is a cross-functional role that encompasses a broad range of knowledge and skillsets, and often involves working in collaboration with the AI/ML, IT and Core Product Engineering & marketing teams. Leverage embedded software design standards and tools as part of solution design and documentation, deep technology innovation, and design expertise to align with BU objectives and timelines.

How you will do it

• Work closely with the Technical Lead, IoT Architect and Director, AI/ML to drive projects progress and results. Proven working experience in software engineering and firmware development.
• Engage with multiple teams both inside and outside to work on the execution of the technical vision and develop a Connected Solutions. Experience programming and coding firmware and software for embedded systems and IoT communications gateways to facilitate device functionality according to specifications.
• Involvement begins at system requirement definition and continues through system verification, test and manufacturing. Be a key contributor in defining the embedded software and firmware architecture and designing for efficiency and reuse.
• Deep understanding of components/modules within wireless communication systems and the corresponding calibration and impairment reduction techniques and develop methods/algorithms to mitigate hardware induced impairments by calibration, cancellation and other applicable techniques.
• Lead external software and firmware development teams, contractors and mentoring junior engineers developing highly efficient designs and delivering outstanding performance, optimizing power and memory footprints while meeting near real time latency requirements.
• Develop test and calibration capabilities for wireless SoCs and module, Wireless PHY firmware architecture and design, including calibrations, real-time processing flows, collaboration with RF hardware, microcode, and MAC layer.
• Familiar with automatic calibration and verification processes, system, unit and regression testing.
• Coordinate and participate in architecture, requirements, design, code, and test case reviews.
• Reverse engineering of embedded hardware, decompiling/disassembly of embedded code, and protocol analysis.
• Design and implement complex data analysis, data routing, and/or control systems algorithms.
• Interpret and report testing results and be a vocal proponent for quality in every phase of the development process.
• Strong ability to integrate various components from different vendors into a fully functional and coherent system.

What we look for

• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, electronic & electrical engineering, physics, or a comparable degree
• Minimum of five (5) years of professional experience with strong embedded SW fundamentals, including knowledge of design and development-flows, real-time constraints, concurrency, multi-processor systems, caching and virtual memory.
• Deep understanding of data structures, object-oriented design, and system architecture in an embedded environment
• Strong software engineering skills including design, development (using C, C++), scripting (Python), and debugging. Experience with C, C#, Linux, JAVA, Python, Agile, GIT, HDMI, and FPGA software and systems.
• Familiarity with low-level hardware interfaces, register and interrupt programming, bare-metal software development, clock and power management.
• Strong understanding of design strategies for maintainability, scalability, and code reuse.
• Hands-on experience and working knowledge of wireless systems and protocols such as Zigbee, Bluetooth, LoRa, Cellular CAT-M, LTE-M, CAT1bis, and other relevant protocols. 
• Extensive experience with embedded Linux and embedded C.
• Fluent in operating systems, unit testing, algorithm design, and computing.
• Proficiency with full stack development.
• Experience with modern data platforms and architecture and interacting with Data and Clouds teams.
• Strong commu