Senior Firmware Engineer

Company Description

Cricut® makes smart cutting machines that work with an easy-to-use app, an ever-growing collection of materials, and crafting essentials to help you design and personalize almost anything — custom cards, unique apparel, everyday items, and so much more.

Let’s make.

Overview

We believe everyone is born creative. We’re a diverse tapestry of thinkers, dreamers, givers, DIYers, handi-workers, artisans, and forever and always architects of things.

At Cricut, we place the power of handmade into the hands of all. We give you beautiful, easy-to-master tools so you can make something unique, remarkable, perfect. We surround you with ideas, community, inspiration, and encouragement to take your creativity further than you ever imagined. And as a community, we celebrate the exhilarating act of making every single day.

So, make that handcrafted card that feels like a hug. Design a shirt for fun, for family, or for a full-blown business. Craft with a passion or for a purpose. Make something big and bold, itsy-bitsy, amazingly ambitious, or just plain silly. Whatever you make, just make your heart out. Because here’s the remarkable truth: When we all make together, we make all things possible.

Let’s make.

Job Description

Cricut is looking for a Firmware Engineer to facilitate the rapid development, prototyping, and debugging of firmware for embedded electromechanical systems, software test tools, and manufacturing support software. Additional responsibilities include code architecture definition, revision control and bug tracking. The creation and review of documentation are additional key responsibilities. Contributions to product definition and development methodology are also required.

Duties/Activities:

• Embedded firmware code development, testing, and optimization
• In-Depth microcontroller programming including development of bootloader code and board bring up.
• Develop and tune motor control system related to PID motor control
• Analyzing and developing firmware, along with integrating existing products with each other
• Provide tools and support for engineering prototyping efforts
• Support firmware update testing and deployment
• Debugging low level hardware interfaces (USB, UART, PWM, GPIO, etc).
• Integration with software team for multi-platform development
• Development of internal software tools to support testing
• Customer technical support
• Multi-platform code development
• Creation and review of documentation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering. Computer Science degrees only with significant embedded software experience
• At least 3+ years experience with embedded software development
• Ability to read and interpret circuit schematic diagrams
• Ability to design electrical control circuits a plus
• Strong hardware and software/firmware development skills
• Experience with Device Drivers (Linux, Windows, Mac OS)
• Proficient in C/C++, exposure to Python
• Experience with mechanical actuators (motors, solenoids, etc.)
• Knowledge of techniques required to produce robust, fast, and secure code
• Experience with SW security and encryption techniques
• Proficiency at solving problems in a timely manner
• Strong numerical analytic skills

Additional Information

What to Do Next: Please attach your resume including links to your portfolio where applicable. If you want to show your super powers in other ways – include that information too. You can be sure that Cricut® is an employer who values individuality, equality and diversity, so tell us what you’re all about. If you are a Maker or a DIY enthusiast, whether you think you are a good one or not, we would love to hear about it when you send us your information!

At Cricut®, we celebrate inclusion and diversity. Cricut is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions based on merit. Cricut prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual identity, gender identity, marital status, veteran status, nationality, citizenship, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, or any other unlawful consideration. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Cricut participates in E-Verify.