Senior Embedded Software Engineer

About Recogni   Recogni’s mission is to design a vision-oriented artificial intelligence system for autonomous vehicles from the ground up. The system will deliver unprecedented inference performance through novel edge processing, allowing vehicles to see farther and make driving decisions faster than humans while consuming minimal amounts of energy. We’re looking for self-motivated team members who crave a challenge and feel energized to roll up their sleeves and help realize Recogni’s enormous potential. 
Backed by Celesta Capital, Continental, Robert Bosch, GreatPoint Ventures, Toyota AI Ventures, BMW i Ventures, The Mayfield Fund, and other leading VC partners, the company is headquartered in San Jose, California with additional operations in Munich, Germany.  We value having diverse teams and want you to grow as we grow—whether you’re just starting out in your career or managing a large team, you’ll be amazed at the magnitude of your impact.
    About the role   As a senior member of Recogni's embedded software team, you will be responsible for implementing the software that runs inside a high-performance and low-power convolutional neural network accelerator ASIC that forms the core of the company's flagship perception module product for autonomous driving applications.    Running in the ASIC, this software orchestrates the computational accelerators and system interfaces to form an end-to-end vision perception module that achieves record-breaking computational performance at low power, interfacing with an autonomous vehicle's central path planning system from multiple points on the vehicle. Your responsibilities will be wide-ranging and and run the gamut of full firmware lifecycle including design, development, debugging and ongoing sustaining engineering.   Responsibilities:

• Work as a principal technical contributor in the definition, design, implementation and verification of the embedded software of a high-performance AI-based camera and perception module for ADAS systems.
• Utilize formal design processes to develop embedded software that meets the high-reliability and functional safety requirements of the the perception module.
• Contribute to the selection, integration and debug of real-time operating systems (RTOS).
• Integrate (or develop where necessary) low-level I/O drivers (e.g. Automotive Ethernet, USB, GPIO, etc.).
• Implement cryptographic integrity checking, secure boot (with hard time-to-operational requirements) and over-the-air update lifecycle functionalities for the embedded software.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers designing application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC) in the selection of embedded CPU cores (e.g. ARM, RISC-V, etc.), as well as supporting functionality variants of those cores (e.g. MMU, MPU, VLIW vector units, etc.).
• Perform system bringup, debugging and testing.
• Perform requirements analysis and author high-level and detailed requirements.
• Troubleshoot software issues and fix defects.
• Write test specifications and integration tests.
• Architect and maintain automated software build flows, integrate with continuous integration (CI) systems, and author scripts and utilities.

Required Qualifications:

• B.S. (M.S. preferred) in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience developing embedded software.
• Excellent proficiency in C/C++ programming coupled with a genuine passion for embedded software development.
• Experience with low-level RTOSes (QNX, vxWorks, ThreadX, etc.) and developing device drivers for them.
• Experience with embedded development IDEs and debuggers (gdb, lldb, etc.) and JTAG-based debugging.
• Experience with embedded development tool-chains and cross-compilation methodologies.
• Experience with multiprocessor-based embedded systems.
• Experience with software architecture, development and testing best practices.
• Experience with automated software testing systems for embedded systems.
• Experience with with standard hardware blocks and protocols (MIPI, PCIe, USB, GPIO, I2C, SPI, UART, MMU, DMA, etc.).
• Some experience working with safety critical systems with exposure to DO-178C or ISO 26262 preferred, but is not a must.
• Demonstrable proficiency with test equipment relevant to embedded product development (JTAG, logic analyzers, scopes, etc.).
• Ability to comprehend hardware specs and schematics.
• Familiarity with version control systems (expertise in Git is strongly-preferred).
• Self-starter and highly-motivated to work in a dynamic start-up environment.

Reasons to consider joining Recogni:

• Ground floor opportunity with the team; be part of shaping