Firmware Engineer

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Powering Trusted Identities



About the job
Summary

 

As Embedded Firmware Engineer you will deliver new secure applications for a variety of product variants. You will be responsible for design and development of new applications, enhancing existing applications, solving problems, and resolving defects. The Engineer will review requirements, develop the architecture and design of features (including the relevant documentation), develop application prototypes, participate in design and code reviews, and write code (including unit tests). The candidate must be able to become proficient on new task domains quickly, demonstrate technical excellence in his/her personal work as well as contribute to the team’s continued success by sharing technical knowledge. An ideal candidate should have open mind set, be flexible, focused on quality and open to switching to different projects. Our culture is characterized by short decision paths, clear targets and team spirit. We work in multinational environment so fluent English in speaking and writing is a must.

 

Responsibilities

Design and implementation of new secure embedded firmware applications in C, C++, and other languages
Develop low level interfaces (GPIO, UART, I2C, SPI)
Review, maintain and enhance existing code base
Support in the design and development of desktop engineering tools
Documentation and cross functional training of low level concepts
Consult with other engineers to evaluate interfaces between hardware & embedded solutions and operational & performance requirements of the overall system
Prepare, present, and participate in technical discussions and code reviews
Give and receive constructive criticism
Contribute to the continued development of processes to improve the efficiency and quality of development projects; assist in formulating standards and development practices to improve our development processes
Investigate and analyze reported defects to resolve them in a timely manner
Proactively provide status, raise issues, and communicate necessary information to appropriate team members on a regular basis.

 

Desired Skills & Experience

Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
Total 5+ years experience
+2 years of hands-on code development
Applied experience with C and C++ in an embedded Linux environment
Comfortable working at a hardware driver level (GPIO, UART, I2C, SPI)
Experience with bare-metal, RTOS and embedded Linux development
Familiarity with bug tracking tools (particularly Jira)
Working knowledge of source code management and configuration
General knowledge of test frameworks and automated build systems (e.g. Jenkins, NUnit, NAnt)
Ability to complete design related tasks on time with minimal supervision
Some exposure of development through the entire life-cycle including design, architecture, and implementation
Ability to write safe and performant code
Analytical, planning, problem solving and decision-making skills
Excellent organizational and time management skills
Comfortable working with in-circuit emulators, GNU toolchains, gdb and cmake
Preference will be given to candidates with:
Experience with Secure Elements, RFID, NFC, HCE or Bluetooth technologies
Worked within a Scaled Agile Framework
Ability to effectively use and operate oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power supplies, etc.
An understanding of crypto-blocks (DES/AES/RSA/ECC), security protocols suite, and overall firmware security best practices
Experience with Node.js, Rust and/or golang
Familiarity with test driven development

 

Location : Durban, South Africa

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