Job Description

Description

Kickr Design is looking for an exceptionally talented, driven and detail oriented Senior Firmware Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate has a passion for new product development in a variety of industries (Medical, IoT, wireless communication, robotics, industrial and many more), is capable of juggling multiple projects at one time while maintaining excellent organization and can demonstrate an ability to quickly and creatively solve problems. The position also requires an individual that owns his/her projects, works well in teams and interacts with clients. You will be working closely with Designers, Engineers, Customers and Vendors to make sure that all projects are on-schedule and run as smoothly as possible.

The ideal candidate will be excited to contribute to a positive motivating work environment while helping to support the team and continue to grow our very strong design and engineering team. They will have worked in multiple industries as an engineer and have a strong breadth of knowledge in both embedded systems/firmware development to breadboarding and collaborating with EE teams on custom PCB bring up. 

You will focus on contributing to our new product development projects, medical projects, and have the ability to advise our customers on efficient and effective approaches in these areas. Innovation mindset and situational awareness are key. Knowledge of the med device industry is a plus. As a Senior Firmware Engineer you will be providing technical leadership on projects (Firmware architecture/implementation and team/customer guidance), participating in technical reviews on projects, working to help ensure project success, and contributing on all aspects of the Firmware design from architecture to implementation, prototyping, testing and manufacturing. You will manage your projects from concept through manufacturing, participate in brainstorms, collaborate with team members, and help coordinate on time deliveries. In some cases you will work directly with clients to develop a shared understanding of expectations, scope, and budget to ensure we can deliver exactly what they are looking for. This position requires both technical and customer-facing communication skills.

Kickr Design is the south-east's fastest growing product development and engineering firm. With over 30 engineers, a full prototype shop and strong manufacturing capabilities we build products from medical and automation to consumer goods and process equipment. We are located conveniently in West Mid-town and are a high-energy and motivated team looking for our next star player! We are excited for your application and are looking forward to you joining us. Contact us today!

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (or higher)
• 15+ years in microcontroller firmware programming
• Excellent communication skills developed through experience working directly with clients and engineering teams
• Strong experience in C/C++ firmware development, especially in embedded systems
• Strong Experience writing and debugging microcontroller firmware, e.g. Nordic, NXP Kinetis, STM32, Microchip PIC/dsPIC
• Strong experience with firmware debugging techniques and instrumentation, GDB, Valgrind, etc.
• Strong understanding of Yocto, bitbake to build embedded Linux systems
• Strong understanding of Linux system configuration, package management, BSP, image generation
• Strong understanding of inter-process communication
• Experience configuring and deploying Linux in a production environment
• Experience developing real-time control systems
• Experience with embedded GUI development, Qt QML preferred
• Experience working in multidisciplinary team and using Github for source control
• Experience with embedded security
• Experience with of continuous integration and continuous deployment.
• Familiarity Python and/or Matlab preferred
• Familiarity with and experience with RTOSes like Zephyr, FreeRTOS, etc.
• Familiarity with real-time computer vision techniques and multithreading
• Understanding of I2C, UART, SPI, MIPI CSI-2 preferred
• Understanding of networking principles
• Understanding of life-cycle management, over-the-air (OTA) updates
• Circuit board prototyping, assembly and testing
• Medical experience and knowledge of IEC62304 or experience in a highly regulated industry preferred
• Knowledge of schematic design and component selection
• Knowledge of PCB Design (to the extent that you can collaborate with our EE team to help make writing code for hardware efficient)
• Software experience is a plus

Kickr Design is looking for Engineers who can deliver on the following:

• High EQ and excellent situational awareness
• Conceptualization, Architecture and implementation
• Strong creative problem solving solutions tailored to client needs
• Understand client/user needs and propose efficient and effective solutions to help solve them
• Document and communicate progress with team and customers, maintain project schedules and timelines
• Grow into managing a firmware team
• Develop positive working relationships with vendors and clients
• Prioritizing and managing multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
• Medical experience is a plus

Benefits

• Platinum health insurance including dental and vision at no cost to you
• Kickr pays ~40% of cost to have dependents on Kickr provided insurance
• 401K
• Flexible work schedule
• New office space and lab in the Cumberland area
• In office Gym and coffee shop!
• Free t-shirt!

At Kickr Design, we are proud of the company culture we have developed over the past few years by hiring awesome people. Engineers that work here can expect to experience the following on the job:

• Around-the-clock access to fully equipped prototyping studio for limitless experimentation
• Variety in project size, type, and industry
• Flexible working hours and scheduling
• Creative, collaborative, multidisciplinary teams led by engineers
• Cutting-edge technologies and research projects
• Relaxed work environment where fun is encouraged

Salary Range: 135,000 - 190,000

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