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Firmware Engineer

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Firmware Engineer

January 24, 2024

Direct Report: Chief Technical Officer

POSITION PURPOSE

Bluefin Innovations is a small product development firm that provides embedded devices to companies in the DMV area. Our company has a highly creative culture of hands-on engineers with diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise. We’re looking for a highly-motivated Firmware Engineer to design embedded systems that employ lightweight processors on the high-density PCBs we design & develop in-house.

JOB FUNCTIONS

  • Design and implement embedded hardware control-logic and low-level data protocols interfacing a main processor with different sub-systems.
  • Perform firmware development over the full engineering lifecycle across multiple projects.
  • Establish firmware, software, hardware interface requirements to satisfy product performance goals.
  • Support interfacing disciplines such as firmware, mechanical, RF, hardware, integration& test, and project management.
  • Board bring-up, verification/validation, integration, supporting manufacturing test for production.
  • Provide technical assistance for prototype, pilot, and production support.

SPECIFIC JOB KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

  • Hands-on experience in prototype bring-up and debugging, verification, and manufacturing support.
  • Proven experience in embedded systems design with preemptive, multitasking real-time operating systems. (FPGA, Barebone, ARM, Linux and RTOS)
  • Solid programming experience in C or C++ for embedded systems.
  • Hands-on experience in working with engineering lab equipment. (Oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, frequency generators, etc.)
  • Experience with digital peripheral interfaces (UART, CAN, SPI, USIM, I2C, USB, JTAG, MII/GMII/RGMII/SGMII,etc).
  • Good understanding of digital/baseband hardware and PCB design.
  • Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
  • Proficient user of GitHub and Microsoft Office 365.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience with proof of exceptional ability.

Preferred Experience

  • 3-7 years relevant work experience in firmware design, implementation, and test.
  • Experience using Keil ARM software development environment.
  • Experience working with wireless (LTE/WiFi/BT/GPS) system development is a plus.
  • Design experience with microcontrollers, ARM based processors and PMICs.
  • Experience and/or knowledge of mass spectrometry is a plus but is not required.
  • FPGA software development experience across multiple families (Intel, Xilinx) is a plus.
  • Good understanding of various network protocols. (TCP/IP, RIP, LLMNR, DHCP, UDP, 10Base T, 802.11, RTSP)
  • Excellent troubleshooting skills with analysis and debugging ability on board bring up.
  • Solid knowledge in High Speed Digital interfaces such as: Memory Bus I/F (eMMC,LPDDR3/LPDDR4 SDRAM, PCIe, SDIO, etc.)
  • Experience with handling multiple data streams simultaneously is a plus. (Save to local file and stream to cloud)

Location

  • Work is 4 days/week on-site at our facility in Sterling VA, and 1 day/week remote if desired.

Licenses or certificates

  • No licenses or certificates are required.

Work Authorization

  • Must be US Citizen.
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