Staff Engineer, Firmware Development

Landis + Gyr Technology, Inc.Staff Engineer, Firmware DevelopmentAlpharetta, GAResponsibilities: Lead the development of firmware components for the Engineering organization. Lead and collaborate with engineers to design, plan, develop, and maintain embedded firmware components for the Firmware Engineering team. Serve as the technical lead for larger projects, establishing technical direction and monitoring project management metrics. Provide leadership in design, development, documentation, and unit testing. Develop specifications, including functional requirements, detailed design, code, and test procedures as part of an agile and iterative SDP team. Identify technical areas for improvement and make detailed business cases for new areas of opportunity within the companys firmware products. Provide support, troubleshoot, and resolve sustaining issues with high quality output and develop and unit test features in the companys software products. Conduct code reviews with the team to improve compliance with established best practices and coding standards and provide detailed and accurate estimates for code development efforts. Optimize code to meet embedded constraints (RAM, ROM, and processor time) and utilize component datasheets, such as non-volatile memory devices, microcontrollers, and DSPs. Use emulators, oscilloscopes, and various other firmware and software testing equipment and apply knowledge of C and assembly programming, debugging, and scripting languages. Work with various software packages such as revision control and issue tracking to ensure on-time delivery and quality adherence for all firmware development projects.Salary: $150,000/yearRequirements: Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or a related field and five years of experience in the job offered or five years software development experience. Experience must include five years each of the following: firmware development for an embedded system; solid-state water meter (encoder) or Meter Reader development system; AMI and Smart Grid Systems and Solutions; automated testing and tools; creating test automation frameworks; programming with C/C.Experience must also include two years development using embedded RTOS, Source Code Control tools, and IAR; interfacing to serial ports, A/D and D/A converters, and RAM/Flash memories. Experience may be gained concurrently.