Firmware Engineer

4 Months ago • 3-5 Years

Software Development & Engineering

Job Description

As a Firmware Engineer at Anki, you will work on bringing robots to life by writing firmware for ESP32-series chips. The responsibilities include designing and architecting firmware, debugging existing code, delivering production-ready code, documenting code, creating test plans, and performing unit testing. This role requires collaboration with other engineers and reporting updates to the team. This role offers a fun, challenging and rewarding environment.

Good To Have:

5+ years of embedded software/firmware development experience.
3+ years of C/C++ programming experience.
2+ years of ESP-IDF experience.
Knowledge of memory management in C.
Experience with Wifi communication and Protobuf.
Experience with communication protocols like I2C, I2S, SPI, etc.
Experience with reading PCB diagrams.
Experience using hardware tools to debug PCB boards.

Must Have:

3+ years of embedded software/firmware development experience.
2+ years of C/C++ programming experience.
1+ years of ESP-IDF experience.
Knowledge of real-time operating systems, specifically FreeRTOS.

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At Anki you will be welcomed to an open, inclusive, and diverse organization. We offer a full slate of benefits from competitive salaries to comprehensive health benefits.

Our work is fun, challenging, and rewarding. Our culture promotes curiosity through on-going learning initiatives, a flexible work environment, and benefits to support work-life balance. We are looking for team members who are innovative, customer and growth-focused, and passionate about solving problems and delighting our customers.

Our team at Anki is working on bringing robots to life. We are looking for an experienced engineer who can work with the ESP32-series chips to write the firmware of the robot. The role will also involve architecting, debugging existing code and delivering production ready code. You will report to the project lead, and also share weekly updates with the entire software team.

Responsibilities:

Working with other firmware engineers to design and architect the firmware of the robot
Taking ownership of various modules and delivering readable code
Documenting code and visualizing architecture using engineering diagrams
Debug existing code
Creating a test plan to deploy a factory firmware using test fixtures
Performing unit testing as necessary on the firmware modules

Basic Qualifications:

3+ years of experience developing embedded software/firmware
2+ years of programming experience in C/C++
1+ years of experience with ESP-IDF
Knowledge of real-time operating systems, specifically, FreeRTOS

Preferred Qualifications:

5+ years of experience developing embedded software/firmware
3+ years of programming experience in C/C++
2+ years of experience with ESP-IDF
Knowledge of memory management in C and developing efficient software for devices with low memory;
Experience with Wifi communication and Protobuf
Experience with communication protocols such as I2C, I2S, SPI, etc.
Experience with reading PCB diagrams.
Experience with being able to use hardware tools to debug PCB boards is a plus.

Education:

Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree in a relevant field is preferred.
In case of no degree, 5 additional years of development experience must be demonstrated using personal/professional projects.

Date: As soon as possible, preferably before the end of August.

Anki is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but we’re considering candidates across the United States. All interviews will be conducted remotely. If you are in the Pittsburgh area and choose to work in the office, the following COVID-19 protocols will be in place.

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