Firmware Engineer lll

Hutchinson•Woburn, MA

3h•Onsite

About The Position

Midé is a research and development company focused on sensors and smart materials. We help drive innovation for our parent company, Hutchinson who are a global supplier to the automotive, aerospace, defense, and industrial markets. Midé’s R&D will help Hutchinson work towards vehicle electrification and distributed industrial sensing, especially industrial internet of things (IIoT) solutions. We have a diverse set of projects ranging from innovative uses of smart materials to data acquisition and signal analysis software. We are a great place to learn, as well as a place that rewards people who have drive and their own ideas. Midé has a small company feel with about 60 people working out of our Woburn office, including over 20 engineers divided between software, electrical, mechanical, and aerospace. Midé has successfully transitioned a number of its R&D programs to successful product lines ranging from wireless data loggers to critical safety seals used on US Navy ships. NOTE: Midé conducts a significant amount of work for the Department of Defense, and this position may require participation in defense work.

Requirements

Must be a US person (citizen or permanent resident)
Software design and architecture experience. C is highly preferred, C++ and similar languages are also acceptable
Interest in project management
Experience with microcontrollers and direct access to peripherals. ARM Cortex M-series processors (i.e. STM32, EFM32, etc.) are highly preferred
Experience working on devices without an operating system and interfacing with peripherals directly
Ability to read schematics, circuit diagrams, and PCB layouts
Expert debugging skills using SWD/JTAG, protocol/logic analyzers, and oscilloscopes
Effective verbal and written communication skills
BSE (EE, ECE, CS, or similar) required
6+ years firmware or embedded software experience required

Nice To Haves

Experience with STM32 microcontrollers
Wi-Fi / lwIP networking in low-power and embedded contexts like the ESP32 platform
Some familiarity with IoT and Cloud (particularly Azure) systems, including MQTT, IoT Edge, and cloud fundamentals
Embedded multitasking operating systems like FreeRTOS
Implementing serial protocols such as I2C and SPI
Effective use of DMA engines, clock management, and sleep states
Proficiency in Python
Experience with Git, GitHub, and the GitFlow process including pull requests, code reviews, and branches
Some project management experience, particularly managing cross functional teams
Personnel management and mentorship abilities, although will not be a manager immediately
Experience with translating highlevel product needs into detailed firmware requirements and architectural specifications
Experience designing low power data acquisition systems
Advanced object-oriented and software architecture skills
Standard and lower-power radio protocols (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee/other 802.15.4, ANT, etc.)
Signal processing, such as Fourier Transforms, PSD, filters, and resampling
Experience with Linux or SBCs like Raspberry Pi
Familiarity with circuit simulation tools such as LTSPICE
Schematic capture and PCB layout (Altium)
Experience with smart materials such as piezoelectric actuators or piezo sensors
Low power hardware design
Building projects with CMake
Experience writing detailed technical reports and/or proposals