Firmware/Software Engineer Senior

Zebra Technologies Corporation•Lincolnshire, IL

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

At Zebra, we are a community of innovators who come together to create new ways of working. United by curiosity and a culture of caring, we develop smart solutions that anticipate our customer’s and partner’s needs and solve their challenges. Being part of Zebra Nation means you are seen, heard, valued, and respected. Drawing from our unique perspectives, we collaborate to deliver on our purpose. Here you are part of a team pushing boundaries today to redefine the work of tomorrow for organizations, their employees, and those they serve. You’ll have opportunities to learn and lead in a forward-thinking environment, defining your path to a fulfilling career while channeling your skills toward causes you care about—locally and globally. Come make an impact every day at Zebra. Analyzes, develops, designs, programs, debugs and implements embedded systems for the organization’s products and systems. Develops testing and troubleshooting strategies, devices, and systems for firmware. Integrates firmware to maintain functionality, throughput and consistency. Develops user documentation. This is a hybrid position working on-site at our corporate office located in Lincolnshire, IL for a minimum of 3 days a week. Establishes, implements, and maintains embedded firmware for the organization's Thermal printer products and solutions. Research, design and develop new technology for platform in support of organization ‘s strategy vision. Grow competency on wide range of Product framework, HALs, Linux Kernel drivers from Peripheral and Network communication, and real time controls, and be the go-to-person for questions. Leads requirements meetings for moderately complex firmware design projects. Completes all phases of moderately complex firmware design projects. Reviews firmware test results and root cause analysis. Resolves highly complex technical issues. Reviews changes or upgrades to existing firmware designs. Develops new solutions to unique problems. Identifies issues, and makes recommendations for complex problems. Makes modifications to or upgrades existing firmware designs via patches and generating new code. Enhances and improves existing technologies to apply to new solutions. Develops positive relationships with other company functions involved in the design, test, and implementation processes. Makes recommendations to immediate team to enhance performance and improve product quality. Exercises judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. Advance internal processes to improve efficiency and performance on executions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering or related fields) with 6+ years of relevant experience or Masters degree in Engineering (Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering or related fields) with 4+ years relevant experience.
Significant experience delivering platform product embedded firmware development.
Proven experienced in programming languages C/C++
Experience in the following: ARM architecture, embedded microcontroller architecture, multi-core systems, RTOS, embedded Linux, filesystems, storage memory, networking, platform libraries, etc.
Skills in platform architecture, Object Oriented Programming, software design patterns, devices driver development.

Nice To Haves

Development experience in I2C, SPI, UART, USB, CAN, Modbus, WLAN, PWM, ADC, Bluetooth, Ethernet, others Microcontroller peripheral.
Good knowledge in the use of Oscilloscope, Bus analyzer, emulator and other firmware debugging tools.
Familiar with electrical interface, schematic diagram, electronic component specification and datasheet.
Good understanding in embedded RTOS and POSIX implementation including scheduling policy, synchronization methods, Interrupt Service Routine, external library integration, FileSystems, Memory allocation.
Preferred experience with Stepper motor, network, MQTT, and security.
Participate in Agile (SCRUM/KanBan) development process
Experience of prototype board bring up, bootloader development, ARMCC toolchain is a plus.

Responsibilities

Establishes, implements, and maintains embedded firmware for the organization's Thermal printer products and solutions.
Research, design and develop new technology for platform in support of organization ‘s strategy vision.
Grow competency on wide range of Product framework, HALs, Linux Kernel drivers from Peripheral and Network communication, and real time controls, and be the go-to-person for questions.
Leads requirements meetings for moderately complex firmware design projects.
Completes all phases of moderately complex firmware design projects.
Reviews firmware test results and root cause analysis.
Resolves highly complex technical issues.
Reviews changes or upgrades to existing firmware designs.
Develops new solutions to unique problems.
Identifies issues, and makes recommendations for complex problems.
Makes modifications to or upgrades existing firmware designs via patches and generating new code.
Enhances and improves existing technologies to apply to new solutions.
Develops positive relationships with other company functions involved in the design, test, and implementation processes.
Makes recommendations to immediate team to enhance performance and improve product quality.
Exercises judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
Advance internal processes to improve efficiency and performance on executions.