Senior Firmware Engineer

MKS Instruments•Bozeman, MT

About The Position

As an Sr. Firmware Engineer at Newport Corporation, you will partner with Engineering to develop and maintain embedded applications. In this role, you will report to the Engineering Manager. You Will Make an Impact By: • Analyzing, designing, programing, debugging and modifying software for use in and around test and measurement instrumentation. • Interfacing code and timing work with analog and digital hardware and software operating systems • Troubleshooting hardware interaction and determining hardware compatibility and/or hardware design solutions. • Analyze and determine system software test standards and procedures • Migrating firmware from end-of-life ICs to modern replacements • Mitigate products from cybersecurity risks with software that is designed with security in mind.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree or equivalent experience
5 years of related experience
Strong proficiency in C/C++ for embedded systems
Experience working close to bare metal and low level drivers
Hands on experience with microcontrollers and microprocessors (ARM, PIC, 8051, or similar)
Experience developing firmware with or without out an RTOS
Ability to read and interpret schematics and datasheets
Experiencing interfacing firmware with analog and digital hardware via GPIO, ADC/DAC, timers, PWM, interrupts and DMA.
Strong debugging skills using tools such as JTAG/SWD, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes to troubleshoot complex hardware/software integration issues
Experience implementing and debugging communication protocols such as I2C, SPI, UART, USB, Ethernet, CAN or similar.
Experience with code reviews, unit testing, and integration testing.
Understating of secure boot, authentication, firmware updates and vulnerability mitigation.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience developing firmware for industrial, scientific or precision instrumentation.
Experience migrating firmware from old ICs to newer platforms and validating behavior.
Direct knowledge of secure firmware update mechanism
Ability to author clear technical documentation for firmware design and test procedures and effective collaborate with other engineering disciplines.
Experience as a mentor or acting as a technical lead.

Responsibilities

Analyzing, designing, programing, debugging and modifying software for use in and around test and measurement instrumentation.
Interfacing code and timing work with analog and digital hardware and software operating systems
Troubleshooting hardware interaction and determining hardware compatibility and/or hardware design solutions.
Analyze and determine system software test standards and procedures
Migrating firmware from end-of-life ICs to modern replacements
Mitigate products from cybersecurity risks with software that is designed with security in mind.