Sr. Firmware Test Engineer

Block

5d

About The Position

Proto is accelerating the world's transition to an open economy with products that increase access and independence for everyone. We're building Bitkey, a simple and safe self-custody bitcoin wallet that will put customers in control, as well as hardware and software that will help decentralize bitcoin mining and enable new and innovative use cases for bitcoin mining. We're developing these products in the open - you can read more about them at bitkey.build and mining.build. Within Proto, our Bitcoin Products team delivers the product and go-to-market strategy, software, firmware, and custom silicon needed to make Bitkey and our ambitious mining initiatives a reality. Come build the future of money with us!
The Role
You will:
Focus on ensuring the hardware and embedded software for our mining products are working as intended.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant professional experience in electronics and/or software industries.
• Understanding of product requirements and the ability to create testing strategies and platforms to ensure product compliance.
• Experience with electronics communications protocols (e.g. SPI, UART, I2C, USB)
• Experience with debugging tools (e.g. JTAG, SWD, GDB integrations)
• Experience working with embedded Linux.
• Experience with writing test cases and test plans.
• Excellent communication skills and empathy for team members and customers
• Experience using Python, Go, C, or Rust in automated testing, build systems, or device firmware communication
• Degree in CS, CE, EE, or equivalent practical experience

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of Bitcoin mining
• Experience with oscilloscopes, logic probes, logic analyzers, and digital multimeters
• Experience with tools used for automating API testing
• Experience with tools used for web front-end testing

Responsibilities

• Work closely with electrical engineers and manufacturing test engineers to conduct failure analysis on prototypes and EVT units
• Work closely with mechanical and firmware engineers to test the reliability and performance of our mining products
• Work closely with our tech ops team to conduct analysis on defects reported in the field
• Define test cases and comprehensive test plans for our mining products.
• Create software tools that can automate the process of validating hardware features and firmware used by the device
• Travel to factory sites and testing facilities for up to 25% of the year

Benefits

• Every benefit we offer is designed with one goal: empowering you to do the best work of your career while building the life you want.
• Remote work, medical insurance, flexible time off, retirement savings plans, and modern family planning are just some of our offering.
• Check out our other benefits at Block.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level