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Embedded Firmware Engineer

Sweden Opportunity

AGENCY ENQUIRY


Summary

The Firmware Engineer will be working with our customer-facing engineering team, other internal engineering teams and partners to define requirements from customer inputs, create interfaces to our force/pressure sensors, produce data calibration and linearization algorithms, and communicate data to other systems. The engineer will use his/her technical background to devise innovative solutions for these requirements and will have the opportunity to work with a variety of microcontroller architectures, though our primary targets are ARM Cortex core based. The Peratech Product and Solutions Development team is in central Stockholm and the postholder will be located there. The engineer will be part of a global solutions team, with colleagues and internal and external customers all over the world. Therefore, this job could include around 30 travel days a year internationally, especially to Asia.

Duties and Reponsibilities

  • Works with technical sales team and other engineers to define product specifications from functional requirements and determine firmware integration needs.
  • Develop, test and deploy firmware solutions and ideas for integrating Peratech sensors into a variety of system applications in diverse industry segments and embodiments. (e.g. mobile, consumer electronics, robotics, IoT, industrial, smart home, automotive, health/medical diagnostics, etc.)
  • Use innovative signal analysis techniques to characterize signal coming from our sensor systems
  • Collaborates with our UX/UI and mechanical engineering teams as well as with internal and external customers on a global basis to provide innovative pressure/force-sensing solutions
  • Devises and implements advanced sensor calibration, linearization, correction and classification algorithms in the embedded firmware environment
  • Provides documentation of code in an easy-to-understand form, to allow extensive reuse of functions

Education and Experience

  • Qualified to a minimum of BSc level in Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline. Preference will be given to candidates with an MSc degree in any of the above disciplines
  • At least five years' experience in firmware engineering with a proven ability to deliver products on time and on budget
  • Experience in creating well structured, easy-to-understand code, with excellent documentation
  • Fluency in spoken and written English, with communication skills at a professional level
  • Proven ability to work in a multinational environment
  • A valid work permit for working in the EU with at least one-year validity
  • Ability to work in Stockholm

Desired Experience

  • ARM Cortex embedded firmware development in C, C++ with high levels of optimization in the form of firmware libraries, with the ability to produce assembler code if necessary
  • Creating code modules for RTOS environments (e.g. FreeRTOS, Zephyr)
  • Signal analysis and characterization in low-power environments
  • Creation of bootloaders
  • Implementation of embedded communications protocols, including USB, Bluetooth, I2C. SPI and UART
  • A basic knowledge of electronics for system architecture, with the ability to read and understand schematic diagrams

Additional Useful Experience

  • Writing code for other MCU types beyond ARM (e.g. PIC, Arduino)
  • Source control via Azure DevOps, GIT
  • Realization of automated testing platforms and unit tests
  • Experience designing modules for human machine interfaces, such as control panels and membrane switches, touch screens, track pads, keypads, dials, controls and other physical interfaces into handheld or fixed electronics devices
  • Integration of AI/ML code modules in the embedded environment

What We Offer

  • You will work with cutting edge technology
  • Great development opportunities, as you will be working with a very professional team, in a tech savvy company - a company that supports your development
  • A very dynamic environment, in a company with a strong development
  • Comprehensive terms
  • Full time employment based in our facilities in central Stockholm, with flexible remote work

Contact and How to Apply

For this recruitment, we have partnered with XLNT Search. Should you have queries regarding these roles or the recruitment process, please contact Ulf Magnusson, +46 70 569 09 28 or mail ulf.magnusson@xlnt.se

https://jobb.xlnt.se/jobs/4170540-peratech-is-looking-for-an-embedded-firmware-engineer

We apply continuous selection during this recruitment process, so do send us your application promptly.

We are looking forward to your application!

About Peratech

Peratech is a pressure-sensing technology solutions company that provides next-generation touch and haptics solutions to some of the most exciting and innovative companies in automotive, industrial, musical instrument, electronic appliance, and consumer electronics markets. Our patented QTC™ technology sits at the crossroads of Physics and Chemistry, requiring a balance of clever thinking and problem-solving in Materials Science, Mechanical, Software and Electronic Engineering to take full advantage of its properties. We are a small team of passionate technologists, engineers, scientists, and problem solvers looking for the best fellow teammates to help make our company a great success. We are an equal opportunity employer that believes the best people come from all walks of life all over the world.