Senior Firmware Engineer - Bozeman

Who We Are

AED Product Development (AED) is an engineering product design and development firm located in Bozeman, Montana that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sphere Entertainment Co. AED thrives on solving intricate design challenges and developing innovative solutions for a diverse range of industries and technologies. Our environment is fast-paced and engaging, coupled with a healthy work-life balance and competitive compensation. Due to the hands-on nature of the products we develop, staff are required to be present on campus.

When you join our team, you will be part of an exclusive group of forward-thinking engineers developing first-of-kind technologies that make a positive contribution to society.

You are an electrical/computer engineer whose technical breadth spans hardware turn on and debugging through professional software development on embedded systems. You’re a problem solver who works well as part of a team or as a single point of contact on projects, and has a large breadth of experience, especially with embedded systems and Linux development.

• Architect and implement bare metal, RTOS-based, and Linux firmware designs.
• Write code for a wide range of microprocessors and FPGA soft processors on simple to highly complex hardware designs in a wide variety of products.
• Collaborate with HW designers during the design process to optimize HW and FW interoperability.
• Work as a team with HW designers during board turn on and debugging by writing code to exercise peripherals on the board and verify functionality.

• 8+ years of professional firmware development experience.
• Demonstrated ability to estimate and work to individual task durations, and deliver projects on time and on budget.
• Experience managing the codebases of different projects of varying age and level of polish.
• Strong experience developing in an embedded Linux environment.
• Demonstrate a high level of expertise in C and C++.
• Demonstrable expertise developing in Linux.
• Ability to architect an RTOS-based firmware design.
• Experience debugging and troubleshooting hardware, including the use of oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
• Comfortable with Ethernet communications using sockets - datagram, stream, and raw sockets in Windows & Linux operating systems.
• Experience with Python (versions 2.x and 3.x)

• High level of expertise in C and C++.
• Cmake and/or make
• Writing unit tests for your code and understanding code-coverage tools & analytics.
• Ability to quickly navigate, read and learn existing codebases and their patterns.
• Git, Github and/or Git Lab
• Identify opportunities for firmware architecture improvements and process improvements to enhance efficiency and reduce costs and time-to-delivery.
• Best practices and processes for the software development lifecycle.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent.
• Pass a comprehensive background check.
• Candidates must be able to comply with the federally mandated requirements of U.S. export control and ITAR compliance laws, which require proof that the candidate is a U.S. person.
• Professionalism representing AED when interacting with staff, vendors, clients, and the public.
• Organizational skills and the ability to plan, prioritize, and execute tasks independently.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience with FPGA Design in Verilog
• Comfortable with USB HID and USB High Speed Interfaces.

• 401(k) retirement with a company match
• Health, Vision & Dental Insurance
• Life, AD&D insurance
• Vacation and holiday pay
• Relocation assistance