Senior Firmware Engineer

Sphere Entertainment Co. is a leader in immersive experiences, technology and media. The Company includes Sphere, an experiential medium powered by advanced technologies. The first Sphere opened in Las Vegas, with a second venue planned for Abu Dhabi. In addition, the Company includes MSG Networks, which operates two regional sports and entertainment networks, MSG Network and MSG Sportsnet, as well as a direct‑to‑consumer and authenticated streaming product, MSG+, delivering a wide range of live sports content and other programming.

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This position is with Advanced Electronic Designs, Inc. (AED), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Sphere Entertainment Group, LLC (Sphere). The policies and benefits applicable to employees of AED (and this position) may be different than those applicable to employees of Sphere.

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 partnered with Sphere Entertainment in the design, development, engineering, and manufacturing of the groundbreaking Big Sky camera system – an ultra‑high resolution camera system and custom content creation tool that was created to capture the stunning images and video required for the world’s highest resolution LED screen  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 a highly proficient 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.

Experience:

• 10+ 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.
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