Firmware Engineer - HSIO Cables

Title:

Firmware Engineer - High Speed Cables

Location:

Nashua, NH

Amphenol High Speed Products Group is the market leader for high speed, high
bandwidth electrical connectors for the Telecom/Datacom market (Mobile Networks,
Storage, Servers, Routers, Switches, etc.). Our products help to enable the
electronics revolution and remain a key enabler for all the major Tier 1 OEMs
globally. Our global headquarters are located in Nashua, NH and we have design,
sales and manufacturing locations globally. We are expanding our team software
team. We are currently seeking a Firmware Engineer for High Speed Cables to join
our team. The position is located on-site, in Nashua, NH.

Our collaborative software team develops firmware, manufacturing applications,
and various specialty software tools for our hardware engineering teams. The
focus of this position is on firmware that goes into our various cable and
thermal loopback products, including active copper, passive copper and active
optical. This area is rapidly evolving to support ever more complex
communication chips, including DSPs, as well as richer host interfaces, notably
CMIS.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, debug and support of firmware for active high speed IO
cables and thermal loopbacks. This includes working with customers as well as
manufacturers of communication chips chosen
As a key firmware resource, be contributing member of product teams that
turn high speed IO cable concepts into products that then get handed off to
manufacturing.
Provide engineering support to team members working on fine tuning of
communication settings by opening up back doors or interfaces as needed.
Work hand-in-hand with developers responsible for manufacturing applications
Provide firmware support to product qualification, testing, and
manufacturing
Mentor other members as needed
Ensure that all firmware is well documented and can be supported by other
team members
Visit Amphenol manufacturing plants during product ramp up, as needed

Qualifications

BS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering and 5+ years of industry
experience with firmware development on bare metal or equivalent
Hands on experience with ARM Cortex-M0/M0+ and embedded solutions from sub
32KB of Flash and up, including the use of GPIO pins, ADCs, Interrupts.
Good understanding of I2C, including how to debug and support a bit-banged
bus
Experience in developing page-based host interfaces for I2C Slaves, such as
is used by Small Form Factor devices or CMIS
Working knowledge of SWD style debugging
Comfortable working in a team that shares code and with peer reviews of code
Hands-on experience with source code control systems, including a habit to
make regular check-ins
Excellent interpersonal communication skills, strong English reading and
writing ability
Self-starter, able to work efficiently without having all details or
requirements laid out on the table
Dynamic and adaptable personality, able to think out of the box

Preferred Qualifications

Work experience in multi-disciplinary engineering teams
Accustomed to working in a global, hybrid environment, using tools such as
Teams and Zoom

Experience with I2C and SPI buses
Experience working with a logic analyzer
Understanding of Signal Integrity theory and practice
Familiarity in working with low level hardware interfaces and reading chip
data sheets
Experience working with high-speed communication equipment, including
knowledge about SFF standards

Working experience with Digital Signal Processors
Experience working with prototype hardware and lab settings
Ability to improvise testing setups with bread boards and jumpers
Hands on experience with Keil
Working knowledge of C8051 8-bit MCUs
Comfortable working in C++, preferably using Visual Studio
Experience using SVN
Familiarity with Linux and traditional command line interfaces