Embedded Systems Firmware Engineer

Overview

Job Title: Embedded Systems Firmware Engineer

Location: Phoenix, AZ

Employment Type: Contract-to-Hire

Industry: Semiconductor

Compensation: $67/hour

Schedule: 40 hrs/Week

• As an Embedded Systems Firmware Engineer, work with a multi-discipline team to design and build advanced thermal control systems used in semiconductor device testing.
• Assist with precise temperature control during test as higher-power ICs push thermal limits, increasing complexity.
• Design and implement embedded firmware solutions for subsystems involving microcontrollers, hardware interfaces, and Linux-based systems.
• Design and develop firmware for driver/HAL, FreeRTOS, or bare-metal platforms (notably ATMEGA and STM
  32).
• Develop embedded firmware in C++ for ARM-based Linux systems with touchscreen user interfaces.
• Own and execute embedded firmware projects or subsystems with minimal oversight.
• Implement application-layer communication using TCP/IP and serial bus protocols.
• Collaborate with system and hardware engineers to implement firmware features supporting thermal control systems.
• Interface with analog and digital hardware (ADC, DAC, PWM).
• Develop automated regression and system-level tests.
• Build internal tools and Windows/Linux desktop applications to support development, testing, and manufacturing.
• Support embedded products through development, production, and field use: validation, test, and support.

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Physics.
• 5+ years of experience in embedded system programming in C or C++.
• 5+ years of experience programming and configuring Linux, particularly in near-real-time control environments.
• 5+ years of experience with TCP/IP Sockets, RS-232, RS-485, I2C, and SPI.
• 5+ years of experience interfacing to low-level analog hardware via ADC, DAC, DIO, and PWM.
• 5+ years of experience using standard software development methods (e.g., Git, issue tracking, code review).

• Assembler knowledge is desirable.
• Experience using C to develop embedded applications with driver/HAL, FreeRTOS, or bare-metal microcontroller environments.
• Proven application programming experience on Linux-based platforms requiring multi-process/multi-thread with resource sharing.
• Ability to understand electrical schematics and design low-level drivers using IC datasheets as reference.
• User interface programming experience.
• Experience using Yocto for creating custom Linux distributions.
• Design and maintenance responsibility for embedded products across full product life cycle.
• Qt programming.
• Python programming.
• C# programming (Visual Studio).
• System test engineering.
• Electronic hardware troubleshooting and design (schematic capture and PCB).
• System architecture/design and IC test or burn-in.

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check.
• Equal Opportunity
  
  Employer:
  
  Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, Talent Rise, Viaduct).
• Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.