Firmware Engineer II

Join us at Entrust  At Entrust, we’re shaping the future of identity centric security solutions. From our comprehensive portfolio of solutions to our flexible, global workplace, we empower careers, foster collaboration, and build solutions that help keep the world moving safely.  Get to Know Us  Headquartered in Minnesota, Entrust is an industry leader in identity-centric security solutions, serving over 150 countries with cutting-edge, scalable technologies.

But our secret weapon? Our people. It’s the curiosity, dedication, and innovation that drive our success and help us anticipate the future. Entrust is seeking a Firmware Engineer II to work within our product development team. This individual will perform the responsibilities outlined below and other duties as assigned. Join a talented and dynamic team of engineers developing systems used to print and personalize credit cards, passports, driver’s licenses, national IDs and more.

The Entrust Firmware team plays a key role in bringing this wide range of hardware products to life through use of embedded control of motors, sensors, vision systems, and huge variety of personalization technologies, including smart card chip programming, laser engraving, and printing. The team works closely with other Engineering disciplines as well as cross-functional teams to ensure our products meet the highest level of security and integrity, all while achieving industry leading levels of performance.

Responsibilities:

Real-time embedded system software design for control systems in complex machines

Development of requirements, design, coding, testing, debugging, and documentation of embedded software components or applications

Participation in design and code reviews, hardware/software integration and development test Understand and perform design trade-offs in a collaborative team environment

Provide schedule input and communicate status to various levels of management, peers, and team members

Develop or contribute to development and maintenance of policies, practices, and standards

Continuously improve work processes to enable team efficiencies

Resolve product issues through problem evaluation, code modifications, development testing, and coordination with product support team members

Basic Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent technical degree3+ years’ experience with embedded software, hardware and/or firmware in a product development environment

Experience (2+ years) with C++ and/or C in an embedded development environment

Experience with VxWorks, Zephyr, embedded Linux, or other embedded real-time operating system

Experience with revision control systems, e.g. Git, Subversion

Experience with development processes, methodologies, and tools

Experience with unit and integration test methodologies

Must have unrestricted work authorization for US

Preferred Qualifications:

Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science Experience in electromechanical design

Experience with AI workflows

Experience in one or more of the following areas:

Motor control

Smartcard technology

Color printing technologyRFID technology

Security concepts including encryption, PKI and vulnerability mitigation

Laser control

Networking protocolsScripting languages

Proficient at using AI tools to assist with aspects of the development workflow

Exhibits good engineering judgment and decision making

Shows strong analytical and problem solving skills

Displays a high level of initiative and ability to deliver results on technical projects

Ability to work autonomously with cross functional team members

Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to prepare written specifications

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