Senior Firmware Engineer

Sphere Defense; Brussel; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Stock Options Plan eligibility

Mobility Budget

32 days of holidays

Private Health insurance

Year-end bonus eligibility

Résumé du poste

Sphere Defense in Brussels, Belgium, seeks a Senior Firmware Engineer to design and build reliable embedded systems for autonomous countermeasures with MCUs and RTOS.

You will join a small, high-performing team, own complex firmware, bring-up hardware with the hardware team, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines and documentation while mentoring peers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics or equivalent.
• 8+ years in relevant role with ownership.
• Experience with MCUs/MPUs running bare-metal and RTOS.
• Proficiency in C/C++ and Python.
• Experience with device drivers and board bring-up, including BSP creation.
• Ability to produce high-quality technical documentation.
• Experience with SIL/HIL CI/CD processes.
• Experience integrating sensors and peripherals (IMUs, Hall sensors, etc.).
• Excellent English communication; French or Dutch a plus.

Responsabilités

• Design and develop autonomous countermeasure firmware for aerial threats.
• Architect, develop and test high-performant firmware with sensing, processing and actuation; low latency.
• Bring-up boards and systems with hardware team; meet functional and performance requirements.
• Troubleshoot and debug issues as they arise.
• Establish CI/CD pipelines focusing on QA aspects.
• Be a team player and mentor, supporting the team as needed.

Connaissances

C/C++

Python

RTOS

Bare-metal

System design

Device drivers

Board bring-up

CI/CD

English proficiency

Mentoring

Formation

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics

Outils

Linux

Yocto

BSP creation

Oscilloscope

Multimeter

REST

gRPC

BLE/WiFi

Description du poste

Sphere Defense is a fully funded technology startup with the mission of providing allied countries with sovereign, effective and seamless autonomous countermeasures to neutralize todays’ and tomorrow’s aerial threats.

Sphere Defense was founded by industry veterans with previous successful exits, and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, in the heart of Europe.

About you

You are an experienced and highly-motivated Senior Firmware Engineer that has extensive experience with MCUs running bare-metal and RTOSs, and is experienced with building highly reliable embedded, mission-critical systems. Ideally, you have worked with autonomous systems.

What you’ll do

• Be one of the first members of a high-performing team, designing and developing autonomous countermeasures to protect allied countries from aerial threats
• Architect, develop and test high-performant and reliable firmware systems that encompass sensing, processing and actuation with low latency
• Together with the hardware team, bring-up boards and systems, ensuring that all intended functional and performance requirements are met
• Troubleshoot and debug problems, ensuring that issues are addressed as they appear
• Establish sophisticated CI/CD pipelines, focusing on QA aspects
• Be a team player and a mentor, being available to support the team when needed

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics or equivalent
• At least 8 years in relevant role, with increasing levels of ownership
• Demonstrated experience in the role, owning complex systems based on MCUs and MPUs running bare-metal and RTOS
• Proficiency in C/C++ and Python
• Experience with bare-metal and RTOS firmware systems
• Deep experience with System Design of complex and reliable autonomous systems
• Ability to produce high-quality technical documentation
• Experience with Device Drivers development and Board Bringup, including BSP creation
• Experience with lab equipment (oscilloscope, multimeter, etc.) for board bring-up and debug
• Experience with implementing and maintaining complex. multi-stage, SIL/HIL CI/CD processes
• Experience integrating sensors and peripherals such as IMUs, Hall sensors, network devices, etc.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills in written and spoken English; French or Dutch is a plus
• You are a self-starter, able to work in a high-ambiguity environment and willing to take up new challenges

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Linux and Yocto-based embedded systems
• Experience with the PX4 Flight Controller or other flight controllers
• Proficient in Rust
• Experience with ST and NXP chipsets
• Experience with server communication (REST, gRPC, etc.)
• Experience with Mobile Apps integration (BLE, WiFi)

What we offer

• Attractive compensation
• Year-end bonus eligibility
• Stock Options Plan eligibility
• Mobility Budget
• 32 days of holidays
• Private Health insurance

This role is only open to candidates with right to work in Belgium. We cannot provide visa sponsorship at this time.