Firmware Engineer

Yochana; British Columbia; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Part time

Job summary

A tech company in British Columbia is seeking a skilled Firmware Developer with strong experience in design and debugging using assembly and C/C++. The ideal candidate should be knowledgeable about NAND Flash and SSDs, and have capabilities in configuring and debugging ASICs within embedded environments. Candidates should possess strong problem-solving skills and be able to communicate effectively within a team. Familiarity with development tools like Eclipse is preferred.

Qualifications

• Strong firmware design and debug experience using assembly and C/C++ programming.
• Knowledge of NAND Flash, SSD Flash translation layer, wear leveling, garbage collection.
• Experience with mass storage interfaces such as SATA, SAS, NVMe is a strong plus.
• Experience configuring and debugging ASIC register settings in SOC embedded firmware.
• High level of skill in problem reproduction and identifying performance-critical algorithms for optimization.
• Strong skill with ARM development tools and IDEs such as Eclipse.
• Ability to scope and estimate development effort.
• Ability to work and communicate effectively in a team, multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with test equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.

Responsibilities

• Scope and estimate development effort.
• Identify performance-critical algorithms for optimization.
• Configure and debug ASIC register settings in embedded environments.

Skills

Firmware design

C/C++ Programming

Problem solving

Team communication

Multitasking

SATA/SAS/NVMe

ARM development tools

Oscilloscope

Logic analyzer

Eclipse IDE

Troubleshooting

Team communication

Estimation/scope

Tools

Eclipse

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Job description

Strong Firmware design and debug experience using assembly and C/C++ Programming.

Knowledge of NAND Flash, SSD Flash translation layer, Wear leveling, Garbage collection.

Knowledge of mass storage interface such as SATA, SAS, NVMe (Optional but strong plus).

Knowledge of configuring and debugging issues from the usage of register settings of ASICs in an SOC and embedded firmware development environment.

High level of skill in problem re-creation and trapping, and in identifying performance critical algorithms for optimization.

Strong skill in ARM development tools and IDE such as Eclipse.

Ability to scope and estimate development effort.

Ability to work and communicate effectively in a team, able to multitask effectively in fast-paced environment.

Experience in test equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic/bus analyzers.