Sr. Embedded Software Engineer, Ring

Amazon; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon seeks a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to join their Ring team in Cambridge. This role involves developing advanced camera-centric devices and optimizing firmware for performance metrics such as power consumption and system latency. The ideal candidate is passionate about IoT products and has a strong background in power management techniques.

Qualifications

• Experience in architecture and design of systems.
• Experience programming with modern languages like Java, C++, or C#.
• Extensive background in power management and optimization.

Responsibilities

• Defining power and thermal budgets for system components.
• Optimising firmware for power consumption.
• Monitoring and improving device KPIs.

Skills

Power management

Thermal optimization

Programming in Java

Programming in C++

Object-oriented design

Mentorship

Microcontroller architectures

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS)

Power management protocols (ACPI, PMBus)

Thermal modeling and simulation tools

Job description

Job ID: 3013243 | Evi Technologies Limited

As a Senior Embedded Software Engineer, you will be a core member of a software team, developing Ring's next generation of camera centric devices. Ideal candidate would be passionate about building IOT products. You must be responsive, flexible, and able to succeed within an open collaborative peer environment.

You will obsess over a device's power consumption, battery life, boot time, system latency and other performance KPIs. You will add significant new features and integrate with new hardware and software services.

Key job responsibilities
You will be responsible for
Defining power and thermal budgets for system components
Optimising firmware for power consumption
Designing new features and solutions
Working side by side with partners, colleagues and teams on technical problems
Monitoring and improving device KPIs

About the team
You will join the team that works on Ring devices, including video doorbells, and security cameras. We develop the device firmware which supports popular features such as Live View, colour night mode and motion detection. Our goal is to ensure a secure and reliable product development integrating with the Ring product range, to help Ring on its mission to keep people closer to home.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
- Proven experience with microcontroller architectures
- Extensive experience in power management and thermal optimization techniques
- Deep understanding of CPU/MCU power states, clock gating, and voltage scaling

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
- Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS)
- Advanced power management protocols (ACPI, PMBus)
- Thermal modeling and simulation tools

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