Embedded and Firmware, Alexa Excellence

Amazon; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon’s Devices team in Tamil Nadu is seeking a Software Development Engineer to design and implement firmware across Echo device families. You will work with a cross-functional team, owning firmware from drivers to low-level stack, on Linux/RTOS platforms.

The role requires hands-on embedded C/C++, ARM-based hardware experience and strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and problem solving, with a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of embedded firmware development experience
• Experience in embedded development in C/C++
• Experience in computer science fundamentals (object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving and complexity analysis)
• Experience in one or more of these areas: cameras, sensors and associated algorithm development
• Experience in embedded software design, development and debugging preferably on ARM based platforms
• Experience with RTOS and embedded Linux development
• Board level experience

Responsibilities

• Experience in embedded development in C/C++
• Implement right metrics, debug tools and integrate with backend solutions to measure and improve solutions
• Development experience on Linux and RTOS platforms
• Knowledge of software engineering practices for SDLC, including coding standards, code reviews, version control, build, testing and operations
• Work with cross functional teams to implement technical solutions for features and address customer issues
• Work with teams to improve drivers, stack, memory footprint and application code
• Collaborate with hardware team to ensure correct exercising of hardware and software architecture

Skills

Embedded firmware development

C/C++ programming

Linux

RTOS

Object-oriented design

Data structures

Algorithm design

Problem solving

ARM based platforms

Board level experience

Tools

HAL code

BSPs

Wi‑Fi stacks

Bluetooth stacks

Job description

DescriptionAs a Software Development Engineer you will engage with an

DescriptionAs a Software Development Engineer you will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary team to conceive, design and implement innovative consumer products. Vertically your ownership can span across device framework, network stack, OTA , setup, controllers, drivers, and low level wireless controllers. Horizontally you will be given an opportunity to work across multiple Echo devices. You are expected to have strong working knowledge of Linux and RTOS. You will work closely with the engineering leaders from cross functional teams, technical managers, hardware, operations, application, platform and quality assurance teams. You must be responsive, flexible, and able to succeed within an open and collaborative peer environment. The team is responsible for the entire firmware related user experience and use cases.

Key job responsibilities

• Experience in embedded development in C/C++
• Implement the right metrics, debug tools and integrate with backend solutions to continuously measure and improve on our solutions
• Development experience on Linux and RTOS platforms
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Work with cross functional teams to implement technical solutions for desired features and address customer issues.
• Work with teams to improve and tailor existing drivers, stack, memory footprint and application code to our needs
• Work with the hardware team to ensure correct exercising of hardware and software architecture.

About The Team

The Amazon Devices team designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics, including the best-selling Kindle family of products. We have also produced devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Dash Buttons, and Amazon Echo Family of devices. We are the team that brought you the Echo Show and Echo Spot, touch-screen enabled Alexa devices that supports video calling, music, weather, and more

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of embedded firmware development experience
• Experience in embedded development in C/C++
• Experience in computer science fundamentals (object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving and complexity analysis)
• Experience in one or more of these areas: cameras, sensors and associated algorithm development
• Experience in embedded software design, development and debugging preferably on ARM based platforms
• Experience with RTOS and embedded Linux development
• Board level experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in embedded wireless systems, or experience in computer architecture
• Performed low level board bring-up or developed HAL code or BSPs for custom hardwareDeep hands-on experience in Linux/RTOS framework/drivers and Wi-Fi & Bluetooth stacks

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Company - ADCI - Tamil Nadu

Job ID: A10574955