Firmware (Embedded) Engineer

Ampacimon Belgium; Town of Belgium (WI); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A Firmware Engineer at Ampacimon Belgium designs embedded software for microcontrollers, DSPs, PLDs, and modems. You will analyze customer needs to determine firmware requirements and drive implementations for new features and products, from feasibility to release.

You will contribute to testing, maintenance, and validation, review code and designs, and support customers and internal teams in an international environment where learning and problem solving are valued.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 3–5 years in electronic firmware development within an industrial setting.

Responsibilities

• Designs embedded applications for microcontrollers, DSPs, PLDs and communication modems.
• Develops maintenance and testing procedures for firmware releases.
• Performs code and design reviews and root cause analyses.
• Provides technical support to customers and internal departments.

Skills

Embedded C/C++ programming

DSP

Real-time systems

Troubleshooting

Education

BS or MS in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Tools

Altium

Mentor Graphics

GoogleTest

Git

Jira

Job description

The Firmware Engineer is part of the Hardware team and reports to the Head of Electronics Development.

The Firmware Engineer designs embedded applications for microcontroller, DSP, PLD, communication modems.

Analyzes customer needs and determine firmware system requirements, recommends embedded platforms and drives implementation of the intended functionality.

Develops maintenance and testing procedures for the firmware releases.

Primary responsibilities

• Responsible for the firmware development of new features and products (from feasibility studies and POCs up to released products).
• Delivers as planned an integral firmware solution (specification, design, implementation, testing).
• Develops and conducts necessary tests for validation/qualification of (sub-)systems.
• Maintains the existing firmware architecture throughout entire product life-cycle.
• Participate to the continuous improvement activities of company’s products and services.
• Performs code and design reviews, root cause analyzes and implements best practices.
• Provides technical support to customers and internal departments.

Specific skills

• Hands‑on experience in embedded code development (C, C++) for data acquisition, digital signal processing and real time measurements.
• Experience with several mainstreams Microcontrollers, DSP and communication platforms: Atmel, Tellit, Texas Instruments, Motorola, u‑Blox
• Skills in CAD Schematic and PCB Layout design (Altium, Mentor Graphics)
• Experience with automated testing and testbench platforms (GoogleTest).
• Experience with DMA and memory management (FIFO, DRAM).
• Experience in programming communication interfaces (I2C, SPI, AXI) and other peripherals.
• Version control (Git), linting tools, scripting skills and ticket tracking (Jira)
• Ability to work in an international environment and remote teams.
• Pragmatic and results oriented.
• Willing to learn new technologies and work on different tasks.
• Comfortable with troubleshooting and root cause analyses.
• Good written and verbal communication (EN, FR) and presentation skills.

Qualifications required

BS or MS in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, or equivalent successful experience in a similar role.

Experience required

Experience 3–5 years in development of electronic firmware design within an industrial company.