Lead Firmware & Software Engineer - Industrial Control

Fireye Inc.; Derry (NH); On-site; USD 125,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Fireye, located in Derry, NH, seeks a Firmware Engineer to lead firmware product design from concept to completion for industrial controls and flame scanning products. You will design and implement software, mainly in C, for microcontroller-based platforms, and guide the new product development team.

You will also ensure compliance with safety standards, participate in architecture decisions, and mentor teammates through debugging, testing, and validation activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's and/or master's degree in engineering.
• 5+ years of experience developing bare metal firmware.
• 3+ years of experience writing interrupt handlers and device drivers.
• 3+ years of experience testing, debugging, and characterizing sub-systems and systems as well.
• 2+ years of experience with Modbus, SPI, I2C, RS-232, and RS-485.
• Experience with ARM, Silabs, and ST microcontrollers.
• Experience with 'fail-safe' design.
• Experience performing software FMEA.
• Experience with software analysis tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead and participate in the development and specification of new product SW platform architectures
• Develop a solid understanding of the software design-related agency standards which relate to Fireye's business, including IEC 61508 (Functional Safety of Electronic Safety-Related Systems), UL 60730 (Software in Programmable Components), EN 230/298 (Automatic Burner Control Systems), and their impact on product system and functional requirements
• Develop product software, mainly in C, for microcontroller-based product platforms
• Be an expert in the use of SW tools: Compilers/Linkers, debuggers, in-circuit emulators, JTAG emulators, bug-tracking systems, source-code control/build systems, for development/debug
• Design, simulate, develop, and debug advanced control and signal processing algorithms
• Use HW tools such as Oscilloscopes, DVMs, signal generators/analyzers, LabView/other software for development/debug
• Plan to ensure agency approval, platform re-use, testability, manufacturability
• Perform root-cause analysis on failed product
• Periodically required to perform repetitive movements

Skills

Bare metal firmware

C programming

Embedded systems

Interrupt handlers

Device drivers

Debugging

Software FMEA

Fail-safe design

Modbus/SPI/I2C/RS-232/RS-485

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

DVMs

LabView

JTAG emulators

Job description

Fireye, located in Derry, NH, seeks a Firmware Engineer to lead firmware product design from concept to completion for industrial controls and flame scanning products. You will design and implement software, mainly in C, for microcontroller-based platforms, and guide the new product development team.

You will also ensure compliance with safety standards, participate in architecture decisions, and mentor teammates through debugging, testing, and validation activities.