Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer — On-Site Salem

Van Kaizen Limited; Salem (VA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Van Kaizen Limited in Salem, Virginia, is seeking an experienced Embedded Firmware Engineer to design and implement bare-metal firmware for microcontrollers, focusing on time-critical processing and secure interfaces.

The role involves collaborating in a cross-functional team to optimize performance and resource usage, and to enable interfaces such as CAN, Ethernet, USB, and wireless protocols across devices like STM32, dsPIC, NXP, Renesas, TI, and ARM Cortex-M.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering or closely related field (MS preferred).
• 5+ years of embedded firmware experience.
• 5+ years of C development.
• Hands-on firmware for microcontrollers (Microchip dsPIC, STM32, NXP, Renesas, TI, ARM Cortex-M).
• Experience developing bare-metal firmware for time critical processing systems such as A/D sampling, motor control and communications.
• Experience with SPI, I2C, UART, PWM, ADC, Timers, and Interrupts.
• Familiar with industrial and embedded communication protocols including CAN, CAN-FD, Modbus, RS-485, USB, Ethernet, MQTT, BLE, and Wi-Fi

Responsibilities

• Define and develop embedded software in accordance with software design and test requirement specifications, while conducting verification testing during development.
• Play a key role in developing innovative, market-leading electro-mechanical products as part of a cross-functional project team.
• Optimize firmware performance, memory utilization, and computational efficiency within resource-constrained embedded systems
• Code development for configuring/interfacing with real time clocks, Ethernet PHY chips, external memory, and specialty sensors
• Implement security and password access routines and Ethernet communication protocols

Skills

Embedded firmware

C development

Microcontroller development

Real-time embedded systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Microchip dsPIC

STM32

NXP

Renesas

TI

ARM Cortex-M

Job description

Van Kaizen Limited in Salem, Virginia, is seeking an experienced Embedded Firmware Engineer to design and implement bare-metal firmware for microcontrollers, focusing on time-critical processing and secure interfaces.

The role involves collaborating in a cross-functional team to optimize performance and resource usage, and to enable interfaces such as CAN, Ethernet, USB, and wireless protocols across devices like STM32, dsPIC, NXP, Renesas, TI, and ARM Cortex-M.