Postes à Durban, Afrique du Sud

As Embedded Firmware Engineer you will work in a close-knit team to deliver new secure applications for a variety of product variants. You will get to work in a fast-paced, cutting-edge environment with a group of highly skilled and enthusiastic engineers. You will be responsible for design and development of new applications, enhancing existing applications, solving problems, and resolving defects. The Engineer will review requirements, develop the architecture and design of features (including the relevant documentation), develop application prototypes, participate in design and code reviews, and write code (including unit tests). The candidate must be able to become proficient on new task domains quickly, demonstrate technical excellence in his/her personal work as well as contribute to the team's continued success by sharing technical knowledge. An ideal candidate should have open mind set, be flexible, focused on quality and open to switching to different projects. Our culture is characterized by short decision paths, clear targets and team spirit. We work in multinational environment so fluent English in speaking and writing is a must.

Responsibilities

• Design and implementation of new secure embedded firmware applications in C, C++, and other languages
• Develop low level interfaces (GPIO, UART, I2C, SPI)
• Develop in bare-metal, RTOS and embedded Linux environments
• Consult with other engineers to evaluate interfaces between hardware & embedded solutions and operational & performance requirements of the overall system
• Prepare, present, and participate in technical discussions and code reviews
• Give and receive constructive criticism
• Contribute to the continued development of processes to improve the efficiency and quality of development projects; assist in formulating standards and development practices to improve our development processes
• Investigate and analyze reported defects to resolve them in a timely manner
• Work in a Scaled Agile Framework

Desired Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• +3 years of hands-on code development
• Applied experience with C and C++ in an embedded Linux environment
• Experience with bare-metal, RTOS and embedded Linux development
• Familiarity with bug tracking tools (particularly Jira)
• Working knowledge of source code management and configuration
• General knowledge of test frameworks and automated build systems (e.g. Jenkins, NUnit, NAnt)
• Ability to complete design related tasks on time with minimal supervision
• Some exposure of development through the entire life-cycle including design, architecture, and implementation
• Ability to write safe and performant code
• Analytical, planning, problem solving and decision-making skills
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Comfortable working with in-circuit emulators, GNU toolchains, gdb and cmake
• Preference will be given to candidates with:
• Experience with Secure Elements, RFID, NFC, HCE or Bluetooth technologies
• Worked within a Scaled Agile Framework
• Ability to effectively use and operate oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power supplies, etc.
• An understanding of crypto-blocks (DES/AES/RSA/ECC), security protocols suite, and overall firmware security best practices
• Experience with Node.js, Rust and/or golang
• Familiarity with test driven development
• Highlight knowledge, skills, abilities and traits necessary in this role to satisfy our customer's expectations
• Promote secure development and be able to work cooperatively and autonomously in a dynamic multi-cultural environment

Work Requirements

• Travel and fieldwork including international travel may be required, therefore employee must possess or can acquire valid travel authorization.