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What this role is
This role develops embedded firmware for optical networking equipment, collaborating across hardware and optical teams to deliver production systems. It suits senior engineers with deep expertise in C/C++ embedded systems, real-time operating systems, and device driver development.
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What they ask for
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
- 10+ years embedded software or firmware development
- Modern C/C++ proficiency with best practices
- RTOS and low-level debugging experience
- Embedded communication protocols (SPI, I2C, UART) experience
- Device driver development and debugging
- ARM or microcontroller architecture familiarity
- Git and collaborative development workflows
- Schematic reading and oscilloscope use
- Code review and documentation participation
- Cross-functional team collaboration
- Optical networking product design experience
Nice to have
- ASIC or FPGA device driver development
- CMake and scripting languages (Bash, Python, Ruby, Perl)
- CI/CD pipeline implementation for embedded systems
- Agile/Scrum experience
- Optical networking technologies (OTN, Gigabit Ethernet)
- Oscilloscope and logic analyzer proficiency