Firmware Development Lead
Russell Tobin & Associates
This is a Contract position in Battle Ground, WA posted December 10, 2020.
Our Automotive client is looking for a Firmware Development Lead
Location: Battleground, WA OR Bass Creek, MN OR Novi, MI (Remote To Start)
Contract Length: 6 Months + Possible Extension/Conversion
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES :
- Work with engineering managers and build a world-class offshore engineering team.
- Work with different stakeholders, understand the requirement, document software requirements, and lead the global firmware engineering team to design and develop software to implement the requirement.
- Lead global firmware engineering team to create software development plan, and execute software development per the plan for assigned projects.
- Lead daily or weekly project execution meeting with global firmware teams, and provide project status to functional management team and program management team.
- Lead design and design review for related software features.
- Analyze the firmware requirement.
- Architect firmware software based on user need
- Provide functional level estimate and task breakdown
- Perform design, design review, code review as needed
- Perform software developments as needed
- Flexible enough to work on multiple products being produced for a fast-changing market
- Have a customer-focused mindset for delivering a product that is centered around a great customer experience
- Analyze sub-system performance for bottlenecks
- Constantly look for ways to increase the team’s velocity/productivity by eliminating waste
- Help build and maintain high team morale
- Other duties and responsibilities as needed
SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE:
Minimum Qualifications:
- BS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical engineering or related field or MS in a related field.
- Minimum of 8 years software development for In Vehicle Infotainment(IVI) product.
- Minimum of 3 years software leadership experience leading offshore teams.
- Minimum of 5 years firmware development experience.
- Willing to work in flexible hours where he or she can collaborate better with offshore team.
- Strong programming and debugging skills (C++ preferred).
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience implementing Linux applications and daemons.
- Comfort using desktop Linux and open source tools for day-to-day development.
- Ability to quickly learn and apply new skills with minimal supervision.
- Familiar with Agile software development methodology in Automotive.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with connected vehicle use case and technology.
- Software development experience in automotive industry.
- Experience with Android Auto.
- Experience with Voice Recognition.
- Experience with using Android OS for automotive industry.
- Tier – 1 or Tier – 2 working experience for automotive industry.
- Experience with BlueZ, oFono, OBEX, PulseAudio and/or related open source audio and media.
- Strong knowledge and experience with Bluetooth (Classic and LE) and audio/DSP technologies.
- Strong knowledge about CAN, Navigation, Apple CarPlay, Sirius XM, and other IVI features.
- Strong knowledge about Linux kernel development.
- Experience with unit test.
