This firmware engineer works within a multi-disciplinary project team – generally under project and department leadership.  This engineer uses experience and education to perform the types of engineering activities which are generally considered within the realm of firmware engineering and any other expertise that might be held by this individual. This engineer is expected to work and communicate well with other team members and leadership as assigned in order to meet the goals of the project, the department, and the company.

This firmware engineer works within a multi-disciplinary project team including other firmware engineers, software engineers, electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, test engineers, system engineers, project managers, etc. to develop and maintain FDA regulated medical diagnostic equipment and related systems.  This engineer generally works under the leadership of a more experienced individual (e.g. senior/principal engineer, systems engineer, and/or project manager), and is expected to follow department processes and firmware engineering best practices including code reviews, test driven development, etc.

Principal Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• General: uses experience and education to perform the types of engineering activities which are generally considered within the realm of firmware engineering. Uses engineering concepts, company SOPs/WIDs, department SOPs/WIDs to solve a variety of difficult engineering problems.
• Complexity: works on problems of moderate to significant scope and complexity.
• Supervision: receives limited oversight from lead engineer and a project manager.
• Lead Eligibility: is often assigned as a discipline lead on a project.
• Mentoring: may provide mentoring for other engineers.
• Compliance: perform all work in compliance with company policy and procedure, and within the guidelines of bioMérieux’s Quality System.
• Documentation: creates and maintains documentation required for FDA regulation and company procedures.  Collaborates on firmware specifications.

Principal Decisions:

• Makes design and technical decisions subject to review by lead and peer engineers.
• Eligible to act as a technical lead on projects of medium or small scope.

Education & Experience Requirements: 

• B.S. in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent
• 10 to 15 years of experience in related field, including performance consistent with said experience

Knowledge Skills & Abilities: 

Preferred Skills:

• Embedded firmware / software
• Modern C++ in embedded systems
  • STL, Smart Pointers, Exceptions, etc.
• Test-Driven Development
• Source level debugging
• Logic Analyzers, Oscilloscopes, Multimeters, etc.
• RTOS – QNX, Real-Time Linux, FreeRTOS, etc.
• Communication – I2C, SPI, CAN, USB, Ethernet, TCP, UDP, etc.
• Reading PCBA Schematics
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Technical leadership

Beneficial Skills/Experience:

• Development of regulated products including adherence to IEC 62304
• Lua
• GNU Make
• HDL FPGA development
• Control theory, PID controllers, etc.
• Image processing, OpenCV, etc.