Principal Embedded Software Firmware Engineer (35837)
- Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Minimum 15+ years of experience in embedded systems design and development.
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Principal Embedded Software/Firmware Engineer
We are seeking a Principal Embedded Software/Firmware Engineer to own end-to-end embedded architecture and solutions for advanced optical devices. This is a one-year contract based in Ottawa, Ontario.
Key Responsibilities
We are seeking a Principal Embedded Software/Firmware Engineer to own end-to-end embedded architecture and solutions for advanced optical devices. This is a one-year contract based in Ottawa, Ontario.
Key Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end embedded architecture and solutions from requirements and trade studies through hardware selection, software layering, interfaces, and release readiness.
- Define system architecture and implement hands-on solutions across MCUs, RTOS or bare-metal stacks, drivers, middleware, power management, boot/OTA, and security.
- Partner with hardware, architecture, and manufacturing teams to align schematics and data sheets, analyze scope traces and logic-analyzer results, and validate architecture assumptions on real hardware.
- Establish architecture standards and patterns, including coding guidelines, HAL/BSP structure, reusable platform layers, documentation, and design reviews.
- Lead technical decisions involving cost, performance, power, and time-to-market trade-offs; document rationale and present options to engineering leadership and stakeholders.
- Drive quality and reliability through debug strategy, diagnostics, failure analysis, environmental and stress considerations, and applicable industry standards.
- Mentor development and test engineers, guide design reviews, unblock critical issues, and raise team capability.
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with embedded software development experience.
- Minimum 15+ years of experience in embedded systems design and development.
- Deep understanding of RTOS, multithreaded software systems, operating-system concepts, and bare-metal development.
- Strong system-architecture ownership and architectural leadership experience.
- Experience with secure boot, cryptography, threat modeling, boot/OTA, and embedded security.
- Knowledge and experience with OTN standards and optical devices is preferred.
- Strong object-oriented design and design-pattern expertise.
- Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple global sites and time zones.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Own embedded architecture and hands-on implementation for advanced optical devices, spanning requirements, hardware selection, software layers, interfaces, and release readiness. Establish architecture standards, lead technical trade-offs and reliability efforts, collaborate across hardware and manufacturing teams, and mentor engineers.
Requirements
Requires a bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, electronics, electrical engineering, or a related field, plus at least 15 years of embedded systems experience. Candidates should have deep RTOS, multithreaded, bare-metal, architecture leadership, embedded security, and object-oriented design expertise; OTN and optical-device experience is preferred.
Skills
- Embedded Systems Architecture
- Embedded Software Development
- Firmware Development
- RTOS
- Bare-Metal Development
- Multithreaded Systems
- Microcontrollers
- Device Drivers
- Middleware
- Power Management
- Secure Boot
- Cryptography
- Threat Modeling
- Boot And OTA
- Object-Oriented Design
- Technical Leadership
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- Engineering
- Technology
- Software
- Management & Leadership
Keywords
- Embedded Systems
- Embedded Software
- Firmware
- System Architecture
- Microcontrollers
- RTOS
- Bare-Metal Development
- Multithreaded Software
- Drivers
- Middleware
- Power Management
- Bootloaders
- OTA Updates
- Embedded Security
- Secure Boot
- Cryptography
- Threat Modeling
- HAL
- BSP
- Object-Oriented Design
- Design Patterns
- Optical Devices
- OTN Standards
- Hardware Validation
- Logic Analyzer
- Failure Analysis
- Reliability Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Architecture Trade-Offs