Firmware Engineer

This position is located in India. 

Join the Trackonomy Team! 

Want to be part of the next hyper-growth IoT story in Silicon Valley? Our seasoned leadership team has  successfully grown the company 100x in four years while securing top VC investors like Kleiner Perkin and  8VC. We have paying customers and are rapidly scaling in the United States and Internationally. Are you  looking for a high-energy, fast-paced, team-oriented environment that challenges your talents daily with  cutting-edge technologies that solve global problems across multiple markets? Join the Trackonomy Team; we offer opportunities to talented professionals covering all engineering disciplines while creating  unique opportunities for career growth. 

About Trackonomy:

Trackonomy aims to make people and organizations more productive through our next-generation  operating system for the connected world. Our unique diversity of technologies allows us to create building  blocks and vertically integrated, configurable platforms that enable our customers to drive digital  transformation throughout their organization. We have a successful track record of leading initiatives at  multibillion-dollar businesses in the Logistics, Industrial, Healthcare, Homeland Security spaces, and  more. Despite being in strategic stealth mode, our solutions have been on ABC, CNBC, CNN, FOX, and  even featured during US Senate hearings. In 2019 we joined AirBnB, Google, and Twitter as a recipient of  the prestigious World Economic Forum Pioneer Award! We have raised over $250 million from top  investors, including Kleiner Perkins and 8VC. Trackonomy is headquartered in San Jose, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley. 

Summary:

You will be a core engineer of our early stage team. We work on everything from machine learning, to security, to high performance computing, to IoT devices, to dynamic web apps, etc. Don’t be surprised if you get to touch every system while you work here, often teaming up with other team members on critical work. Candidates must be comfortable working with microcontrollers and low-level hardware control in a test-driven development environment. The ideal candidate will have experience working with wireless communications modules, IoT technologies, RF protocols and have great troubleshooting and prototyping skills. You will be a role model and live our Vision, Mission, and Values.

Qualifications: 

Education and Experience:

• At least 4+ years of embedded code experience, with emphasis on C
• Bachelor/Masters of Electronics Engineering and 5 years experience  
• Experience with real time embedded systems
• Experience with firmware development, testing, and system level bringup and debugging
• Experience in conducting bench modifications and fast development of hardware/firmware prototypes
• Good interpersonal, organizational and communication skills
• Team player, be capable of sharing knowledge, learn from others, and support other groups within an organization
• Self-starter and highly motivated 

Preferred skills:

• Experience with IoT systems and wireless/wired communication protocols
• Knowledge about cellular protocols and industrial electronics wireless devices
• Experience working with cellular modems
• Knowledge of PCB design, using schematic capture and layout tools (Eagle / Altium preferred)
• Knowledge about firmware development best practices including proper testing, documentation, debugging and code review
• Experience developing bootloaders and firmware over the air update
• Experience with Nordic (or similar) Semiconductor platforms 
• Experience with low power embedded devices
• Experience on evolving embedded sensor technologies and networks
• Knowledge of one or more scripting languages (Python) 
• Basic understanding of subsystem interfacing and I2C, SPI as well as other standard chip interface protocols
• Comfortable reading and interpreting complex electrical schematics
• Experience with microcontrollers and driver development for embedded peripherals
• Experience with embedded network exchange protocols like with RSTP, PTP, LLDP, and UDP/TCP is highly regarded