Firmware engineer job description

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Title: Smart Sensors Firmware Engineer
Location: Salzkotten, Germany
Department: Agriculture, Infrastructure

Are you interested in developing software for innovative smart sensors?

What You Will Do
Are you a motivated software developer with demonstrated experience in embedded software development? If so, our infrastructure group is looking for people like you to join our established and dynamic group. You will join the Trimble basis software group in the sensors firmware development team.
Collaboration with our sensor development team Development and integration of software components for sensors and systems in agriculture equipment Clarification and specification of requirements Creation of functional specifications Planning, specification and execution of reviews and software tests

What Skills & Experience You Should Bring
Completed studies in electrical engineering, computer science or engineering informatics or comparable qualification Deep practical knowledge of the programming language CBasic knowledge of the programming language C++Knowledge in the use of modern software development methods and tools Version control, bug tracking, unit tests, code reviews and continuous integration Willingness to collaborate in cross-site groups Good knowledge of English, both written and spoken Good knowledge of German, both written and spoken

Information to Review:
The following links are recommended to better your understanding of Trimble, and the products available within this particular division.
TrimbleTrimble: Life's Work (Video) Trimble AgricultureTrimble Agriculture Solutions (Video) Trimble Agriculture Intro (Video)

About Trimble Agriculture
The Agriculture division builds precision farming systems, including displays and automated guidance systems for agricultural vehicles. Farmers use our guidance systems to automatically steer their tractors with highly accurate GPS/GNSS-based control. Our display systems automatically control farm implements performing operations like planting seeds, spraying fertilizer, and measuring crop yield in an optimal way based on soil conditions and agronomist prescriptions. Our displays send the farm data to our web-based farm and fleet management system Trimble Agriculture business software. We save water, fuel, chemicals, and time and increase crop yields along the way.

Driving efficiency and profitability in the field, we offer field solutions for vehicles and implement guidance and steering; flow and application control; irrigation, drainage, land leveling, land forming, terraces, and waterways; harvest and yield monitoring; and a broad suite of correction services to meet your accuracy needs.

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Job Description:

Responsible for firmware development for leading edge RAID storage controllers produced by Broadcom Data Center Solutions Group. The primary focus is IO and RAID operations implemented in C. Product features are implemented to customer requirements based on industry standard specification, such as T10/SAS, T13/SATA, PCIe SIG, and SFF Small Form Factor.

Participate in all aspects of firmware design and product development throughout the product life cycle. Duties include documenting design, code development, debug and integration testing of the completed product, as well as engineering support for internal QA testing and external customer requests.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Strong coding skills in C, Firmware development and Embedded systems. Development and debug involving use of software debuggers, ICEs, and protocol or logic analyzers.Good understanding of multi-tasking operating systems concepts, and familiarity experience with real time operating systems.Good documentation skills to maintain a history of events and provides internal and external customers with insight on product design. Good written communication skills and the ability to verbally communicate technical details.The candidate must not only be self motivated with excellent problem solving skills, but also be a team player working with hardware and software engineers in a collaborative environment.

Desired Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Experience in development of firmware for Storage products.Familiarity with SAS, SATA, NVMe, RAID and Caching technologies.Familiarity with CPU architectures (ARM, PPC) Familiarity with I2C, SPI

Required Education and Experience:
BS degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science and 5+ years experience or MS degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science and 3+ years experience

Broadcom is a leading provider of innovative silicon, systems and software technologies that enable products which seamlessly bring people, information and digital content together.

We offer a broad portfolio of capabilities and services including custom and standard product ICs, adapters, systems and software that are trusted by the world's best known brands to power leading solutions in the storage and networking markets.

Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.

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