As a Senior Embedded Software Architect within SPARK Microsystems, you will be required to design, develop, and maintain firmware covering our various embedded system applications and this includes network protocols, core libraries as well as application development. You will play a key role in defining systems architecture and mentoring junior developers.

You will design, implement, and test firmware to form optimal communications wireless networks using the extremely low power wireless transceivers developed by SPARK Microsystems. This includes developing low power wireless sensor networks in point-to-point, star, and mesh configurations, as well as efficient point-to-point links for audio streaming applications. The selected candidate will be responsible for developing efficient firmware to support these applications, as well as a graphical user interface for each system that allows users to control the flow of information in the wireless system.

Your Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test and document embedded and application software.
• Provide architectural and detailed designs to meet the system requirements, considering hardware constraints, performance, and reliability.
• Implement solutions to improve system performance and efficiency.
• Provide guidance on code quality, efficiency, and maintainability.
• Familiar with networking architectures.
• Provides technical direction and strategy to engineering development efforts for solving complex issues.
• Opportunity to coach and mentor more junior Engineers.

Your Qualifications

• Bachelor Eng. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• 10+ years of experience in embedded application development in C and C++.
• 7+ years of experience in low level C programming on microcontrollers / microprocessors, with advanced knowledge of MCU/CPU architectures and ecosystems.
• Full-stack system-level understanding.
• Good understanding and debug capabilities of a mixed HW/FW multi-processor PHY/L1 implementation.
• Proven capability to comprehend dependencies between system components and protocol layers and their interactions.
• Extensive hands-on SW programming skills.
• Experience with and/or knowledge of industry standards such as Bluetooth, Ultra-Wideband, GPS, and/or other wireless protocols.
• Ability to work efficiently with both Linux and Windows.
• Experience with Visual Studio Code and Eclipse IDE.
• Experience developing Board Support Packages, boot loaders, and component drivers.
• Experience with virtualization and container technologies (VMware, KVM, Docker).
• Experience with Git version control systems.
• Experience with software development platform such as Gitlab and Github.
• Understanding of communication protocols including I2C, SPI, UART and USB.
• Experience in hands-on development and debug on embedded targets using in-circuit debuggers and electronic test equipment (oscilloscope, multimeter, logic analyzer, etc).
• Experience in modern software development processes (peer reviewing, unit testing, etc).
• Excellent communication skills in English/French: Required to communicate with colleagues/clients across the country and abroad on a regular basis.
• Ability to work effectively with a team of developers.
• Ability to multi-task, set project priorities, establish task focused goals and objectives for self and show initiative.
• Write clean, understandable, robust, and sustainable code tailored for embedded systems.
  
  Promote the following values/qualities:

• Cooperation: Have the success of the team at heart.
• Rigor: Take pride in carefully executed work.
• Motivation: Exceed your limits in a job you love.
• Initiative: Propose new ideas and act.
• Leadership: Positively influencing those around us.

The Perks

• A growing start-up where each person has an important role in the success of the Company.
• Be part of a passionate, creative and motivated team in a collaborative mode.
• A place where you can grow and become the professional you want to be.
• Group insurance from day one.
• Employee stock option plan.
• Hybrid work and flexible hours to balance work/personal life.
• In addition to vacation, sick leave and holidays, Spark offers additional days off.