Firmware Engineer

Firmware Engineer

Job ID: 1499
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Type: Contract
Status: Closed
Key Skills: Verilog, VHDL, C, Assembly Language, Mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations, Statistics.

Description:
Plans and directs research and development activities for organizational products, services, or ideologies by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors. Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

1. Identifies, in conjunction with marketing and engineering management, promising areas of research or technology that address unmet needs and have large potential markets.
2. Communicates to R & D Manager on overview of all products under development, and their stage of development.
3. Responsible for the analysis, design, programming, debugging, and modification of field programmable gate arrays and complex programmable logic devices.
4. Responsible for designing, developing, modifying and evaluating electronic parts, components or integrated circuitry for electronic equipment and other hardware systems.
5. Determines design approaches and parameters.
6. Analyzes equipment to establish operating data, conducts experimental tests and evaluates results.
7. Selects components and equipment based on analysis of specifications and reliability.
8. Develops, debugs and maintains Verilog, VHDL, C, Assembly Language for new real-time imaging system.
9. Develops some simulations involving gigabit and sensor data communication, complex math and trigonometry, optimizing algorithms for speed.

Work Environment:
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Requirement:

1. Excellent analytical, problem-solving, technical, written and oral communication skills.
2. Demonstrates accuracy, meets productivity standards, exhibits professionalism.
3. Motivated, takes initiative, is adaptable, punctual, dependable.
4. Prioritizes and plans work activities; Uses time efficiently; Plans for additional resources; Sets goals and objectives; Develops realistic action plans.
5. Observes safety and security procedures; Reports potentially unsafe conditions; Uses equipment and materials properly.
6. Understands organization's strengths & weaknesses; Adapts strategy to changing conditions.
7. Master's degree (M.A.) or equivalent; or Bachelor of Science degree (Computer Science or Electrical Engineering); or four to ten years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
8. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
9. Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations.
10. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
11. Database software; Design software; Internet software; Manufacturing software; Project Management software and Word Processing software.

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