Firmware Engineer

Company Description

We are committed to our culture that values Customer Focus, Flexibility, Knowledge, Speed and Integrity. Joining our team means you will work in a high performing global company where employees collaborate and strive for excellence.

We are looking for an efficient, flexible, meticulous and self-motivated firmware engineer. As a member of Current Product Engineering team, you will be involved in unit testing, issue investigations, code maintenance, peer code review, and documentation development of features.

Key Responsibilities

• Code, integrate, test, support and enhance software solutions for embedded microprocessors used in wired and wireless communication devices, switching power supplies, sensors, and gateways.
• Clearly communicate design constraints and trade-offs to other team members and management
• Perform system integration and validation testing activities, including verification of interoperability within overall solution.
• Support legacy products for troubleshooting and upgrade
• Working with a broad team to translate customer requirements into the best possible solution within resource, time, and technical constraints.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Minimum of 4 years of related work experience. 6-8 years of work experience preferred.
• Proficient in C
• Experience in designing code frameworks (kernels, schedulers), drivers and legacy codes for 8bit, 16bit, 32bit micro-controllers and DSPs (Microchip, TI, ST, Freescale, etc.)
• Experience in designing and tuning control systems (PID, Closed loop control, Open loop control, Matlab simulation and model development, digital filters)
• Experience in instrumentation (measurements, calibration, etc.)
• Experience with communication protocols such as I2C, SPI, RS-485, Ethernet, etc.
• Experience interacting with software debugging in an embedded and electronics environment
• Experience in PC Application programming such as Python, .NET, VBA is a plus
• Experience in creating state machines, flow charts etc.
• Comfortable using oscilloscopes, multi-meters, power supplies, etc.
• Capable of reading hardware schematics and data sheets
• Experience with software development life cycle such as Agile, Scrum, and CMMI
• Familiarity with version control systems (SVN), and release methodologies
• Familiarity with MISRA or other coding standards is a plus
• Disciplined and detail-oriented; experience delivering robust, readable code
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience in recreating sporadic types of issues/failures using various debugging techniques

XP Power provides a safe and healthy working environment that is stimulating and collaborative, where employees are empowered to make a real difference. We place our people at the heart of everything we do. We understand that if we provide our people with the ultimate experience, they will provide the ultimate experience to our customers.
Additional information (Location)
• Based in The Philippines
• Must be amenable to onsite reporting in Ortigas, Pasig City