Senior Manufacturing Firmware Engineer
Los Altos, CA
Hardware /
Full-time /
Hybrid
The Afero next-generation IoT PaaS accelerates time to market, provides hardened security from device to cloud and from factory to customers, simplifies onboarding to help maximize customer connections, and uses data ontology to streamline machine learning. The platform is supported by elastic, multi-cloud services that deliver reliability and responsiveness, and a new software engineering model that unifies embedded, mobile, and cloud development. Afero has assembled world-class mobile, hardware, security, and cloud veterans from Google, Apple, Nest, Danger, Microsoft, Amazon, Twitter, and Netflix. To learn more about Afero, please visit www.afero.io.
Why You’ll Want to Work With Us
For a small team, Afero engineers collectively do a little bit of everything—from cloud applications and infrastructure to mobile development on multiple platforms, firmware on a wide range of devices, to board-level hardware design and implementation of secure wireless devices. Everyone here can follow their curiosity to broader horizons. If you enjoy deep dives into assorted technology stacks to understand end-to-end system workflows, can adapt past experiences to new solutions, and can communicate ideas clearly among diverse audiences, Afero is a fantastic opportunity to explore and to expand your expertise.
What is the Role
The Afero Hardware team designs and builds secure IOT hardware modules and associated devices. We prototype sensors, specify modules, assist in hardware diagnostics, and help in factory bring-up of new products that contain our Afero IOT solutions. There are plenty of challenges to keep you thinking. We want an energized and motivated individual who can use their big brain and past experiences (both good and bad!) to help us make amazing connected experiences for our customers.
Who We’re Looking For
The range of disciplines and experiences represented at Afero is broad and deep, and everyone on the team contributes a distinct perspective. This is the culture we strive to sustain as we grow, and expect successful candidates to bring unique combinations of skills and experience.
Candidates would be expected to:
- Manage and extend the existing Factory Programmer Systems to improve efficiency, add robustness, and support new chips
- Develop and extend the on-device Factory Programming and Test Code as new features are needed or new chips need to be supported
- Assist module manufacturers with analysis of programming failure
- Develop and Extend the on-device product level manufacturing test code as new features are needed
- Work closely with hardware engineers on prototype bring-up and debugging, hardware and firmware bug tracking, and functional verification of internal hardware as well as partner hardware
- Work closely with firmware engineers to extend the firmware platform to support new hardware
- Have the right to work legally in the USA
- Travel to work alongside our partners in their factories.
Candidates should have the following at a minimum:
- Demonstrated strong diagnostic skills
- Demonstrated proficiency with embedded firmware (C/C++) and Python
- Strong understanding of MCUs, RTOSs, and device drivers for low power devices.
- Demonstrated ability to read datasheets and register maps to directly control hardware at the register level
- Demonstrated proficiency with analysis of manufacturing yields to assist in diagnosing and prioritizing issues
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in electrical engineering or computer engineering
- 4 years of relevant work experience manufacturing consumer or commercial products in a fast-paced environment
- Experience working with OEM/ODM partners
- Cryptography experience a huge plus
The following skills and experiences are also valued:
- Advanced degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering
- Experience with programming PLCs used for manufacturing
- Professional New Product Introduction (NPI) experience with consumer electronics, wireless devices, and/or low power embedded platforms
- Real world experience with embedded systems, signal integrity, and Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Test (DFT)
- Experience with rapid prototyping of proof of concepts by repurposing off the shelf products
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work in a self-directed manner with a thorough attention to detail
Afero is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran or disability status.
