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As a member of the firmware development team, your daily activities will include the full lifecycle of design, develop, modify, test, debug, and support new and existing embedded software for our embedded Linux and Android based products. The Senior Firmware Engineer for our Android/Linux BSP team will help in creating new control system, digital media and UC products. The ideal candidate should take part in the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) as well as handling field escalations with new and legacy products. \nResponsibilities \nDesign, develop, implement, debug and maintain embedded real time applications for Android/Linux based products C, & C++ development environments. \nEmbedded Linux Kernel / OS development on ARM based platforms including configuration management, build, deployment, hardware interfaces, device driver, device tree \nWork closely with other software and hardware engineers to solve design issues. \nResponsible for design and implementation of new device features on multiple platforms \nResponsible for the maintenance of current software including: feature enhancements, performance increases, troubleshooting, testing, and bug fixing. \nInterfacing software applications with other devices and control systems \nProviding technical documentation (test procedures, design specifications, etc.) \nOther duties as assigned \nQualifications \nBS in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering is required. \nMS in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering is preferred. \n5-8 years of proven experience developing and debugging embedded software for \nLinux/Android based products, C & C++ development environments. \nMust have strong C, & C++ skills. \nMust have experience with:\nEmbedded Linux U-Boot/kernel development and customization, Linux Device Tree development, Android HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) \nDevice driver development, optimizations, bug fixing, add new functionality (display, power management, wifi, GPIO, etc ) \nDebugging issues within the Android Framework and Linux Kernel. \nAbility to independently read and understand electrical schematics \nWorking with source control tools such as Git, Gerrit, GitHub, and with Android command line tools such as adb and fastboot. \nDebugging embedded systems where step debugging may not be available. \nHW accelerated graphics processing (OpenGL ES) is beneficial. \nGoogle’s AOSP architecture developing Android framework services, Android Native applications (JNI / NDK) or system applications in JAVA or Kotlin. \nPer applicable state requirements, the annual pay range for this position ($107,500 - $173,500) which consists of base salary (subject to performance), reflects the hiring range for candidates. 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