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Partner with systems, hardware, test, cybersecurity, and customer-facing teams to resolve technical issues and deliver reliable solutions.\n8. Evaluate business and technical needs and implement innovative solutions that improve product competitiveness and customer value.\n9. Identify and drive improvements in engineering processes, tools, development practices, and cybersecurity compliance.\n10. Provide technical guidance, support engineering leads, and mentor team members to strengthen team capability.\"\n\"Required technical skills:\n1. Strong knowledge of embedded firmware design, development, integration, and troubleshooting.\n2. Advanced programming skills in C++.\n3. Experience designing embedded products using embedded Linux and/or a real-time operating system (RTOS).\n4. Hands-on debugging experience using tools such as J-Link and IAR Embedded Workbench with NXP ColdFire, STM32, or TI AM64x platforms.\n5. Experience with communication interfaces and protocols, including Modbus TCP/IP, CAN, USB, RS-232/RS-485, SPI, I2C, and SNMP.\n6. Experience working with embedded peripherals, including DMA, LCD, Flash memory, RAM, ADC, DAC, PWM, and voltage, current, and temperature sensors.\n7. Ability to read electronic schematics and interpret system behavior.\n8. Familiarity with engineering collaboration and source-control tools such as Jira, Confluence, and GitHub or equivalent platforms.\n9. Familiarity with static analysis and software-composition analysis tools such as Coverity and Black Duck.\n10. Working knowledge of MQTT, SNMP traps, SSL/TLS certificates, bootloaders, Syslog, serial communication, Telnet, HTTP/HTTPS, FTP/FTPS, FreeRADIUS, OpenLDAP, and data encryption and decryption.\nPreferred experience:\n11. Experience with power-system products such as switchgear, relays, meters, and voltage regulators.\nProfessional skills:\n12. 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