Role Description:
The Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer in the Real-Time Applications unit is a key contributor responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing cutting-edge solutions using DSP and Microcontroller technologies. This role provides also technical guidance, supporting junior and mid-level engineers, and ensures the system meets performance.
This role is ideal for an experienced senior engineer who is ready to expand into people management, technical leadership, and team coordination, while still maintaining a active hands‑on engineering involvement.
Role Responsibilities:
- Design and implement real-time systems, including DSP algorithms and microcontroller firmware, tailored to project requirements.
- Ensure software meets strict real-time performance constraints, focusing on latency, throughput, and efficient use of system resources (e.g., memory, processing power).
- Optimize performance and efficiency of signal processing algorithms and embedded systems.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, providing technical guidance, best practices, and support for skill development.
- Conduct code reviews, design evaluations, and testing to uphold high-quality standards.
- Investigate, debug and resolve complex technical issues in real-time systems, ensuring reliability and robustness.
- Propose innovative solutions to technical challenges.
- Design high quality systems which comply with regulatory standards.
- Stay updated on advancements in DSP and Microcontroller technologies to introduce innovative approaches to system design.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and contribute to the optimization of workflows, tools, and methodologies. Contribute to the creation and maintenance of comprehensive technical documentation.
- Support workload planning, task prioritization, and resource allocation across ongoing and upcoming projects.
- Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high‑performance team culture.
- Identify skill gaps and training needs; create personalized development plans.
Essential Criteria:
- 5+ years of professional experience in the design, simulation, implementation, verification and validation of real-time systems on DSPs and Microcontrollers.
- 5+ years of professional experience i in programming in C++ and C languages.
- 5+ years of professional experience with Real Time Operating Systems (FreeRTOS, Zephyr)
- Good knowledge of theory and design of complex digital electronic circuits and digital signal processing algorithms (FFT, digital filters, re-sampling, ecc.).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving attitude.
- Experience in the use of laboratory equipment (oscilloscope, logic analyzer, signal generators).
- Experience with peripheral standards and communication protocols (I2C, SPI, UART, RS485, RS232, RGMII, ecc.).
- Familiarity with scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python).
- Proficiency in source code revision control, especially GIT.
- Good knowledge of agile methodologies.
- Fluent English communication skills, both written and verbal.
Desirable Criteria
- Good knowledge of SHARC or equivalent DSP architecture.
- Knowledge of FPGA architecture and design, as well as HDL languages.
- Good Knowledge of build systems (CMake).
- Proficiency with gitlab, docker, CI/CD, artifactory.
- Experience with application layer protocols, such as DNP, 1588, MQTT, and more.
- Knowledge of electronic components and PCB reworking.
- Experience with TCL scripting.
Benefits:
- Daily food vouchers: for days worked in person in the premises.
- Training Support: We offer financial assistance for your training and development, based on company discretion. We also have an internal training platform to support your professional and personal development.
- Discounted Gym Membership: Stay fit with our discounted gym membership program.
- Wellness Programs: We prioritise your well-being through our wellness initiatives.
- Internal Reward & Recognition Tool Kudos: This streamlines and automates the process of acknowledging and appreciating employees and helps contribute to our positive workplace culture.
Our Values
- We work together
- We believe in people
- We won’t accept the ‘way it’s always been done’
- We listen to learn
- We’re trying to do the right thing
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Individuals seeking employment at Camlin are considered without regards to race, colour, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
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