Sr. Firmware Engineer

Basler Electric Company
Highland, IL, United States
about 1 month ago
Apply on www.indeed.com
Prepare application

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
6 years minimum
Compensation
$96,000.0 - $113,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Testing (Software) Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel C++ (Programming Language) Software Documentation Computer Programming Software Debugging Ethernet Firmware Revision Control Systems JSON Microsoft PowerPoint
+14 more
Software Tools Software Engineering Software Requirements Analysis Subversion Strategies of Testing USB Utility Software Extensible Markup Language (XML) Diagnostic Tools Multithreading Serial Peripheral Interface Reliability of Systems Git Communication Devices

Job description

JOB SUMMARY: Responsible for the functional and empirical analysis and design as related to developing and implementing embedded firmware for the company’s products. This may include, but is not limited to, operating software, utility software, development software and diagnostic software. Involved in the development of testing strategies and software reliability studies for both devices and systems, and standards for software documentation.

REPORTS TO: Software Engineering Manager

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

*Has good communicative capabilities to supply technical advice and information to others.

*Supervise other firmware engineers and technicians assigned to a particular job or project.

*Create, modify, and maintain firmware for new and revised products.

*Develop and track schedules for firmware development or revisions.

*Programs in C/C++ and other high level languages.

*Assists in the development of programming standards and practices.

*Identifies, develops justifications for, and uses software development tools such as assemblers, compilers, emulators, etc.

*Works with Design Engineer and/or Project Leader during the development of a new or revised designs.

*Assist in the development of the definition of the software requirements, objectives, and modules for new or revised designs.

*Assist in the development of new embedded architecture, security features and driver level firmware.

*Performs or assists others in software testing, or establishing software testing requirements.

*Works with customers, users, and others to develop software operating requirements or to troubleshoot/debug existing problems. This includes travel when required.

*Assist in the training of the software operation of new or revised design.

*Assist Technical Writer in writing manuals and other publications as they relate to software.

*Develops and/or direct device communications standards, software programs, and hardware requirements.

*Estimate Engineering effort and material required on jobs or proposals being quoted.

*Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements

*BSCE, BSEE or equivalent plus 6 years firmware design experience preferred.

*Working knowledge of software version control tools such as svn or Git.

*Working knowledge of Linux operating system, networking and multithreaded execution systems.

*Working knowledge of C/C++ and object orient programming.

*Working knowledge of communication hardware. i.e. Ethernet, USB, I2C and SPI.

*Working knowledge of electrical test equipment. i.e. oscilloscope, multi-meter.

*Working knowledge of embedded micro controller systems.

*Familiarity with XML and JSON schema.

*Familiarity with third party code integration.

*Computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel & Powerpoint.

*Ability to speak and write in clear understandable manner.

*Ability to exchange and furnish information requiring detailed explanation and discussions with customers and various levels of personnel.

*Travel as required for training, support of project tasks, product issues, or other design or job related needs.

Benefits & conditions

Pulled from the full job description

  • Tuition reimbursement
  • AD&D insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance
  • Dental insurance, Basler offers a comprehensive benefits package which offers: Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision, Life, and AD&D insurance; a 401k plan; paid leaves for Vacation, Holiday, Sick, Jury Duty, Bereavement; tuition reimbursement. All benefits are subject to eligibility requirements., We anticipate filling the Sr. Firmware Engineer position with an expected compensation range of $96,000 - $113,000. We are open to reviewing additional candidates with more or less experience and the pay range may differ if filled at a different level. Our pay ranges are determined by job, responsibility, and location. Starting pay and job title are based on location and job-related factors such as candidate experience, training, knowledge, and skills.

Pay: $96,000.00 - $113,000.00 per year, * 401(k)

  • Dental insurance
  • Flexible schedule
  • Flexible spending account
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Vision insurance

Apply for this position

This job is hosted externally. Click below to view the full posting and apply.

Apply on www.indeed.com
Prepare application

Good distractions

Talks and stories from around this role — technically off-topic, practically not.

6:21 min

Investigating push inefficiencies with upstream Git experts

Jonathan Creamer · Coffee With Developers

5:35 min

Direct hardware communication using the Web USB API

Rowdy Rabouw Rowdy Rabouw · World Congress 2025

3:47 min

Exploring JSON, CBOR, and JOSE for data serialization

Aaron Russell · LIVE

1:39 min

Speaker introduction and software engineering background

Daniel Raniz Raneland · LIVE

56 sec

Favorite git commands and the importance of patch commits

Eileen Uchitelle Eileen Uchitelle +1 · Coffee With Developers

2:32 min

Introduction to Zeiss and industrial manufacturing hardware

Andreas Kaldun Andreas Kaldun

Videos

See all

Related articles

See all