Senior Embedded Engineer
Motive
Who we are:
Motive builds technology to improve the safety, productivity, and profitability of businesses that power the physical economy. Motive combines IoT hardware with AI-powered applications to connect and automate physical operations. Motive is one of the fastest-growing software companies in the world, serving more than 120,000 businesses, across a wide range of industries including trucking and logistics, construction, oil and gas, food and beverage, field service, agriculture, passenger transit, and delivery.
Motive is built on four foundational attributes; Own It, Less but Better, Build Trust, and Unlock Potential. This has taken our company to great heights, including being recognized by Fortune for Best Workplaces, Forbes Best Startup Employers, and Comparably for our Best Global Culture, Sales Team, Leadership Team, Career Growth, and CEO for Diversity. We’re proud to receive an employee net promoter score of 63 (according to Comparably) which places Motive in the top 5% of companies with 4,000 employees or more.
Today, our team is made up of more than 3,000 employees, located across the world, providing support to a wide range of customers. While most of our employees are remote, many have the opportunity to work on-site at any of our 8 global office locations. Visit our careers website to learn more about opportunities at Motive.
About the Role:
As a Telematics Firmware Engineering Lead, you will be a key member of the hardware team leading an embedded project from concept to launch. Both an exceptional technical engineer as well as a leader, you are able to architect, execute, and test complex embedded systems on a range of platforms from bare metal, RTOS, and Linux.
This role will collaborate cross-functionally on the design and architecture of the firmware, hardware, and software in the system as well as plan and drive the project to product launch. This person has experience with test-driven development, manufacturing process, writing technical documentation, and shipping high volume and high-quality products.
What You’ll Do:
- Design and development of high-performance firmware and software for cutting-edge embedded platforms.
- Acquire and verify telematics data fields through conducting data analysis on large datasets, reviewing OEM technical documentation and infield data.
- Work with the Vehicle Data Team to improve quality, expand metrics and automate processes for telematic parameters.
- Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams from concept to production on ground-breaking connected hardware projects.
What We’re Looking For:
- 8+ years of experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience
- Experience leading a project from concept phase through product launch
- Strong programming experience and demonstrated proficiency in C/C++ for embedded systems, including the development of algorithms, manipulation of complex data structures, and implementing highly optimized code
- Experience with automotive diagnostic communication protocols such as: SAE J1939, SAE J1979, UDS ISO 14229, ISO 27145 WWH-OBD, ISO 15765, ISO 9141, SAE J1850.
- Familiarity with ARM or equivalent embedded multi-core microprocessor architectures is required
- A strong understanding of operating systems concepts such as thread scheduling, context switching, and memory management is required.
- Ability to understand hardware design and schematics.
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