Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

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Office

Job Description

When you join us at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll be part of an inquisitive team that shares your passion for exploration and discovery. With revenues of more than $40 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources and chances to create significant contributions to the world.

Location/Division Specific Information

We are seeking a highly technical firmware engineer with experience in embedded system. In this critical role, you will design, develop, test, and document firmware designs for chromatography instruments.

If you have a passion for learning new things, have excellent development and debugging skills, and have curiosity about solving complex problems, we would like to hear from you. You will work closely with other team members including electrical engineers and software engineers.

The position requires to be in Sunnyvale, California

This position will need someone that can perform hands-on work and directly work on the prototype equipment to craft FW solutions for the equipment and perform through verification testing to ensure that the solution meets the specifications.

Brief Description 2-3 sentencesDesign, develop, and maintain new firmware modules for chemical analysis instruments including fluidic delivery system, conductivity, electrochemical, and optical detectors, thermal control, motion control, and module communications.Specify, design, and implement functionality and behaviors of Chromatography instruments.Develop engineering firmware design documentation and communication protocols.Conduct tests on software/firmware/hardware interface and operational features. Document software/firmware operation and performance results.Integrate with multi-functional / multidiscipline teams.Act as technical lead to internal and external teams.Effectively communicate to multi-functional teams as well as management status of assigned projects.Develops or identifies tools and methods that allow reutilization of designs and improve efficiency of firmware engineering resources.Provide engineering support to manufacturing, product management, and service group on existing products.Research, document, publish, and present technical findings that can lead to better product performance, more product reliability, and lower production cost.Perform debugging and initial board bring-up. Independently resolve firmware and hardware issues with little or no mentorship.Perform Hardware-Software interface development and integration areas using C++ and C as the primary programming languages.Collaborate with other firmware engineers as well as with both software and hardware groups.Integration testing and manufacturing supportEducationBS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science with a minimum 7 years working experience in related field.ExperienceExperience designing, developing, and deploying software and firmware integrated solutions.Hands-on experience in writing firmware that is resource-constrained in C/C++ and Assembly language.Experience with development of Windows based GUI applications for embedded systems.Understanding of the fundamentals of Ethernet, USB/serial communication.Experience with digital control system implementation. Able to modify control loop architecture to meet system performance requirements.Experience in Computer Science fundamentals: object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, and problem solving.Experience with embedded system peripherals (Flash, SPI, I2C, UART, Ethernet)Experience with bare metal and RTOS based firmware. Knowledge on FreeRTOS and embedded Linux.Experience with version control tools such as Subversion, SourceSafe, Git, Azure DevOpsExperience with ARM processors, Visual Studio, Azure DevOps, ASP.NET Core, REST, Java, JavaScript, SQL, and background knowledge in Chemistry is a plus.Good understanding of device drivers, boot loaders, and communication protocol stacks: USB, UDP, TCPIP Experience with developing desktop applications (both front end and back end) using C#, .NET, and Python2+ years of developing multithreading applications.Experience working with Microsoft WindowsKnowledge, Skills, AbilitiesKnowledge of Microsoft Windows Office Suite Applications.Familiar with RTOS, Green Hills IDE, Embedded Workbench, Eclipse IDE, STM32CUbeIde and debug emulatorFamiliar with electronics debugging, sensors (thermal and motor position), oscilloscope, logic analyzer and DMM.Able to fix hardware and interpret schematics.Understands digital (ie - logic gates, logic levels) and analog (ie – basic op-amp circuits) electronics fundamentals.Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.Ability to present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.Ability to lead technical discussion and design tradeoff between hardware and firmware.Understanding of fundamental DSP concepts such as discrete time latency.Able to set upan embedded system (watchdog, interrupts, etc).Good communication skills (verbal and written)Proficiency in programming languages such as C, C++, C#, PythonExperience with STM32 MCU and developing tool chains such as STM32CubeMX and IAR embedded workbench.Familiarity with Linux and real-time operating systems

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Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in California is $129,400.00–$194,050.00.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards