Senior Embedded SW Engineer (BLE stack firmware)

Job Title

Senior Embedded SW Engineer (BLE stack firmware)

Location

Athens, Greece

Job Overview

Looking for a Senior Embedded SW Engineer to join our BLE stack firmware team. Our team is responsible for the bring-up, maintenance and support of the BLE stack SW for our multi-processor systems on chip. The candidate should have a solid background in embedded SW engineering with a good background in BLE technology

Key responsibilities

• Participate in the bring-up of the BLE stack firmware (controller/ host) on FPGA and silicon development, maintenance, and testing of the BLE stack

• Document SW design

• Study Bluetooth SIG specifications

• Define test plans and test cases for BLE features, develop (or assist in the development of) tests, and automate (or assist in the automation of) test execution, aiming for a regression testing environment and Bluetooth SIG compliance.

• Collaborate and provide feedback to architects

• Analyze complex system issues

• Support marketing and customer support activities as a technical advisor

Qualifications

• Experience: At least 6 years in Embedded Software Development with prior experience in wireless protocols

• Education: Postgraduate degree or above in Computer/Electrical Engineering or other related majors

• Language: Proficient in English, both verbal and written

• Skills:

  • C and assembly programming for embedded 32-bit RISC MCUs without an RTOS

  • Knowledgeable about SW development tools (compilers, debuggers, MCU development IDEs)

  • Knowledgeable about Embedded SW development practices (testing, version control, code reviews, issue tracking)

  • Understanding digital circuits

  • Understanding circuit schematics

  • Proficient in using a logic analyzer

• Highly Desirable:

  • Experience with BLE Protocol host layers (GATT, ATT, SMP, L2CAP)

  • Experience with BLE Protocol controller layers (LL, PHY)

  • Experience with BLE sniffers and analysis of BLE sniffer captures

  • Experience with RISC-V ISA MCUs

  • Python scripting

• Nice to have:

  • Familiarity with the standard HCI protocol

  • Unit testing

  • Experience with CI tools (e.g., Jenkins)

• Strong sense of responsibility

• Good communication skills and team spirit

Organization

• Reports to BLE Team Lead

• Part of the SW Development team of SoC

• Direct Reports: None

E-mail to

hr@whalemicro.com