Lead Firmware Engineer

FARO is an imaging company - and an imagining company. We envision a better, more insightful, and more powerful world realized through digital 3D means and measurement technologies. Right from the start, we have helped our customers make better decisions - faster and more accurately than anyone else in the industry.
We work with the largest companies on the planet to provide the solutions that enable them to overcome their most pressing industry challenges. In aerospace and automotive, we work with firms like SpaceX, NASA, Tesla and Volvo among others. In the construction industry, we work with the largest builders to scan and design astonishing projects. For public safety professionals, our forensics scanning tools solve crimes and document scenes with high tech gear you probably see on CSI and in the movies!
We believe that if it can be dreamed it can also be measured. And if it can be measured, it can also be realized.
FARO is looking for a Lead Firmware Engineer to work out of our office in Lake Mary, Florida. This will be a hybrid role, requiring a minimum of 3 days in the office weekly.
FARO is seeking a Senior Firmware Engineer for our Research & Development team in Lake Mary, FL
How you will make a difference:

• Key technical contributor in the design and development of embedded firmware for legacy and new products.
• Participates in cross-functional new product development teams as a firmware design resource.
• Documents all design activities (generates design specifications, theory of operations, test reports, etc.)
• Coordinates with outside software contractors when needed.
• Develops and conducts tests on new firmware designs.
• Analyzes firmware test data and reports on designs' performance versus specifications.
• Helps coordinate the release of new firmware designs.
• Other firmware design responsibilities may be added in the future as business conditions evolve.

This position requires:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.
• 8+ years of experience.

Technical Skills:

• Embedded C and C++ and high-level C++ or C# for GUI/console debugging & testing
• Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code with an understanding of Makefiles.
• Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS)
• Linux Development Environment, applications and building the kernel/filesystem
• Programming on single/multi-core processors for real time embedded systems
• Device driver design and implementation
• Optimizing embedded software for size and speed
• Source control (GIT)
• Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
• Debugging and testing embedded systems
• Multitasking/multithreaded programming
• Microcontroller Protocols: I2C, SPI, CAN, RS485
• Networking Protocols: TCP/FTP/UDP/RTP
• Basic electronics test equipment (oscilloscopes, function generators, logic analyzer, etc.)

WHAT FARO CAN OFFER YOU:
FARO has excellent benefits for you and your family. We not only care for our employees but also to their immediate family members. We believe in a balanced work-life and have developed programs and benefits plans to support that ethic, such as:

• A competitive paid time off bank and paid holidays
• Medical, dental, life and AD&D insurance plans
• Pre-tax flex spending accounts for medical and dependent care
• 401K with employer match
• Tuition reimbursement and training opportunities
• Wellness fairs
• Frequent lunch and learns to help educate employees about issues affecting their lives
• Other employee events

INCLUSIVE
At FARO, we are committed to encouraging different perspectives and ideas that foster innovation. We believe that we are strongest with a diverse team of employees. We want every FARO employee to feel our commitment to showing respect for all and encouraging open collaboration and communication.
FARO is an equal opportunity employer and provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. FARO is a government contractor and will take affirmative action as called for by applicable laws and Executive Orders.
Join us. Become part of a dynamic organization that values quality, leadership, teamwork, honesty and openness as a way of life in conducting our business.