C Firmware Engineer R&D

Firmware Engineer (C)

Our client is a German mid-sized multinational company with wide market presence and worldwide reputation as specialist in motion and occupancy sensors.

We are currently looking for a firmware engineer that will be focused in the design and development of embedded software for occupancy detectors and other lighting controls.

The selected candidate will join a multi-disciplinary team located in Barcelona but with strong collaborations with international locations.

Main Responsibilities

• Design, implement and test firmware for microcontroller-based occupancy detectors and lighting control devices. 

• Collaborate with hardware engineers to ensure high quality, factory-ready products. 

• Assist quality assurance and support teams in investigating and analysing product defects. 

• Generate internal and end-user documentation (official written language is English). 


What does the company offer

• Fix contract in a leading company within the sector (4 months probation period). 

• Being part of a small team within an international community of R&D professionals
• Flexible and results orientated team with excellent work atmosphere
• Competitive salary package according to candidate’s experience and position. 


• Master’s degree in Electronics or Telecommunications engineering. 

• 4–5 years of relevant experience writing code for 8-bit/32-bit microcontrollers. 

• Excellent programming skills in C language, as well as some knowledge of assembly language. 

• Experience in implementing and debugging low-level drivers and serial communication protocols (SPI, 
I2C, RS232, ...). 

• Experience in debugging electronic circuits with embedded microcontrollers. Familiar with laboratory 
instrumentation (e.g. oscilloscope, logic and  spectrum analyser, ...). 

• Knowledge of real-time data adquisition and Digital Signal Processing techniques and algorithms. 

• Familiarity with version control systems. 

• Fluent English (B2–C1). German will be a plus. 

• Willingness to travel to company's headquarters located in Germany (3-4 times/year). 


• Experience using and/or developing products with standard lighting and building automation protocols (e.g. DALI, KNX, LonWorks, BACnet..) 

• Experience using and/or developing products with standard wireless protocols (e.g. Zigbee, Bluetooth, EnOcean, ...). 

• Experience with Linux embedded: kernel customization, device drivers and Web applications development. 

• Knowledge of programming languages under Windows OS (C#, Visual Basic, ...) to develop PC- based data-adquisition and communication applications. 


 Personal and Profesional Competencies 


• Results orientation: drive to work towards a standard of excellence. 

• Strong analytical skills: organizing the parts of a problem or a situation, making systematic 
comparisons of different aspects of it, understanding the implications, setting priorities on a rational 
basis, identifying time sequences and finding causal relationships. 

• Problem solving. 

• Initiative: Refers to the action taken to address a current or future problem, obstacle or opportunity. 
Initiative should be seen in the context of proactively doing things and not simply thinking about future 
actions. 

• Team Player: Implies the readiness to take on the role of team member and to work cooperatively with 
others.