Advance Development Engineer

3 days ago

Auburn Hills, United States Whisker Full time
Description:

Find out exactly what skills, experience, and qualifications you will need to succeed in this role before applying below.

Whisker is the maker of Litter-Robot, Feeder-Robot, and Litterbox.com. At Whisker, we believe pet parenthood can always get better.

As leading innovators in pet tech and refined pet accessories, we work tirelessly to solve problems and deliver smarter insights for pet parents while enriching the lives of pets. Whether it’s a self-cleaning litter box that automates scooping, an automatic feeder that helps pets develop healthier eating habits, or a modern cat tree that delights both humans and felines, we strive to deliver better solutions for consumers while transforming pet care along the way. To us, having a pet is the best thing ever. At Whisker, life together just keeps getting better.

Whisker is based in Auburn Hills, Michigan and Juneau, Wisconsin with 600+ passionate team members.

What You’ll Do:

We are seeking a talented and innovative Firmware Engineer to join our dynamic Innovation Engineering team at Whisker, a leader in connected pet care products and services. In this role, you will play a key part in shaping the future of connected pet care by developing cutting-edge firmware and algorithms for technologies that are well ahead of market trends.

Summary:

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including hardware engineers, product managers, and designers, to explore new sensing technologies and novel features for pet care devices. Your expertise in embedded systems, IoT, and low-power design will help bring advanced concepts to life, enabling us to create next-generation products that deliver exceptional user experiences and improve the well-being of pets.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as deemed necessary.

Architects and implements technical solutions on embedded systems to support IoT smart pet product research and development.
Works with AWS cloud engineering team on data management for concept prototypes.
Develops desktop applications with a focus on test data and recording.
Fixtures software development.
Manages code release process for the R&D embedded function.
Conducts integration and system-level testing.
Programs, solves, and debugs with detailed knowledge in machine control and multi-threaded / multi-core programming environments, software applications, and device layering programs.
Provides information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing development issues.
Documents and demonstrates solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code.
Stays up to date with state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques, and computing equipment by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks and participating in professional organizations.
Will perform additional responsibilities when required.
Requirements:

What You’ll Bring:

BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field
5+ years of Embedded Systems Experience
Solid understanding of:
C/C++, Bare Metal, FreeRTOS (or similar)
Microcontroller and sensor HW selection
Low-level and device driver development
PWM, UART, I2C, SPI, SDIO, MIPI, USB, BLE, and WiFi
AWS IoT Device SDK (or similar) and MQTT protocol
JTAG / ICE
Experience with Test Driven Development methodology
Experience with version control tools such as BitBucket, etc.
Experience with power supplies, meters, oscilloscopes, signal generators, etc.
Experience with a variety of sensors, DSP, driver and algorithm development
Experience with board bring up and rework
Experience with ST and Espressif MCUs and their respective development ecosystems
Experience with successfully taking products to market
Maintains confidentiality of proprietary information
Ability to maintain a professional atmosphere in a fast-paced environment with numerous interactions and interruptions
A high degree of initiative, self-motivation, and ability to motivate others
Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with colleagues
Comfortable with office pets (cats, dogs)

Not Required but Nice to Have

Experience developing electronic subsystems and board-level designs
Experience with cable harness fabrication and documentation
Experience with edge ML
Experience with Embedded Linux (Yocto or similar)
Experience with Bootloader development
Experience with implementing OTA functionality
Basic understanding of mechanical systems
Experience in designing products for consumer health or pet care markets.
Project management experience

Benefits & Purrks:

Join a tenacious, inventive company that empowers team members to chart their own path, lead by grounding decisions in the “why”, and has a strong sense of empathy and openness to new perspectives. Be a part of exciting growth, work with incredible people, and create tomorrow’s pet products—plus a whole lot of extras. You will also be provided with:

Premium Medical/Dental/Vision insurance
Paid parental leave
Whisker Parents Program
1 day "pawternity" leave for new pet adoption
Pet Insurance Discount
401K match
Flexible spending accounts
Company-paid short-term disability and life insurance
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Generous paid time off
14 Paid Holidays
Top of the line equipment
Pet-friendly office
Whisker products and swag
Continuing education Support
On-site gym with Peloton
Referral program

Statement of Inclusivity:

We believe different perspectives make Whisker better and strive to create a place where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive.

Please ensure to regularly check your email spam folder for any communication from Whisker to avoid missing important updates regarding your application status.

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