Technical Lead Firmware Developer

Fresh Consulting is a design-led, software development and hardware engineering company, offering end-to-end digital services to help companies innovate. We bring together amazing UX designers, sophisticated developers, digital strategists, and top-notch engineers to help companies create fresh experiences that connect humans, systems, and machines. We've been growing fast and need someone to help us continue to manage the delivery of high-quality work in a fast-paced environment.

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Title: TechnicalLead Firmware Developer

Location: Hybrid — our offices are located in San José, Montes de Oca, San Pedro. You'll be required to work onsite at least one day per week.

Benefits: Medical plan, PTO, Sick Leave and Bereavement Leave, English classes, great culture and much more

Hours: Minimum 40 Hours/Week

What you'll be doing:

• Will be the technical lead of a team of 4-5 firmware developers that will be working on a test instrument device.
• Will be using and leading an Agile 2-week sprint cadence
• Will be using Linux development environment
• Will be responsible for driving the team to deliver quality products
• Will be interacting with the client on technical and delivery

Required Skills

• At least 10-20 years experience in firmware development
• Experienced technical lead of products that use ARM Cortex M class of processors
• Experienced leading teams in the Agile development process
• C/C++ Programming
• Microcontroller Firmware Low-Level programming, Register Manipulation and some lightweight digital signal processing (number representation, FPUs/DSP instructions, math)
• Capabilities in developing software modularly with abstractions – Establishing a good platform abstraction of the HAL
• ARM Based Microcontrollers (Cortex-M)
• Interpreting Schematics and technical reference manuals (Pinouts, etc)
• FreeRTOS Development (Knowledge of threading, synchronization, IPC, and other RTOS features)
• Interrupt Safe Design and Use of Synchronization Devices
• Automated tests using Unit Tests, static analysis, etc
• Experience with Standard Peripherals (UART, ADC, Timers, etc)
• Use of Benchtop Tools (Logic Analyzers, power supplies, Multimeters, scopes)
• Strong toolchain and debugger knowledge; ability to support numerous build targets with different toolchains
• Python
• Build System (Scons)
• Git, Github
• Agile Software Development using Atlassian & GitHub
• Software Development Life Cycle
• Cloud based Development Environments using GitHub Actions, Docker, etc

FRESH

• Work on engineering and research assignments with F500 companies and startups.
• The relationships that we have created with our clients are one of a kind.
• We help solve problems in many technologies focusing on R&D, product development, and manufacturing.
• We work at the most cutting-edge and latest technologies from AR/VR to Autonomous technologies.
• Closely working with our clients, we believe that long term investments are extremely important to maintain the culture we together have created.

We're a handpicked team of Engineers, digital strategist, designers, and developers united together in creating a fresh experience. Whether we are strategizing, designing, developing, or analyzing, our integrated team works as an extension of yours to improve your impact, your usability, and your customer conversion. In the process, we collaborate with you to get to know your business, understand your industry, and incorporate your big ideas into memorable experiences that keep your customers coming back for more.

Equal employment opportunity: All qualified persons will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, familial status, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability for which a reasonable accommodation can be made or any other status protected by law. Assistance will be gladly provided upon request for any applicant with sensory or non-sensory disabilities.