Embedded Software Design Engineer

u-blox

Espoo or Tampere, Finland

In the position of the Embedded Software Design Engineer at u-blox you will be responsible for the heart of u-blox’s cutting edge positioning devices. With your practical experience in embedded computing and sound background knowledge in the domain of geodesy, mathematics or physics you will be a specialist for dedicated GNSS software applications running on power- and performance-optimized ARM processors. With your expertise in the field of embedded systems as integrated in our GNSS module devices you will be continuously developing and refining embedded algorithms and strategies.

Your Responsibilities

Take part in the complete development process which includes design and specification, implementation, integration and verification of embedded receiver firmware
Create technical documentation for developed functional blocks and features
Implementation of new features according to a requirement specification and project plan, along with test coverage implementation
Assistance in definition and verification phase of new features
Analysis of feedback or nonconformities
Root-cause analysis of defects
Providing workarounds and development of bug fixes

Your Skills and Experience

BSc. or M.Sc. Informatics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Applied Mathematics
Experience in developing embedded firmware for integrated systems, with unit testing mindset and good engineering practice
Scientific and engineering skills as problem solving, software debugging, data analysis, statistics, mathematical and physical models
Knowledge of embedded security
Knowledge of GNSS technology and related technologies such as statistics, estimation theory, Kalman filtering, control theory.
Programming languages:
- C (preferably on embedded systems)
- C++, Python, Perl, make
- Git, Subversion or other version control software
- MS Visual Studio Code or similar development environment
Flexible team player, with ability and motivation to work as part of a bigger project
Very good communication and analytical skills
Fluent in English
Willingness to travel occasionally