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Job Details: Embedded HW / SW Engineer

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Embedded HW / SW Engineer
Thalwil
 
Switzerland
Tampere, Finland
u-blox (SIX:UBXN) is a global provider of leading positioning and wireless communication technologies for the automotive, industrial, and consumer markets. Our solutions let people, vehicles, and machines determine their precise position and communicate wirelessly over cellular and short range networks. With a broad portfolio of chips, modules, and a growing ecosystem of product supporting data services, u-blox is uniquely positioned to empower its customers to develop innovative solutions for the Internet of Things, quickly and cost-effectively. With headquarters in Thalwil, Switzerland, the company is globally present with offices in Europe, Asia, and the USA.
As Embedded HW/SW engineer at u-blox you will be part of our Positioning Product Center and work in small multi-sites (Switzerland & Finland) team of highly motivated and talented engineers.

In this role you will implement test SW/FW for IC/IP verification, develop drivers and low level control SW and perform IC bring-up and debugging. You will also contribute to the requirements breakdown, specification work and FPGA prototyping for a new GNSS IC generation.

The role is located in Thalwil. There will be occasional travel to our other sites within Europe.

Your Responsibilities 
  • Developing / re-using existing test software in C for IP/IC verification
  • Developing drivers and other low level SW
  • Bringing-up and debugging
  • Requirements breakdown, specifications work and FPGA prototyping
Your Skills and Experience

M.Sc. in electrical engineering or equivalent experience.
3 - 5 years of experience in:
  • Embedded Software Development in C
  • Bring-up/prototyping and debugging activities and tools
  • Cortex M series processors, interfaces like SPI, UART, I2C, …
  • FPGA/ASIC development, VHDL/Verilog and/or IC verification
  • Integrated development environments (e.g. Eclipse), revision control systems (e.g. Git) and build tool chains
Knowledge and experience of GNSS technology is a plus, willingness to learn a must.
English fluent both spoken and written, any additional language is a value-add.

Bonus Points
  • Knowledge and experience on high level synthesis tools and methods
  • Knowledge of system-on-chips’ architecture
  • Experience of working in agile development environment
  • Skills in digital Signal processing
  • Knowledge of mixed signal and RF blocks
  • GNSS knowledge and experience
Are you interested in this challenging position within an international work environment in a successful company? Apply now! You will be working with a motivated team in an exciting technology.

We are looking forward to receiving your application.