Firmware Leader, LEGO Education

Job Description

Are you a technical People Leader, who can support a collaborative learning culture and environment? Do you have a passion for innovation and a strong technical expertise in embedded software development?

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Firmware Team Leader to join our engineering team, leading the design, development, and optimization of firmware for embedded systems, working closely with multi-functional teams to deliver high-quality, reliable, and efficient solutions.

We do not offer relocation for this position
 

Core Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of firmware engineers to design and develop embedded software for a variety of hardware platforms supporting different sensors and motors

• Foster a culture of collaboration between many different domains – e.g. engineering, experience and learning.

• Ensuring structured continuous development of the people and team

• Experience with working in large matrix organizations, supporting multiple projects at the same time

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to the team, ensuring high standards of coding, design practices are maintained, and world class develops are built

• Stay up to date with industry trends, standard processes, and emerging technologies in embedded systems and firmware development.

• Contribute to the selection and adoption of new tools, technologies, and methodologies for firmware development.

• Collaborate with hardware development, defining HW requirements, validating HW designs and maybe experience with the process of bringing newly developed products into mass production
   

Play your part in our team succeeding

Starting with the initial release of LEGO MINDSTORMS in 1998, LEGO Education has been at the forefront of building experiences that merge digital and physical play. Today, we have built on this history with products like LEGO Education SPIKE Prime and LEGO Education SPIKE Essential.

Working in our firmware team, collaborating with our designers and learning team, we believe we can bring classrooms to life through hands-on-learning and make a lasting impact on students.
 

Do you have what it takes?

The ideal candidate has a background within Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or similar combined with experience in embedded firmware development and team leadership. In addition, we are looking for an individual, who has:

• Strong proficiency in C, C++, and/or assembly programming for embedded systems.

• Experience with microcontrollers, SoCs, and real-time operating system (RTOS).

• Familiarity with hardware communication protocols (I2C, SPI, UART, etc.) and debugging tools (e.g., JTAG, oscilloscopes).

• Solid understanding of embedded systems architecture and memory management.

• Experience with firmware testing and debugging tools, such as Simulators, emulators, and unit testing frameworks.
   

As a person, you are a passionate people leader who thrives with people’s development, coaching and sparring. You bring strong communication- and problem-solving skills as well as working in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple priorities, and meeting deadlines.

Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

Research shows that women and people from different underrepresented backgrounds often only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. For all candidates, if you dream of being a part of our team and you meet many, but not all of our listed qualifications for this role, please apply.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

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