Senior Staff Firmware Engineer

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we're guided by a shared purpose - helping people be their best in the moments that matter - and we live up to our purpose every day by solving for safer. Because people can only be their best when they not only feel safe, but are safe. We're solving for safer by building the best possible technologies across every part of our safety and security ecosystem. That's mission-critical communications devices and networks, AI-powered video security & access control and the ability to unite voice, video and data in a single command center view. We're solving for safer by connecting public safety agencies and enterprises, enabling the collaboration that's critical to connect those in need with those who can help. The work we do here matters.

Department OverviewThe Avigilon Alta hardware group (formerly Openpath) is looking for an outstanding team member to drive design, development, and deployment of deeply embedded firmware on new and existing products. We are looking for strong technical talent to join us as we build, scale and innovatively develop our industry leading platform for access control and office automation. Strong analytical and software skills are a must in order to join our team, and we are particularly seeking candidates with experience and skills in power-constrained, real-time environments.
Job Description

Our engineering team aids in building the infrastructure that seamlessly supports the business and its growing customer base. Engineers, customers, and end-users will all be affected by solutions developed by our team. It's a full stack on a small team with big company support approach. This position requires constant cross team communication and heavy cooperation with customer support, software, and hardware development groups. An ideal candidate will be passionate about problem solving, will look to automation to address issues, and will ultimately envision solutions to the next level.

What you'll be doing:

• Designing and developing highly reliable software for our internally-designed embedded systems as well as hardware interface services in a very embedded environment.
• Making data-driven decisions to optimize for power consumption and performance.
• Board bring up, writing device drivers, and R&D on the latest embedded technologies.
• Writing clean and testable C code for a multi-processor product.
• Collaborating with a distributed firmware team on idea and implementations for our products.
• Iterating on existing RF software drivers and business logic to improve performance and reliability.
• Reading schematics and collaborating with hardware engineers.
• Taking ownership of your code, including verification testing and writing documentation.
• Work with customer support and other software teams as a technical resource for any customer issues and patch bugs as needed.
• Support for internal and external manufacturing efforts for product quality control and bring up.
• Work with QA team to design, develop and execute test scripts for life cycle, unit and regression testing
• Work cross functionally with mobile, backend, hardware and firmware teams to develop new products
• Work with a truly unique and driven team that comes from a diverse background of different hardware and software roles. Side conversations you'll encounter range from hacker cons and bluetooth exploits to flying airplanes and the finer points of Texas BBQ

Requirements:

• Excellent programming skills in an embedded context, using C or C++
• Results-oriented, dependable, and accountable
• Strong ability to analyze existing code and debug
• Strong understanding of Git version control
• Comfortable reading Python, Makefile, and Shell scripts
• Bachelors Degree

The base salary range for this position in California is $130,000 - $150,000.

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Basic Requirements

• 4+ years experience programming in C or C++
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required. Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position.

Travel RequirementsUnder 10%
Relocation ProvidedDomestic
Position TypeExperienced
Referral Payment PlanYes

Our U.S. Benefits include:

• Incentive Bonus Plans
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
• 401K with Company Match
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Generous Paid Time Off Packages
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Paid Parental & Family Leave
• and more!

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic. 

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please email [email protected].