Lead Firmware Engineer

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Company: Lomi

Location: Kelowna, BC V1P 1N7

Description:

Wanted: Lead Firmware Engineer

Are you curious & creative? Do you have a passion for sustainable products? Does the idea of creating a waste-free future excite you? If so, we're looking for you!

You:
  • Are really interested in circular economies
  • Appreciate a good debate even with your boss
  • Figure out how to fix it instead of who is to blame
  • Aren't afraid to jump into the deep end
  • Are excited about building empowered teams
  • Have pulled recyclables out of the trash

We:
  • Believe we do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children
  • Work to protect and restore the environment
  • Aren't afraid to make mistakes as long as we learn
  • Care more about your values and intelligence than your experience
  • Are committed to creating team dynamics that create empowerment vs. entitlement

Our Core Values:
  • Commit to a culture that builds a strong COMMUNITY
  • Foster CREATIVITY to inspire fresh innovation
  • Embrace COURAGE by taking action despite uncertainty
  • Live with Awareness and CONSCIOUSNESS of our choices

  • The Opportunity:

    We are seeking a Lead Firmware Engineer to join our Hardware Engineering Team, to help us with our goal of creating a waste-free future.

    This position will contribute to implementing innovative ideas in hardware systems and working closely with the Project Managers, Technology, and Manufacturing teams at Lomi. Contributing to and designing our future product plan for Lomi. An overarching theme of this role would be developing high-quality reliable electronics for our waste management hardware solutions using first principles.

    Responsibilities:
    • Leading the technical direction of Lomi firmware development and embedded systems.
    • Maintaining a high bar for code quality, scalability, and best practices and ensuring the team adheres to these standards.
    • Developing automated tests, test software, and test tools to perform software and hardware testing.
    • Building new features and fixing existing bugs for the firmware applications.
    • Working with the Technology team for integration of hardware within the network.
    • Collaborating with external vendors to develop and fulfill engineering requirements and coordinate project milestones.
    • Explore new and innovative solutions, concepts, features and technologies that can be integrated into the future and existing Lomi lineup.
    • Take a leadership role in the development of electronic systems in new products
    • Take part in the strategic decisions for product development
    • Be the Go-To-Expert for any effort related to the embedded and electronics system
    • Demonstrate a commitment to finding ways to reduce our environmental footprint across the product development process (design, materials selection, sourcing, etc).

    Qualifications:
    • Degree in Electrical/Mechatronics Engineering, Computer Science or comparable field or experience.
    • Hands-on builder and maker attitude.
    • 4+ years of experience programming embedded systems in C, C++, or Python
      • 2+ years of technical team leadership experience an asset
    • Connected IOT, wireless data transfer and remote data collection device experience is a plus
    • Preferred Experience in designing electronic hardware circuits:
      • Experience with mixed signal including DSP, DAC/ADC
      • Experience with high-speed microprocessors and digital circuits.
      • Experience with signal integrity analysis of analog and digital signals
    • Assembler, Linux, RTOS.
    • Advanced knowledge of hardware design, schematic capture, and PCB layout.
    • Knowledge of embedded systems, SOCs, FPGAs, MCUs, as well as analog circuits.
    • Electronic design and programming (Python, Linux, C, C++)
    • Familiarity with Linux, Git/GitLab, SVN, and AWS

    While we work flexibly, priority will be given to candidates based in Kelowna, BC who can engage with our Product Development and Engineering teams in person.

    Commitment to Diversity

    Lomi is committed to cultivating and preserving a company culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. This means we seek out people with a diversity of opinions and strengths that will be complementary to our existing organization. We know that we will grow and learn better with a diverse team. When recruiting new members of our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, age, religion, and sexual orientation.

    Salary: $110-130K CAD depending on experience

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