Overview

Join in our growth and help us accelerate our new product introductions. Work with an experienced and accomplished technical team creating firmware for the next generation of networked irrigation devices and cloud connected systems. Your willingness to learn and educate, and your enthusiasm to help will be vital for our team’s success.

You will make a positive impact in preserving one of our most precious natural resources, Water, and will help creating more connected and power efficient systems for a brighter future for us all.

This is a flexible job opportunity. The selected candidate should be based in San Diego, California or Tucson, Arizona, but will be able to work from home a few days during the week. Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities

• Write high-quality, well-documented, and robust code in embedded C for new and existing products
• Firmware development activities include design and development, design reviews, excellent documentation, test and verification of modules, product verification, coordination with quality assurance, and field validation
• Utilize data sheets, review schematics, and perform board bring up as needed
• Report status and progress against the plan and activity
• Collaborate directly and effectively with other firmware developers and other teams including Electronics design, DevOps, Cloud software, Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Test Automation, and Marketing
• Create and maintain excellent and organized project records and documentation
• Participate in sustaining activities for existing products including diagnosis and resolution of defects

Qualifications

MINIMUM Qualifications:

• BS in Electrical, Electronic, Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical degree or equivalent extensive experience.
• Fresh graduates are eligible for this position
• Experience with embedded C/C programming on Micro-Controller (uC) or System-on-Chip (SoC)
• Excellent English communication (verbal and written)
• Self-motivated and strong analytical problem-solving abilities

DESIRED Qualifications:

• Experience with development/debugging tools (C/C compilers, ICE, JTAG, oscilloscopes, etc.)
• Experience with board bring up, bootloader and OTA
• Experience using waterfall or agile methodologies
• Experience with a Real Time Operating System (RTOS) such as FreeRTOS or ThreadX
• Experience integrating products with cloud / IoT infrastructure (Amazon, proprietary or other)
• Experience with Agile software development process (methodology, best practices, tools)
• Experience using tools and toolchains including IAR, VSCode, Jira, Jenkins, git, Perforce
• Ability to review and understand digital and analog schematics
• Experience developing and integrating radio stacks in embedded products (BLE, LoRa, LoRaWAN, WiFi)
• More senior candidates are expected to also bring leadership experience, knowledge in the full product life cycle, and a wider range of in-depth technical knowledge of different subject matters
• Experience developing and deploying consumer products and highly reliable systems
• Working experience with battery operated devices
• Knowledge of multi-tasking or multi-threading systems
• Experience with CI/CD and unit test frameworks

Rain Bird Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer