Firmware developer

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. Our critical communications, video security and command center technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike, enabling the coordination that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals and safer businesses. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department OverviewCompany 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 Overview
The Specialty Cameras Engineering team is responsible for developing cameras for special applications, such as environments with explosive or highly corrosive atmospheres or long range surveillance for border projection. The products are aimed at public and commercial safety. The team is responsible for the development of the complete products, including hardware, firmware and mechanics and takes care of the whole development life-cycle that includes development, testing and maintenance of the systems we build.
We work in two teams, one in Schio, Italy, and one in Ware, United Kingdom.
Job Description

As a FW developer in Schio, you will join a scrum team working on the firmware that powers the surveillance cameras we develop. Working in close collaboration with other departments, engineers in this team excel at developing applications and drivers under Linux, and have a variety of backgrounds and specializations. The team uses modern C++ to develop highly reusable code, and utilize state-of-the-art systems and tools throughout the development life cycle.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement sophisticated scalable multi-threaded Object Oriented Software in C++ for solving challenging problems involving high speed data processing and networking

• Design advanced software modules that follow modern C++ design patterns

• Apply problem solving skills and experience to identify and improve low-level system performance issues

• Apply engineering principles to design algorithms for controlling image acquisition parameters, as well as environmental conditions (Temperature, Power, Fog, Frost, etc.)

• Create design documents on software architecture and algorithms

• Collaborate with Hardware designers on board bring-up and debug

• Review code of peers for adherence to coding standards and design guidelines

• Collaborate with Quality Assurance team on identifying test cases for new features and areas for regression tests

• Follow the established development process for all design and implementation tasks

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor / Master degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering and Electronics and Electrical

• 3+ years embedded development experience

• Strong C and C++ design and programming skills for embedded applications

• Firm grasp of operating system concepts including processes, threads, mutexes and exception handling

• Experience with C/C++ compilation and debugging tools

• Experience with scripting languages, build systems, and version control systems

• Experience with development in a Linux environment for ARM target processors

• Understanding of embedded design considerations including C/C++ memory management, microprocessor architectures, instruction efficiency, and I/O timing

• Fluent in English (spoken and written).

• Ability to work in a hybrid mode (office in Schio)

Would be a plus:

• Knowledge of digital imaging/photography and audio/video coding is a plus

• JavaScript and/or React.js knowledge

Travel RequirementsNone
Relocation ProvidedNone
Position TypeExperienced

Referral Payment PlanNo

CompanyVideotec S.p.A

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.