Senior Firmware Engineer, Design & Innovation at Flex in Austin, Texas

Job Description:

Flex is a leading sketch-to-scale™ solutions company that designs and builds intelligent products for a connected world. With more than 200,000 professionals across 30 countries and a promise to help make the world Live Smarter™, the company provides innovative design, engineering, manufacturing, real-time supply chain insight and logistics services to companies of all sizes in various industries and end-markets. For more information please visit our careers page at www.flex.com. 

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  Industry: Electrical / Electronic Manufacturing


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  Type: Public Company


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  NASDAQ: FLEX


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  Headquarters: 2 Changi South Lane, Singapore, 486123


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  Company Size: 10,001+ employees


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  Website: www.flex.com
  

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Job Description

Flex's multiple Design & Innovation sites are each part of the engineering development focus that is pushing the boundaries in product design and performance. Chartered with assisting our customers in innovative product designs, the Flex innovation and design community are working on cutting edge products across all industries.  

Utilizing the latest technology advancements, the Austin Innovation Center, part of the Catalyzing Innovation organization, focuses in broad, open ended problem areas, where requirements are less defined.  This creates a fast-paced, technically challenging environment set for collaboration, innovation, and creativity to create the products of tomorrow.

Currently, the Catalyzing Innovation organization is seeking a Senior Firmware Engineer   located in the brand-new Austin Innovation Center located in Austin, TX. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team, work with fellow innovation engineers around the country, and support cutting edge system design and engineering projects.  Working alongside other design engineering team members, you will be responsible for requirements gathering, FW architecture, design, documentation, and test through the product design cycle from ideation and feasibility to factory introduction and product launch.

We are looking for someone who demonstrates:

• Intense collaboration


• Passionate customer focus


• Thoughtful, fast, disciplined execution


• Tenacious commitment to continuous improvement


• Relentless drive to win

  
Here is a glimpse of what you’ll do…

• Develop software architecture.


• Participate in system design.


• Drive software requirements.


• Develop Software Test Requirements.


• Write source code, and provide documentation.


• Participate in hardware bring-up and software test.
  
  

Here is some of what you’ll need (required)…

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or Computer Science.


• Minimum of 8 years of software design engineering experience.


• Excellent understanding of embedded software design, with proficiency in C, C++, Python, and other languages.


• Experience with Device driver and SW architecture.


• Experience with Real time systems.


• Knowledge of design for testability.


• Strong debugging skills.


• Experience with bug tracking and version control.


• Proficient with IDE, debuggers, tracing and compiler tools.


• Familiarity with SCM systems.


• Strong verbal and technical writing skills.


• Strong analytical thinking skills.
  
  

Here are a few of our preferred experiences…

• Experience with FPGA Programming


• Experience with wireless product design (Bluetooth, LoRa, WiFi, etc.)


• Experience with wearable products

Here are a few examples of what you’ll get for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical benefits, dental, vision


• Life Insurance


• Matching 401K


• PTO


• Tuition Reimbursement


• Employee discounts at local retailers

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Job Category

Relocation

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