Firmware Development Engineer

Firmware Development Engineer

















Who is LitePoint?


LitePoint is a privately held Wireless Technology Company specializing in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of some of the world's most advanced, standard specific, test instruments and solutions.


Based in the heart of Silicon Valley, Sunnyvale, California, the company grew organically, with no VC investment but from customer revenue. Today LitePoint has become a very profitable, pre-IPO, multinational business with presence in Asia, Europe and the Americas.


In our R&D group, you'll be part of a team that develops leading edge wireless test equipment for the growing WLAN, WiMAX and UWB markets. Though you'll be part of a team, you will also be working independently and setting your own priorities. The scope and complexity of your projects will be based on your existing knowledge and capabilities as well as how fast you can acquire new skills.


Firmware engineers are responsible for developing the software required to control our 0.5 to 6 GHz wireless test equipment.


Key Job Responsibilities:



Develop embedded firmware


Develop automated test scripts to exercise the firmware and hardware. These test scripts should be able to isolate problems in the design


Track and implement design improvements and version control


Develop design specifications, communicate and verify these specifications with the RF/logic designers, and implement these in a timely and high quality manner


Qualifications:



5 years experience developing embedded firmware in C/C++


3 years Linux kernel/application experience


3 years Windows DDK experience


Experience with drivers for USB, Ethernet, PCI, etc.


Experience with Visual Studio C/C++


Understand and have implemented Design for Test concepts


Experience with developing automatic software test benches


Experience with MatLab operation and programming


Strong individual contributor with a strong sense for quality of work


Exposure to GUI development desired


Ability to understand how to properly control RF and logic circuit desired.


Position is located in Sunnyvale, California. Candidates from other geographies also considered.


LitePoint offers its employees a very broad benefit base which includes:



Comprehensive Health, Vision, Dental insurance


Short and long-term disability


Life Insurance


Very competitive equity packages


Very competitive bonus packages


401K


We employ some of the world's finest Wireless Systems and RF Design Engineers in addition to some of the world's most seasoned Chip and Wireless Communications business veterans.


At LitePoint you'll get the opportunity to teach as well as learn from the best.


We have cultivated an open culture where rigid corporate structures and titles mean little, a culture where we always place the customer first. Our top priority is to keep building the highest quality wireless test solutions in the world and to continue to lead the industry in innovation and rapid product introduction cycles.


If you are an open-minded individual with a desire to build advanced systems and have a love for solving complex problems, if you are an individual who enjoys being challenged and knows how to challenge back, an individual who can't wait to work in a dynamic international environment, right in the middle of the hottest action in the wireless space, then you belong at LitePoint.


APPLY NOW !


We'd love to have you on our team !