Backcountry Access (BCA) is a market leader in avalanche safety equipment. The engineering & development team is specifically responsible for the development of new lifesaving products and technologies that snow recreationalists and professionals all over the world use to stay safe in avalanche terrain. The team is looking for a contract firmware engineer to assist in the development and implementation of firmware designed to work on BCA’s Avalanche Transceivers (beacons).

Essential Job Duties:

• Develop firmware for class leading avalanche transceivers (beacons).
• Create software architecture on Embedded SW and other entities like BT, apps (iOS, Android), and manufacturing devices.
• Help implementation and testing on target HW at the BCA electronics laboratory based in SeaTac, WA.
• Ability to work seamlessly through remote collaboration tools with a geographically decentralized team.
• Ability to work on-site with engineering staff in the BCA electronics lab when necessary.
• Participate in reviews of requirements, HW and other SW stakeholder documents.
• Measurements with signal analyzer, oscilloscope and other lab equipment.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers and assist with board testing and hardware bring up.
• Collaborate with verification team to ensure full test coverage and debug as necessary.
• Code & verify embedded systems for ARM & STM32 architecture.
• Work closely with development leads and other engineers to gather requirements, prioritize development, and deliver business value.
• Support legacy products and production support as needed.
• Code optimization for size, speed, and current consumption.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of experience working in an embedded systems firmware development role.
• Proficient in C and C++.
• Experience working with microcontrollers, embedded RTOS (preferably ARM Mbed), and debuggers.
• Date / RF Com protocols such as I2C, SPI, USART, GPIO, ADC, DAC, BLE, USB, CODEC, etc.
• Ability to troubleshoot hardware and firmware using lab test equipment.
• High level documentation skills.

Desired Qualifications:

• Familiarity with ARM Cortex-M4/7 architectures.
• Knowledge of Git (GitHub) and git workflows.
• Experience in developing custom bootloaders.
• Experience in Python.
• Experience with PIC microcontrollers and Microchip software ecosystem.
• Experience with RF and signal processing.
• Basic circuit design/understanding & soldering experience.
• Knowledge of avalanche transceivers and their basic operation.
• Active backcountry skier / snowboarder / snowmobiler.