Career Opportunities

This is a full-time contract/consulting position with Quala. In addition to the full transparency of knowing the bill rate to the end client, you will receive:

$1 for $1 matching 401(k) with NO vesting period!, medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, STD, LTD, PTO, paid holidays, and more. Plus, you’ll never be asked to sign a non-compete letter before submitting you to a career opportunity. Client and consultant alignment with zero conflict of interest. 

• BS, MS or PhD in EE required and/or 15+ years of relevant experience.
• Hands-on experience in design, development and launch of high-volume consumer electronic product is a must.
• Strong knowledge of Operating Systems principle.
• Demonstrable programming skills in C and C++.
• Experience and understanding of firmware design tools (IAR is a plus) and languages.
• Understanding of basic testing, coding, and debugging procedures.
• Experience with of standard protocols such as USB, I2C, MIPI, and/or wireless technologies (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or other).
• Strong problem solving and debugging skills for multi-processor systems with I2C/SPI, USB and other interconnect bus.
• Demonstrated ownership of multiple  sub-systems and/or a complete simple product (Simple = Mouse or iPod shuffle) and/or experience launching multiple moderately complex to complex consumer electronic products: Moderately Complex = Smart TV/DVD, Complex = smart phone
• Demonstrated system engineering ownership of a moderately complex to complex product - Moderately Complex = Smart TV/DVD, Complex = smart phone and/or Hands-on experience launching multiple complex consumer electronic products - Complex = Smart Phone

As an embedded firmware engineer you will be responsible for creating and maintaining firmware running on embedded consumer electronics.  You will have responsibilities spanning all aspects of product bring-up and test:  write, debug, and integrate new device drivers, protocols, and other firmware code across embedded product line.  Interacting with Hardware, OS, Test, Operations and various other cross-functional teams.   Review board schematics and data sheets.  Utilize oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other test equipment to troubleshoot hardware/software issues.  Enable test strategies for new components in upcoming products.  Support product development builds locally and remotely.