Zipcar is looking for a firmware engineering lead to join our telematics team. This person will be working on the firmware that operates our in-vehicle telematics unit, including cellular network communications, Bluetooth and CAN bus communications to the car.
What You'll Do: - Work with the team to set quarterly departmental goals and metrics for the team.
- Experience with vehicle OBD and CAN stack
- Identify and evaluate potential partners for telematics solutions and opportunities that mitigate risk and align with the business
- Able to be the technical point of contact for multiple onshore manufacturing partners
- Experience with getting FCC, PTCRB and UK/EU RF regulatory certification for connected devices
- Ability to architect hardware, firmware and backend technologies to solve business problems
- Experience with proposing, designing and developing end-to-end connected devices involving RF, Embedded and connected products
- Provide full lifecycle software development, including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, production deployment, documentation
- Experience with technologies such as RFID, Wireless 3G/4G, Bluetooth
- Able to creatively solve business problems using pre-existing technologies
- Able to solve both short term and long-term business problems
- Technical experience with automotive grade devices to ensure safety of our products
- Able to work with technicians on custom cables and manufacturing of cables and harnesses
- Ability to manage test engineering for connected devices
- Ability to get buy-in on solutions from various stakeholders within Zipcar
- Able to translate business requirements into technical requirements and vice versa
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices for connected fleet management
- Provide support for existing in-production devices
Perks You'll Get: - Access to Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability insurance
- Eligible to elect other voluntary benefits including: Group Auto Insurance, Group Home Insurance, Pet Insurance, Legal Assistance, Identity Theft Protection, FSA, Accident Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, and additional life insurance coverages
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with company matched contributions
- Full training to learn the business and enhance professional skills
- Employee discounts, including discounted prices on the purchase of Avis/Budget cars
- Access to an Employee Assistance Program for services including counseling, financial and legal consultation, referrals for care service and more
What We're Looking For: - 5+ years experience developing low-level firmware including device drivers or board support packages.
- Proficient in C/C++ programming.
- Able to read hardware schematics and use test equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, communications protocol analyzers) to help debug firmware problems.
- Prior experience with ARM Cortex-M processors or other microcontrollers.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience.
- Solid track record of working closely with device manufacturing to deliver on schedule and budget
- Some experience leading mechanical designs is preferable but not necessary
The annual starting salary for this position is between $150,000 - $170,000 annually. Factors that may affect starting pay within this range include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
Boston
Massachusetts
United States of America
