Senior Firmware Engineer

Senior Firmware Engineer - low level embedded software

• Are you passionate about low-level embedded software development?
• Are you ready to contribute to designing highly specialized real-time embedded systems?
• Would you like to be a part of a skilled team working together on advancing our hearing aid solutions and making a real difference for millions of hearing aid users worldwide?

If the answer is yes, keep reading!

Part of a highly motivated team
In your new position at Demant, you will join Foundation Software group, which is a part of the R&D unit Device SW.

The group consists of about 20 highly skilled colleagues, working in four scrum teams with a focus on delivering embedded SW functionalities that form a foundation of all hearing device SW platforms. The atmosphere in the teams is informal and friendly, but at the same time highly engaged.

We believe that the best results come from a fruitful team effort. We support each other, we provide feedback and share knowledge and ideas to continuously improve our solutions.

We have an informal, collaborative and creative atmosphere where respect is central, and where we work together towards common goals.

Loads of advanced features packed into a resource constrained platform
Our group is involved in all phases of product development, from IC specification, early wakeup, development, verification, to market releasing. This makes our work very diverse in terms of both pace and content.

Depending on the phase of the project, we work in simulations, FPGAs or on the actual chipset. Our chipsets are advanced multi-core network-on-chip solutions, and, as they are developed internally, our delivery starts with the boot ROM and extends all the way up to the application layer. We use a number of specialized in-house tools and procedures that assist our development at every stage.

Our goal is to deliver the most advanced low-power audio-enabled device, living up to medical device standards. This entails designing safe C code that provides advanced functionality with real-time guarantees for the audio system, while at the same time balancing memory consumption, compute cycles and power efficiency.

The firmware platform includes hardware drivers, real-time operating system, power management, file system, communication stacks, firmware update functionality, security and more.

As a senior member of our team your main responsibilities would be to:

• Act as a subject matter expert and contribute to specifying functionalities and architectural aspects required for new releases and products.
• Contribute to initiatives to improve efficiency and quality of internal deliveries, processes and tools.
• Design, develop, test and release firmware for our chipset.
• Enable hardware and production to calibrate and verify the final product.
• Contribute to the definition and development of our internally developed ICs.
• Develop and verify efficient firmware on a custom IC while it is under development.
• Provide guidance and coach junior colleagues, share knowledge and ideas.

We believe in a good life
In Demant we trust and value professionalism, experience, and involvement. We recognize that to bring enthusiasm and inspiration to work, you need to recharge and spend time with family, friends, and hobbies in a healthy work-life balance.

To ensure the good life we offer breakfast and lunch every day in our canteen, free use of fitness room including weekly spinning sessions, massage offer, possibility to work from home up to two days per week, and, if you are a parent, you can stay home with your child as long as the child is not feeling well (no child’s first sick day).

Your profile
You have specialized knowledge of real-time embedded SW systems, and experience in developing, maintaining, and optimizing such systems under complex constraints and dependencies.

You are comfortable working with a large, shared code base under version control, and with automated build and test flows. You are able to dive deep into debugging or optimization challenges in different parts of the code and are good at reaching out to your colleagues for providing or getting input.

You like to build maintainable modular code and take responsibility for all aspects of your work, including design, implementation, documentation and testing.

You can work independently and like to collaborate within the team and across teams.

You find motivation in supporting your team to deliver on time and with quality.

You hold a relevant degree in Electronics or Computer Engineering, and you have solid experience within the following areas of embedded SW development:

• Low-level embedded programming in C.
• Programming for memory-, power-, time-constrained systems.
• Understanding of processor architectures.
• Understanding of real-time operating systems and real-time handling of HW.
• Usage of measurement instruments such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, etc.
• Unit and system testing.
• Version control systems.
• Linux and scripting.

Others recognize your focus on quality and comprehensive testing. You are respected as a collaborative team player who seeks the best solutions through constructive dialogue.

You are ready to join us working on-site in our headquarters in Smørum (greater Copenhagen) from day one.

Join our team!
Please submit your application, including your CV and a short description of your motivation and why we could be a match, no later than 28th of February 2025. Applications will be processed continuously, and we expect to hold the first interview in week 11 and second interview in week 12.

Please note that we only accept applications through our online application portal.

If you have any questions regarding the position, you are welcome to contact the hiring manager, Maja Loncar, at [email protected].

We look forward to hearing from you!

At Demant we value diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) and we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome applications from alle qualified candidates regardless of ethnic background, personality, age, gender, and education. Diversity is part of our cultural DNA. Women in STEM areas are particularly encouraged to apply, as Demant supports United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5 on gender equality.

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Senior Firmware Engineer
Smørum, DK, 2765