Embedded Firmware Engineer

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Eindhoven, NLD
In-Office
Mid level
Aerospace • Artificial Intelligence • Hardware • Robotics
The Role
Design, test, and validate embedded firmware for wireless communication systems. Create and execute test plans, document defects, and support safety-driven architecture, hardware/software partitioning, real-time performance trade-offs, and DSP/numerical optimization for resource-constrained platforms.
Summary Generated by Built In

Our company is developing a cutting-edge wireless communication system to connect multiple portable devices. Long range, high data rates, low latency, resistance to interferences, and multipath make this problem particularly challenging, giving the candidate unique opportunities to research, design, and implement the next-generation radio communication systems.

 Key Responsibilities
  • Analyze project requirements related to the product, firmware functionality, and test benches
  • Design, develop, and maintain test documentation ensuring comprehensive functional coverage
  • Execute test scenarios based on the test plan; clearly report testing results and progress
  • Identify, investigate, and document defects, including reproduction steps and detailed issue reporting
  • Safety-related architectural partitioning
  • Selection of certified vs non-certified compute targets
  • Real-time performance trade-offs
  • Numerical optimization and DSP implementation choices
  • Coding rules at implementation level
  • Prepare test reports and participate in team meetings
  • Contribute to the development and validation of advanced R&D products

RequirementsTechnical Qualifications Required
  • 3+ years of experience in QA, including at least 1 year in embedded systems
  • Experience testing microcontroller-based systems (e.g., STM32) and single-board computers (e.g., Raspberry Pi)
  • Solid understanding of test design techniques, test levels, and test types
  • Familiarity with embedded communication protocols: UART, SPI, I2C
  • Experience with debugging firmware flashing processes and connecting/debugging hardware interfaces
  • Ability to reproduce system issues by replicating hardware/software interaction scenarios
  • Strong embedded C/C++ and bare-metal / RTOS capability
  • Understanding of real-time constraints, interrupt timing, memory layout, boot, drivers, BSPs
  • Ability to do hardware/software partitioning
  • Familiarity with functional safety allocation thinking and criticality decomposition
  • Ability to reason about certified processors / safety islands / trusted execution boundaries
  • Strong grasp of DSP, filtering, control loops, fixed-point vs floating-point trade-offs
  • Strong numerical optimization sense for resource-constrained systems
  • Understanding of processor utilization, latency budgeting, memory bandwidth, and power
Skills & Abilities Required
  • Strong analytical skills and attention to detail in embedded testing environments
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills for cross-functional collaboration
  • Ability to work independently and within a team using tools like Jira and Confluence
  • Patience and clarity in troubleshooting complex issues

Nice to Have:

  • Technical education background
  • Experience with test automation in Python, basic shell scripting, and C++
  • Familiarity with debugging tools (e.g., JTAG, SWD) and register-level analysis
  • Competence in using measurement equipment (e.g., multimeter, oscilloscope, antenna analyzer, spectrum analyzer)
  • Allocate algorithms and safety-relevant software modules to appropriate processing elements according to performance, determinism, and certification constraints
  • Define execution boundaries between MCU / Linux SBC / FPGA / DSP / accelerator
  • Ensure embedded implementations comply with coding standards such as MISRA
  • Optimize DSP and numerical algorithms for embedded deployment
  • Support design decisions aligned with safety expectations and traceable technical requirements

Skills Required

  • 3+ years of experience in QA including at least 1 year in embedded systems
  • Experience testing microcontroller-based systems (e.g., STM32) and single-board computers (e.g., Raspberry Pi)
  • Solid understanding of test design techniques, test levels, and test types
  • Familiarity with embedded communication protocols: UART, SPI, I2C
  • Experience debugging firmware flashing processes and hardware interface debugging
  • Ability to reproduce system issues by replicating hardware/software interaction scenarios
  • Strong embedded C/C++ and bare-metal / RTOS capability
  • Understanding of real-time constraints, interrupt timing, memory layout, boot, drivers, BSPs
  • Ability to perform hardware/software partitioning
  • Familiarity with functional safety allocation thinking and criticality decomposition
  • Ability to reason about certified processors, safety islands, and trusted execution boundaries
  • Strong grasp of DSP, filtering, control loops, fixed-point vs floating-point trade-offs
  • Strong numerical optimization sense for resource-constrained systems
  • Understanding of processor utilization, latency budgeting, memory bandwidth, and power
  • Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, effective verbal and written communication
  • Ability to work independently and within a team using tools like Jira and Confluence
  • Patience and clarity in troubleshooting complex issues
  • Technical education background
  • Experience with test automation in Python, basic shell scripting, and C++
  • Familiarity with debugging tools (e.g., JTAG, SWD) and register-level analysis
  • Competence using measurement equipment (multimeter, oscilloscope, antenna analyzer, spectrum analyzer)
  • Experience allocating safety-relevant software modules to processing elements and defining execution boundaries (MCU/Linux SBC/FPGA/DSP/accelerator)
  • Experience ensuring compliance with coding standards such as MISRA
  • Experience optimizing DSP and numerical algorithms for embedded deployment
  • Support design decisions aligned with safety expectations and traceable technical requirements
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The Company
30 Employees

What We Do

KRUSH Labs is a global, privately-owned research center based in Eindhoven, Netherlands, founded in 2025. It specializes in the development of next-generation technologies for unmanned systems, including advanced hardware, autonomous navigation, and wireless communication platforms. The company bridges the gap between theoretical research and real-world application, providing high-performance, secure solutions for mission-critical challenges in sectors such as aerospace, mobility, and agriculture.

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