We’re always on the lookout for talented individuals who thrive on innovation and collaboration! Geotab is seeking a Senior Embedded Developer to help design and build high-performance firmware for our cutting-edge telematics and embedded systems. If you’re passionate about embedded technology and eager to make an impact in a dynamic, industry-leading environment — we want to hear from you!
What you'll do:As a Senior Embedded Developer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and testing robust C/C++-based firmware within Embedded Linux and/or RTOS environments, while also contributing to hardware design and verification. You’ll collaborate closely with embedded engineers and technical teams to shape system architecture and ensure production-ready performance. This role also involves maintaining and improving testing tools and processes to support reliable releases from development through to commercial deployment.
How you'll make an impact- Develop an in-depth understanding of the Geotab IoT devices and Expandability products and how various modules work.
- Collaborate with Lead developers, and the team to define and design submodules / features, perform firmware development using C/C++ on Embedded Linux or RTOS based systems as per Geotab's development standards.
- Experienced in applying OOPS principles and design patterns where necessary and appropriate for embedded systems balancing with memory and performance needs.
- Be a champion for test driven development, with understanding on unit vs integration vs system testing and tools around them to ensure feature implementation meets the requirements.
- Work with python / shell script for deployment & scripting tooling.
- Perform analysis using SQL / BigQuery to determine device telemetry and effectiveness of deployed features at scale.
- Conduct comprehensive testing and code reviews to ensure that industry coding standards are followed.
- Debug firmware issues and identify areas for code improvements.
- Keep up-to-date documentation for all areas of responsibility.
- Post-secondary Degree/Diploma with specialization in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or other related degree.
- 8-10 years experience in Embedded firmware and hardware (system) development.
- Experience working in embedded development and low level programming preferably using C/C++.
- Experience with Embedded Linux and/or RTOS.
- Experience with Yocto / Buildroot.
- Use test driven development leveraging robot framework and/or Python for testing purposes.
- Experience with Linux security features is highly valued.
- Experience on RUST, GOLang is an asset.
- Microcontroller design and utilization.
- Firmware build-chains and build systems.
- CI/CD methods for properly maintaining and evolving a product pre-market and while in-market.
- Understanding of underlying electronics to the point where it influences firmware development and debugging.
- Familiar with data structures, algorithms, and design patterns common to embedded (resource-constrained) systems development.
- Experience and knowledge for reading schematics and data sheets for components.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to communicate and document complex technical systems and decisions.
Flex working arrangements
Home office reimbursement program
Baby bonus & parental leave top up program
Online learning and networking opportunities
Electric vehicle purchase incentive program
Competitive medical and dental benefits
Retirement savings program
*The above are offered to full-time permanent employees only
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Welcome to Geotab, the #1 commercial telematics company in the world. Geotab is a place where passion, creativity and innovation align. We are committed to advancing technology, empowering businesses and making the roads safer for everyone.
Geotab is the world’s leading connected vehicle company for fleets, providing open platform fleet management solutions to businesses of all sizes. Geotab’s intuitive, full-featured solutions are used by over 40,000 customers around the world to help them better manage their drivers and vehicles. With Geotab devices found in over 2 million vehicles, the company processes over 30 billion data points each day to provide insight into productivity, safety, fuel efficiency and more.
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