Senior Hardware Engineer
- Lisboa, Portugal
- Full-Time Technology
- Job # 532415
- Date posted - 2019-10-31
What you’ll be doing...
We are looking for a qualified Senior Hardware Engineer to join our Vehicle Interop Team that will help us continue to build out our Connected Vehicle products.
This position requires a strong understanding of Vehicles CAN Bus protocol, and the ability to engineer both hardware and firmware components, allowing access to vehicle CANs, especially via the OBD-II port. Also, this position requires hands-on experience in scan & record vehicle data.
This position will require coordination with product managers and program managers. Candidate should be self-motivated, should be able to work under minimal supervision, and be able to apply critical thinking skills to complex problems.
Responsibilities associated with the position include:
- Assisting the team with integrating hardware and firmware to process vehicle telematic data, both local and remote.
- Locating Vehicle CAN bus, OBDII port, scanning, and recording data from vehicles using specific tools.
- Finding out necessary PIDs or Broadcast messages to extract necessary data from vehicle.
- Actively injecting both diagnostic and arbitrary packets to CAN bus.
- Validating extracted data and indexing it into databases servers.
- Collaborating with other departments, as you test, developing and evaluating firmware changes for custom and off-the-shelf products.
- Testing, developing, modifying, and optimizing prototyping and production quality embedded firmware.
- Ensuring that both hardware and firmware meets or exceeds the key success metrics for the project.
- Working on products with wireless connectivity, RFID, Bluetooth, 2G, 3G and 4G LTE.
- Occasional Electronic design using schematic and PCB designs tools.
- Other tasks defined by manager or supervisor.
What we’re looking for...
You’ll need to have:
- Bachelor’s Degree or relevant work experience.
- Engineering work experience.
- Experience performing in-vehicle and bench testing utilizing analyzers debugging tools.
- Knowledge of M2M communication in the IoT field; experience with communication through the GSM 2G/3G/4G/LTE networks.
- Direct experience with hardware, coupled with experience working with Analyzers and Oscilloscopes.
- Working knowledge of hardware circuit theory, architectures, and electronic hardware found in micro-controller-based systems.
- Experience in electronic design using schematic and PCB designs tools.
- Knowledge of operating system development (e.g. Linux, Android, RTOSs) to apply to the development of prototypes and PoCs.
Even better if you have:
- Bachelor's degree in Electronics or Computer Engineering, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Two or more years of professional experience working with Vehicle CAN bus protocols (e.g., OBD-II, J1939).
- Five or more years of engineering work experience.
- The ability to interface with vehicle diagnostics and communication systems (e.g., CAN, K-Line, LIN Bus).
- Hardware engineering skills in OBD-II access tools (e.g., able to use Vehicle Spy, Kvaser, Vector CANalyzer).
- Familiarity with applicable industry standards (e.g., ISO 15765, ISO 9141, J1939, J1708).
- Working knowledge with Electric Vehicles.
- Fluency in C/C+ programming langauges.
- Familiarity with embedded hardware systems design and development.
- Familiarity with common communications protocols (e.g., UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, USB).
- Experience with Atlassian suite of tools (e.g. Jira, Bit Bucket, Confluence).
- Experience using simulation tools such as MATLAB or Octave.
- Fluency in English (verbal and written).
- The ability to solve problems, determine the root cause of technical issues, and implement effective solutions quickly.
- The ability to deal with complexity, while taking a self-directed approach to solve problems both independently as well as part of a team.
- The ability to solve complex problems creatively in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
- Demonstrated resourcefulness and ability to adapt to a variety of situations.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize, initiate, and drive projects to completion.
- Strong attention to detail.
- A teamwork mindset and positive attitude.
- The ability to handle stressful situations with composure.
When you join Verizon...
You’ll have the power to go beyond – doing the work that’s transforming how people, businesses and things connect with each other. Not only do we provide the fastest and most reliable network for our customers, but we were first to 5G - a quantum leap in connectivity. Our connected solutions are making communities stronger and enabling energy efficiency. Here, you’ll have the ability to make an impact and create positive change. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, join our team of the best and brightest. We offer great pay, amazing benefits and opportunity to learn and grow in every role. Together we’ll go far.
