Embedded Firmware Engineer

Your Title: Embedded Firmware Engineer

Job Location: Sunnyvale, CA

Our Department: Horizontal GNSS R&D

Does a role where you can design the embedded firmware for new GNSS products, working with a mix of interesting technologies, excite you? 

What You Will Do

As a Firmware Engineer with Trimble’s Horizontal GNSS R&D Department, you will bridge the world’s of software development and electronic hardware development, bringing a dedicated embedded system perspective to the team and contributing strongly to hardware product architectures. 

Working within a hardware design team, you will implement the core & functional firmware for the product, from bring-up through to production images. You will support product development, testing, and manufacturing tests.

This will involve:

• Design, develop, implement, debug, support, and maintain firmware for high-end GNSS receivers

• Perform testing and debugging with emulators, debuggers, logic analyzers, and oscilloscopes

• Specify and define firmware architecture that can be deployed on multiple operating systems

• Collaborate with global operations

• Support the ongoing legacy and next-generation firmware development

• Work involves both analog and digital hardware, as well as software operating systems.

What skills & experience you should bring

As well as possessing excellent attention to detail, excellent verbal and written communication, a strong commitment to designing and building in quality, persistence, and inquisitiveness, and the ability to work as part of a team in a fast-paced, dynamic environment as a proven team player, you should be able to bring the following:

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Software Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Mechatronics, or equivalent combination of education and experience

• Experience working in embedded software development environments

• Hands-on development experience with C on 32/64-bit embedded microprocessors

• Experience in using real-time primitives like mutex, semaphores, task priorities, etc.

• Knowledge of networking and related protocols

• Experience working in Embedded Systems and real-time operating systems

• Capable of reading and understanding hardware schematics

• Knowledge of embedded Linux and Linux distributions

• Familiarity with git, Jira & CI.

Having practical exposure to GNSS would be a definite advantage, but is not essential, we can train you.

Please note: Only applicants legally entitled to work in the United States of America will be considered. 

Information About Your Location

Join Trimble's team at our Sunnyvale, CA office, located in the heart of Silicon Valley. Our dynamic workplace fosters a culture of curiosity and collaboration, where you'll work alongside brilliant colleagues to solve complex, real-world problems. We're dedicated to providing an exceptional work environment, and as part of our commitment, we offer a comprehensive and generous benefits package. This includes robust health and wellness programs, financial and retirement plans to secure your future, and paid time off to ensure a healthy work-life balance.

At Trimble, you'll find the inspiration and opportunity to be yourself and thrive. The global community of Team Trimble, including more than 200 people in the Sunnyvale office, is passionate about bringing new ideas and innovations to life and building a better, more sustainable future.

About Trimble’s Horizontal GNSS R&D Department

Trimble's Horizontal GNSS R&D department in Sunnyvale, CA, is a significant hub for innovation within the company. While Trimble has multiple R&D centers globally, the Sunnyvale office is specifically identified as a major center for GNSS engineering. This department is at the forefront of developing advanced positioning technologies that are integral to many of Trimble's products and services. This department is a central part of Trimble's effort to "shape the future of GNSS positioning" by creating the core technology that enables highly accurate and reliable navigation and surveying for industries like construction, agriculture, and geospatial mapping.

Compensation:  Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. This compensation range is based on a full time schedule. Trimble reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.

Hiring Range

Pay Rate Type

Bonus Eligible?

Commission Eligible?

Benefits:  Trimble offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans. Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. If this position is identified above as commission- or bonus-eligible, the terms of the commission plan or discretionary bonus plan for which you are eligible will be provided following the employee start date.

How to Apply: Please submit an online application for this position by clicking on the ‘Apply Now’ button located in this posting.

Posting Date

Application Deadline: Applications could be accepted until at least 30 days from the posting date.

At Trimble, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where everyone can thrive. Guided by our core values—Belong, Innovate, and Grow—we embrace and celebrate differences, knowing they make us stronger and more innovative. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, welcoming individuals of all backgrounds and advancing opportunities while embracing race, color, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other protected and diverse characteristic. We are committed to offering our candidates and employees with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs the ability to seek reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law and/or where it would not constitute undue hardship for Trimble. For more, please see Trimble's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics at https://investor.trimble.com, under “Corporate Governance.”

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