Embedded Software Engineer

HiViz LED Lighting / FireTech Lights · Hendersonville, NC · 4 days ago

EngineeringFull-time

About the role

HiViz Lighting Inc is dedicated to enhancing the safety and effectiveness of first responders through innovative technology. Our Engineering Team develops smart, industry-leading solutions for emergency vehicle lighting and smart systems.

Responsibilities

Create and maintain reusable firmware libraries for data bus interfaces, circuit control engines, bootloaders, and other core technology platforms
Develop and maintain SDK libraries that simplify testing, configuration, and control of HiViz firmware systems
Design embedded systems that efficiently utilize data structures like queues, buffers, state machines, schedulers, and protocol-handling architectures
Support the engineering team with product architecture, design reviews, feature prioritization, and roadmap planning
Ensure HiViz technology platforms align with product offerings, development timelines, and long-term feature needs
Work with internal teams, industry partners, and contractors to integrate HiViz firmware libraries and SDKs into various products and toolsets
Support product integration across CAN and LIN data buses, BLE interfaces, and SPI and I2C peripherals
Conduct code reviews, manage builds, provide OTA update support, and assist with the management of digital company intellectual property
Participate in sprint planning and contribute to near-term and long-term product and feature roadmap proposals
Drive test, validation, performance optimization, and release processes for new products, features, and core technologies

Requirements

Strong embedded firmware development experience, particularly in C language and C99 or newer

Experience with Python 3.9 or newer for toolset development, testing, automation, or support workflows

Strong algorithm and data structure fundamentals, capable of making practical tradeoffs in embedded systems

Experience with queues, circular buffers, ring buffers, schedulers, state machines, routing logic, protocol stacks, or similar embedded architectures

Ability to evaluate time complexity, memory usage, CPU utilization, latency, and deterministic execution when designing firmware systems

Experience improving performance, reducing memory footprint, or optimizing embedded systems for reliability and responsiveness

Ability to create reusable, scalable firmware and SDK libraries that support multiple products

Strong testing, debugging, and validation skills for embedded systems and related toolsets

Comfortable working in Linux terminal environments and using command line tools

Hands-on experience with SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, LIN, BLE, and related embedded communication protocols

Familiarity with CAN J1939, LIN J2602, Bluetooth GAP and GATT, and peripheral integration

Understanding of PWM control of LEDs and automotive 12V electrical systems

Clear communicator who can document technical systems, support cross-functional teams, and help partners integrate HiViz technology successfully

Collaborative engineering mindset with the ability to connect product needs, architecture decisions, and implementation details

Qualifications

Experience with RTOS environments such as FreeRTOS, Zephyr, VxWorks, QNX, or ThreadX

Experience with task scheduling, priority queues, inter-task communication, synchronization, or deterministic real-time behavior

Experience developing networking stacks, protocol implementations, bootloaders, robotics systems, automotive software, telecommunications systems, or other embedded systems where algorithmic thinking matters

Coursework, project experience, or professional experience in data structures, algorithms, operating systems, computer architecture, real-time systems, or similar computer science fundamentals

Skills

Strong embedded firmware development experience, especially in C language, C99 or newer