Firmware Engineer - HSIO Cables

Amphenol Communications Solutions (ACS), a division of Amphenol Corporation, is a world leader in interconnect solutions for Communications, Mobile, RF, Optics, and Commercial electronics markets. Amphenol Corporation is one of the world’s largest designers and manufacturers of electrical, electronic and fiber optic connectors and interconnect systems, antennas, sensors and sensor-based products and coaxial and high-speed specialty cable. ACS has an expansive global presence in research and development, manufacturing, and sales.

About the role

Amphenol High Speed Products Group is the market leader for high speed, high bandwidth electrical connectors for the Telecom/Datacom market (Mobile Networks, Storage, Servers, Routers, Switches, etc.). Our products help enable the electronics revolution and remain a key enabler for all the major Tier 1 OEMs globally. We are expanding our software team and seeking a Firmware Engineer for High Speed Cables to join our collaborative team in Nashua, NH. The focus of this position is on firmware that goes into our various cable and thermal loopback products, including active copper, passive copper, and active optical.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, debug, and support firmware for active high speed IO cables and thermal loopbacks, including working with customers and communication chip manufacturers.
• Contribute as a key firmware resource in product teams that turn high speed IO cable concepts into products handed off to manufacturing.
• Provide engineering support to team members working on fine-tuning communication settings by opening back doors or interfaces as needed.
• Work hand-in-hand with developers responsible for manufacturing applications.
• Provide firmware support to product qualification, testing, and manufacturing.
• Mentor other team members as needed.
• Ensure all firmware is well documented and can be supported by other team members.
• Visit Amphenol manufacturing plants during product ramp-up, as needed.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering and 5+ years of industry experience with firmware development on bare metal or equivalent.
• Hands-on experience with ARM Cortex-M0/M0+ and embedded solutions from sub 32KB of Flash and up, including the use of GPIO pins, ADCs, and interrupts.
• Good understanding of I2C, including how to debug and support a bit-banged bus.
• Experience in developing page-based host interfaces for I2C Slaves, such as those used by Small Form Factor devices or CMIS.
• Working knowledge of SWD style debugging.
• Comfortable working in a team that shares code and with peer reviews of code.
• Hands-on experience with source code control systems, including a habit of making regular check-ins.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills and strong English reading and writing ability.
• Self-starter, able to work efficiently without having all details or requirements laid out.
• Dynamic and adaptable personality, able to think out of the box.

Skills

• Work experience in multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
• Accustomed to working in a global, hybrid environment using tools such as Teams and Zoom.
• Experience with I2C and SPI buses.
• Experience working with a logic analyzer.
• Understanding of Signal Integrity theory and practice.
• Familiarity working with low-level hardware interfaces and reading chip data sheets.
• Experience working with high-speed communication equipment, including knowledge about SFF standards.
• Working experience with Digital Signal Processors.
• Experience working with prototype hardware and lab settings.
• Ability to improvise testing setups with breadboards and jumpers.
• Hands-on experience with Keil.
• Working knowledge of C8051 8-bit MCUs.
• Comfortable working in C++, preferably using Visual Studio.
• Experience using SVN.
• Familiarity with Linux and traditional command-line interfaces.

Amphenol Corporation is proud of its reputation as an excellent employer, offering opportunities for career growth within a global organization. Every employee has the ability to positively impact the business.