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Job Description:

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Engineer II – Firmware to join our Ottawa, Canada-based Timing Firmware team. In this role, you will collaborate closely with marketing, system architecture, hardware, and validation teams to develop innovative, state-of-the-art SoC-based timing solutions and related tools.

Requirements/Qualifications:

• MSc or PhD in Electrical/Computer engineering
• Minimum of 2 years of working experience in embedded software development.
• Work experience and deep expertise in C/C++ programming.
• Experience in developing unit tests for code quality validation.
• Hands on experience with scripting languages such as Python, TCL etc.
• Knowledge of embedded general-purpose processors and/or embedded DSP architecture and programming.
• Knowledge of embedded software or firmware, real-time operating system (RTOS), and HW/SW interactions.
• Strong problem solving (debugging) skills and comfortable with operating lab equipment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for effective interfacing with architecture, validation, manufacturing, and other disciplines.

Travel Time:

0% - 25%

Pay Range:

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonus payments. In addition to these components, our package includes health benefits that begin day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry leading IESPP program with a 6-month look back feature. Find more information about all our benefits at the link below:

Benefits of working at Microchip

The annual base salary range for this position is $90,000 - $140,000.*

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