Manager, Firmware Development - Ottawa, Canada - Nanometrics Inc

Nanometrics Inc

Verified Company

Ottawa, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Working Title:

Manager, Firmware Development
Reports to:

Director, Acquisition Systems
Based in:

Ottawa, ON
Term:

Full-time
About Us:

About You:

You have an existing management experience or you are a Senior Developer that is looking at transitioning into management in your next career step.

You have a solid appreciation for the importance of a leader's role in building a strong team. You have the ability to articulate and manage trade-offs between software technology choices, implementation approaches, and business considerations.

You have an extensive background in software design and architecture as well as strong leadership skills, both technically and in project planning.

The Team:

Nanometrics is currently seeking a Firmware Development Manager to lead a team of innovative firmware developers in the creation of our next generation of scientific dataloggers.

These cutting-edge instruments are essential for collecting, recording, and streaming seismic data and state-of-health information in challenging field environments, ranging from deserts and mountain tops to Antarctica and ocean-bottoms.

Our firmware development team solves complex design problems aiming to achieve a very high level of reliability and robustness, along with introducing new and advanced capabilities while ensuring mínimal power consumption.

In our pursuit of excellence, we continuously evaluate the latest tools, languages, and frameworks available, integrating the best solutions into our development projects.

The problems we tackle often require innovative thinking that transcends the boundaries between cloud, enterprise, and our instruments.

If you possess a strong firmware development background, a passion for cutting-edge technology, and thrive in a collaborative environment where your contributions make a significant impact, we invite you to join our team.

The Role:

Lead the overall development lifecycle of multiple products, including software architectures, frameworks, infrastructure, and technology
Collaborate with product management and business development to establish a product roadmap that combines customer needs, business requirements, and our technological capabilities into a multiyear product vision
Maintain and execute a technology roadmap that balances technology reuse and the integration of new technology to build efficient, robust and powerful products
Coordinate and actively contribute to the development of system architectures to achieve commercial objectives of profitability, quality, and maintainability
Develop and maintain a comprehensive resource plan for the team, optimizing team members' utilization and prioritizing major activities in alignment with product management
Proactively communicate with stakeholders to ensure comprehensive, consistent, and feasible solution requirements that meet their needs
Manage firmware release activities, ensuring stakeholder expectations are met, and product quality is upheld

What You Bring:

Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent 7+ years of professional software development experience (C++ preferred), including experience as a system architect and/or design authority 3+ years of experience as a team lead on a firmware development team, driving the development of smalltomedium sized software projects
Experience with essential software development tools including version control (Git preferred), task tracking (Jira preferred), automation test frameworks, deployment tools and continuous integration technologies

Assets:

Experience with the Rust programming language
Familiarity with Yocto
Thorough knowledge of networking protocols (TCP, UDP) and evolving standards
Proficiency in web and ondevice security approaches, along with a solid understanding of the underlying principles and technologies involved

Why You'll Love Us:

You will be joining an amazing team of energetic and dedicated professionals in a dynamic, collaborative and progressive atmosphere
Competitive total compensation package including Benefits, RRSP, and Bonus opportunities
The chance to make positive and impactful contributions in your work
Nanometrics supports and encourages learning opportunities and provides access to LinkedIn Learning and several other Professional Development opportunities