Firmware Manager - Ottawa, Canada - NUVYYO

NUVYYO

Verified Company

Ottawa, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Our Company

Recognized by Forbes as one of the top ten companies reinventing the TV industry, Nuvyyo is a growing consumer electronics and app development company based in Ottawa, Ontario.

Founded in 2010, we are leading innovation in the Over-The-Air TV industry in both the US and Canada.

Building on our first mobile media streaming system, in 2014 we launched Tablo, a DVR that targets the fast-growing Over-the-Air TV market.

Tablo is the only Whole-Home OTA DVR system that combines the functionality of a DVR with the convenience and mobility of software apps for smartphones, tablets, computers, streaming set-top-boxes, and internet-connected gaming platforms.

Tablo makes it easy to discover, watch and record free over-the-air (OTA) HDTV anywhere, anytime, on any device.

The Opportunity

The Firmware Manager applies their extensive hands-on knowledge to manage and optimize a dedicated team of firmware engineers in the development of embedded real time systems. As a key member of the senior R&D team, this individual will help to drive the development of new systems and enhancements within an existing architecture and envision future improvements to the architecture including investigation of hybrid firmware/cloud systems. They will leverage knowledge, skills and experience to regularly interface with internal teams, senior management and external stakeholders to achieve strategic objectives.

What you'll do in this role:

Manage a team of firmware engineers including professional development, technical guidance, career development, mentoring to team members and staff recruiting.
Guide the development process to ensure operational efficiency and developer velocity.
Define the evolution of the firmware architecture to explore decomposing the Set Top Box software so that it functions in a hybrid firmware and cloud computing environment.
Participate in product and project management decisions by providing schedule estimates and budget/costs.
International travel (15 %).

What you'll need:

5+ years of experience leading diverse technical teams of engineers (junior/senior software/hardware/cloud) including remote workers and teams.
10+ years of experience in real time embedded systems.
Experience with Linux and Android operating systems.
Familiarity with Amlogic SOC.
Experience in the consumer electronics industry is desired.
Experience in improving processes and methodologies to increase efficiency and longterm maintainability including agile and testdriven development.
Video transcoding/IPTV expertise is considered a strong asset.
Demonstrable experience managing complex projects from concept stage to requirement to design, implementation, testing and delivery while tracking documentation, scheduling and resources (in waterfall) as well as from usecase to user stories, sprints, retroactives (in agile)
Experienced with various development tools (Github, Clubhouse, SQLite)
Good understanding of firmware, mobile, hardware and cloud computing
Working knowledge of C and C++

What will make you stand out:

Experience with home networking and media streaming devices.
Experience with OTA (overtheair) antennas, ATSC 1.0 and ATSC 3.0
Ability to stay on the cutting edge of technology and be business driven at the same time.
Consensus builder capable of working with other organizations internally and externally.
Demonstrated leadership and people management skills.
Strong communication skills, analytical skills, with a thorough understanding of product development.

Beyond a competitive salary and benefits package, Nuvyyo offers a hybrid work environment, with most employees working from home the majority of the time.

Our office is in the heart of Kanata's technology hub with free parking and easy access to transit.

The role would, on occasion, be required to work from the office, and therefore would need to live within driving distance to Kanata, ON.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but we will only acknowledge those applicants to whom we will offer an interview.

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