1150 | Middle/Senior Embedded Engineer at Intetics · Kazakhstan

Intetics Inc., a global technology company providing custom software application development, distributed professional teams, software product quality assessment, and “all-things-digital” solutions, is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Middle/Senior Embedded Engineer to join our dynamic team on a full-time basis.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain embedded firmware according to product requirements.
• Implement new features and enhancements using C and C++.
• Contribute to firmware architecture and system-level design decisions.
• Participate in requirements analysis, feasibility studies, and technical risk assessments.
• Develop firmware for ARM Cortex-M microcontroller-based systems.
• Work with both Bare-Metal and FreeRTOS environments.
• Design and implement low-level drivers and hardware abstraction layers.
• Integrate and maintain communication interfaces and protocols, including UART, SPI, and I2C.
• Debug and validate embedded systems using development software and laboratory tools.
• Review, optimize, maintain, and extend existing firmware codebases.
• Support hardware development activities, including schematic and PCB reviews.
• Identify and define hardware requirements based on firmware and system needs.
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation using Doxygen, Confluence, or similar tools.
• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions.
• Collaborate closely with distributed firmware, hardware, architecture, and project teams.
• Deliver technical tasks and project milestones within agreed timelines.

Must-haves

Embedded Firmware Development

• 3-5+ years of hands-on experience in embedded firmware development for microcontroller-based systems.
• Strong programming skills in C.
• Strong commercial experience with C++ and object-oriented programming.
• Commercial experience developing firmware for ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers, including M0, M0+, M3, M4, or M7.
• Hands-on experience with FreeRTOS or similar real-time operating systems.
• Experience with Bare-Metal embedded development.
• Experience designing and implementing low-level drivers and hardware abstraction layers.
• Ability to understand, maintain, optimize, and extend large or mature firmware codebases.

Hardware and Electronics

• Strong understanding of embedded electronic systems.
• Good understanding of electronics and hardware-software integration.
• Ability to read and analyze analog, digital, and power-electronics schematics.
• Experience identifying hardware requirements based on firmware and system needs.

Communication Interfaces

• Practical experience with UART, SPI, and I2C communication protocols.

Architecture and Debugging

• Experience debugging and troubleshooting embedded systems using development and laboratory tools.
• Understanding of embedded system architecture and system-level design principles.
• Ability to contribute to firmware architecture and technical design decisions.
• Ability to use block diagrams, conceptual designs, pseudocode, and other system-design techniques.
• Strong analytical and technical problem-solving skills.

Development Tools and Processes

• Experience with Git-based version control.
• Experience with Jira or similar issue-tracking systems.
• Experience preparing technical documentation using Doxygen, Confluence, or similar tools.
• Familiarity with code review practices and structured development workflows.

Nice-to-have

• Experience making firmware architecture and system-level design decisions.
• Experience with safety-critical, industrial, IoT, certified, or regulated electronic products.
• Good knowledge of PCB design principles for EMC compliance and EMI reduction.
• Experience with Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and network-connected embedded devices.
• Familiarity with cloud services and IoT architectures.
• Understanding of cybersecurity principles for embedded and connected products.
• Experience with Linux-based embedded systems or Linux kernel development.
• Experience with UML or other system-modelling methodologies.
• Familiarity with fire detection, emergency lighting, or central battery system applications.