CHEP Brambles
Head of Firmware Engineering (Senior Director)
Santa Clara, California, USA · Director
Sponsorship not specified$10k-$15kDetected 30 days ago
C++Computer VisionProject ManagementCustomer SuccessCustomer SupportEmbedded SystemsElectrical EngineeringHardware DesignPower ElectronicsTCP/IPLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers.
- We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 countries.
- Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world's biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact.
Responsibilities
- Lead the end‑to‑end firmware engineering function, setting technical direction, standards, and ways of working across embedded platforms.
- Define and govern firmware architecture and design decisions to ensure performance, reliability, security, and scalability of products.
- Partner with hardware, cloud, security, product, and architecture teams to deliver integrated, end‑to‑end device solutions.
- Build, lead, and develop a strong engineering organisation, creating clear growth paths and a sustainable leadership pipeline.
- Translate system requirements into design specifications. Develop firmware applications within constraints of small, low-power systems operating in a challenging environment
- Lead the development and tracking of detailed specifications, project plans, resource assignments and schedules working with engineering, product management, and executive leaders in order to meet Brambles' digital goals and targets.
- Be a strong voice of customer for customer features, configuration changes and debugs working with Customer support teams.
- Co-Lead along with Hardware Design leaders and architects on selection of silicon vendors SDKs, IT, Cloud, Security, Cyber stakeholders.
- Develop tracking and sensor telemetry applications for real-time Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) or Cellular IoT networks
- Develop, coordinate and implement improvements in software development methodology and leading practices including requirements definition, specification development, and unit test strategies.
Requirements
- B.S. degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
- If you have a question as to the legitimacy of an interview or job offer, please contact us at recruitment@brambles.com.
- Experience with embedded software design and programming in C/C++ for development, debugging, testing and performance analysis
- 10-15+ years of experience in embedded software development
Nice to have
- Experience with sensors, accelerometers, gyro, GPS, humidity, temperature
- Experience with Wi-Fi, BLE, and Cellular IoT solutions is a plus.
Skills
- Firmware Architecture, Firmware Design, Firmware Development
- Brambles and CHEP never conduct interviews via online chat or request money as a term of employment.
Compensation
- $10k-$15k
Benefits
- Leadership of technical team for Firmware Engineering, setting the multi-year vision and strategic direction for the team as it relates to the broader Brambles ambition and, in particular, Digital Customer Solutions
- Provide strategic vision and execution oversight for firmware features and debug for existing products in markets while also developing new products.
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