{"id":17747,"date":"2016-06-20T20:20:35","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T00:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=17747"},"modified":"2016-06-20T20:20:35","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T00:20:35","slug":"job-senior-firmware-engineer-biolite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2016\/06\/20\/job-senior-firmware-engineer-biolite\/","title":{"rendered":"JOB: Senior Firmware Engineer, BioLite"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>BioLite is looking for an experienced firmware engineer to join us in developing our next generation of clean energy solutions for both outdoor recreation and emerging markets. In this position you&#8217;ll write robust, highly reliable firmware for a range of exciting new products with potential for massive global health and environmental impacts. You\u2019ll also work on challenging data analysis, research and product development questions.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Company<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>BioLite is a for-profit social enterprise that develops, manufactures and markets distributed energy solutions for off-grid communities around the world. Our business serves two distinct markets: developing-world families living in energy poverty, and outdoor enthusiasts seeking fuel-independent cooking and electricity.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This is a unique opportunity to join a fast-moving startup with both a technical and creative environment in the heart of Brooklyn. If you are looking to work with an agile and ambitious product development team with a passion for the outdoors and a powerful social mission, we\u2019re your company. As an engineer at BioLite you\u2019ll solve challenging and interesting problems, work with an exceptional team, take ideas from concept through to large-scale production, and make a real positive impact on things that matter.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Key Activities<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2022 Firmware development for new energy-related products; will include firmware architecture design, code development, documentation, rigorous testing and debugging, and manufacture support.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2022 Data analysis, scripting and research support for internal technology development, funded research, and product development; will include test automation, data gathering and analysis, presentation of results, and support of other team members in this process.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2022 Development of internal systems and processes for productivity, information security, etc; will include general software engineering support, revision control, build and release control, and development of software solutions to facilitate collaboration and productivity within the company.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Key Attributes<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The ideal candidate for this position<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2022 has an excellent academic and technical background in software engineering or computer science,<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2022 has 2-5 years of development experience in a range of languages and domains, including low-level embedded systems, scripting and data analysis,<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2022 is comfortable in a fast-paced, agile work environment and excited to tackle new challenges,<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2022 can work independently and take initiative while remaining a productive part of an interdisciplinary and collaborative product-development team.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Skills Required<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2022 experience with C for embedded microcontrollers\/DSPs<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2022 experience with general-purpose scripting, preferably Python<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2022 experience with data analysis in MATLAB, R, or similar a plus<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2022 experience with modern web frameworks a plus<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2022 some hardware experience preferred, e.g. basic circuit design, control systems, etc.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2022 enthusiasm for new technology, a passion for collaboration and a sense of humor!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Please submit your resume, cover letter and portfolio at our website: www.BioLiteEnergy.com<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>BioLite is not accepting candidates via recruiters for this position.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BioLite is looking for an experienced firmware engineer to join us in developing our next generation of clean energy solutions for both outdoor recreation and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}