Senior Architect - Embedded systems

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Senior Architect- Embedded Systems

Minimum Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Electronics Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred) with15+ years of experience in embedded systems development.
• Proven experience in leadingrequirements analysis, architecture, design, and deployment of embedded systems, ensuring performance, scalability, reliability, and security.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with product management, hardware, software, and operations teams to define and deliver innovative solutions aligned with business needs.
• Strong experience indistributed and real-time systems, with emphasis on performance optimization and fault tolerance.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

Technical Architecture & Leadership

• Provideend-to-end architecture design for embedded platforms, devices, and integrated systems.
• Lead system-level design acrossfirmware, hardware, middleware, and cloud interfaces.
• Define and enforcearchitecture standards, design principles, and best practices.
• Evaluate architectural options and recommend optimal solutions based on performance, scalability, and cost.
• Review detailed design artifacts and guide engineering teams through implementation.

Embedded Systems Development

• 15+ years of experience inembedded software development using C/C++ and system programming.
• Strong expertise in:
  • Board Support Package (BSP) development
  • Bootloaders (U-Boot, MCUboot)
  • Device drivers and peripheral interfaces (I2C, SPI, UART, PCIe, USB,TCP/IP)
• Hands-on experience in:
  • Embedded Linux (Yocto, Buildroot)
  • RTOS platforms like (FreeRTOS, QNX, ThreadX)
  • Windows IoT platforms preferred

System Design & Performance Engineering

• Expertise inhardware abstraction layers (HAL) and platform framework design.
• Deep understanding ofreal-time performance tuning, memory management, and concurrency.
• Identify and resolve system bottlenecks, especially inhigh-throughput embedded environments.
• Implement performance validation strategies includingprofiling, benchmarking, and stress testing.

Security & Compliance

• Strong knowledge in:
  • Secure boot and cryptography frameworks
  • Secure firmware/OTA update mechanisms
• Experience inPCI compliance and embedded system security standards.
• Expertise in secure communication protocols and vulnerability mitigation.

Domain & Integration Expertise

• Experience with:
  • NFC, RFID, and smartcard interfaces
  • Secure Access Modules (SAM) / Hardware Security Modules (HSM)
  • Contactless protocols such asISO 14443 A/B (MIFARE)
• Integration withIoT cloud platforms (Azure IoT, AWS IoT, or equivalent).

DevOps & Tooling

• Experience with:
  • Embedded CI/CD pipelines (Yocto + Jenkins/GitLab/Bitbucket)
  • Cross-compilation toolchains (GCC) and version control systems (Git)
• Hands-on expertise in debugging tools:
  • JTAG / SWD
  • Linux kernel tracing (ftrace, perf)

Innovation & Governance

• Leadproof-of-concept (POC) initiatives on emerging technologies.
• Define enterprise-widearchitecture frameworks, standards, and reusable components.
• Participate intechnical governance, design reviews, and solution approvals.
• Provide input intoproject planning, resource estimation, and risk management.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Mentor and guide engineering teams with strongtechnical leadership.
• Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders includinghardware, firmware, cloud, and product teams.
• Support proposal development, customer discussions, and architecture reviews.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience withARM Cortex-A / Cortex-M architectures
• Knowledge ofwireless technologies (BLE, Wi-Fi, LTE/5G)
• Exposure tofare collection systems, payment systems, or transit solutions
• Knowledge of industrial communication protocols (Modbus, CAN, Ethernet/IP).
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum and DevOps methodologies

Key Competencies

• System thinking and architectural leadership
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
• Performance optimization mindset
• Security-first design approach
• Effective communication and stakeholder management

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