Senior Firmware Engineer
Novanta Inc.2 months ago
Barcelona, SpainSenior
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain firmware running on Novanta products.
- Implement product features including feedback interfaces, communication protocols, and motion-control algorithms.
- Participate in new product design and development and implement proofs of concept.
- Develop and maintain continuous integration and development libraries.
- Collaborate with hardware teams on component selection, schematic review, board bring-up, debugging, and system optimization.
- Work with software and testing teams to develop customer libraries, applications, and product test plans.
- Review and improve external product documentation and internal architecture, design, and development documentation.
Requirements
- MS or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Around 8 years of experience.
- Proficiency in C for resource-constrained embedded environments and strong software design and maintainability fundamentals.
- Experience with bare-metal microprocessor development under real-time constraints, hardware board bring-up, system debugging, and code optimization.
- Experience with MCU peripherals including I2C, SPI, CAN, USB, UART, and GPIO.
- Understanding of schematics, datasheets, and application notes, plus experience with version control and software testing procedures.
- Preferred qualifications include C++ or Python, object-oriented programming, RTOS, FSoE, MISRA, motion control, CANopen, EtherCAT, EtherNet/IP, Profinet, Jenkins, and experience in motion control, robotics, or medical automation.
- Fluent written and spoken English; Spanish is also preferred.
Benefits
- Occasional domestic and international travel is required for customer support and installations.
- Novanta is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace and provides disability accommodations during the employment process.
About Novanta Inc.
Novanta Inc. designs and manufactures precision photonics, motion control, vision, and laser subsystems used by medical, life‑science, and advanced industrial OEMs. Its products support applications from minimally invasive surgery and robotics to 3D metal printing, sold as engineered components and integrated sub-systems to equipment makers. The company is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts and is publicly traded on Nasdaq under the ticker NOVT, with global operations across the Americas, Europe, and Asia‑Pacific.