Firmware Design BS/MS EE/CE

Keysight Technologies, the world's largest test and measurement equipment manufacturer, has an outstanding research and development full-time position available for an electrical engineer or computer engineer to work in Keysight’s Budd Lake NJ office. 

The Budd Lake NJ site is primarily devoted to the design, manufacture, and marketing of Keysight’s power supply solutions. These products range from multi-kilowatt switching supplies, AC sources, 30kW regenerative power solutions, solar array simulators, to AC grid emulators up to 1MW in power. 

The ideal candidate will have a strong interest and skill set in firmware design working in a collaborative R&D environment consisting of hardware, FPGA, and firmware designers.  Skills in the area of Linux development, C++ and scripting languages along with basic knowledge of discrete time systems theory and digital design are ideal.  Exposure to power electronics is desirable but not required. 

Qualifications include:

• Strong experience with the Linux operating system and embedded Linux development. 
• Strong C/C++ programming skills. Be able to create code that is clear, efficient, maintainable, and well documented. C++ OOP embedded development experience is a great plus.
• Experience in multi-threaded and/or embedded systems programming and debugging. 
• The ability to work within an existing code base and adapt to its style.
• Ability to work in a team environment and effectively communicate ideas, issues and solutions.
• Experience with build systems and integrating them with CI/CD pipelines.
• Computer networking knowledge and experience with sniffing and diagnosing networking issues.
• Familiarity with Agile software development.
• Understanding of secure software principles and practices 

Highly desirable skills include:

• Experience with communication protocols (USB, SPI, I2C, UART).
• Understanding of electrical fundamentals and electronic instrumentation.
• Familiarity with power supplies and electronic measurement devices.
• Experience with and an understanding of GIT.
• Exposure to customizing embedded Linux distributions with tools such as Yocto/Buildroot. U-Boot customization is a plus.
• Exposure to HDL design, Xilinx and Altera Cyclone tool chains and SystemVerilog
• Experience with coding, simulating, testing, and debugging HDL designs 
• FPGA digital signal processing and feedback control system experience

Keysight has over 12,000 employees worldwide in over 100 countries.  Full time employees enjoy an outstanding benefits package that includes:

• Highly competitive pay and individual result bonuses that reward achievement 
• Discounted stock purchase
• 401k with matching
• Four weeks paid vacation plus 11 paid holidays every year
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Tuition reimbursement 
• Opportunities to interact with some of the world’s top engineers and scientists.   

Due to US visa restrictions, only candidates that can legally work in the US on a continuous basis without any type of sponsorship will be considered. 

Keysight Technologies Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other protected categories under all applicable laws.