Avis Budget Group

LeadFirmwareEngineer

$150–170k Boston, Massachusetts, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Lead Firmware Engineer at Avis Budget Group. Skills: Firmware engineering, Telematics, Embedded systems. Set quarterly departmental goals. Identify and evaluate potential partners”

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Debug firmware problems; Solve business problems

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years experience developing low-level firmware, Experience with vehicle OBD and CAN stack, Experience with getting FCC, PTCRB and UK/EU RF regulatory certification, Experience with proposing, designing and developing end-to-end connected devices, Experience with technologies such as RFID, Wireless 3G/4G, Bluetooth, Technical experience with automotive grade devices, Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience, Solid track record of working closely with device manufacturing

Nice to Have

Some experience leading mechanical designs

What You'll Do.

Set quarterly departmental goals

Identify and evaluate potential partners

Be the technical point of contact

firmware and backend technologies

design and develop end-to-end connected devices

Provide full lifecycle software development

Deploy software to production

Creatively solve business problems

Solve short term business problems

Solve long term business problems

Work with technicians on custom cables

Manage manufacturing of cables

Manage test engineering

Get buy-in on solutions

Translate business requirements to technical requirements

Translate technical requirements to business requirements

Stay up-to-date with industry trends

Stay up-to-date with best practices

Provide support for existing devices

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Manufacturing partners; Stakeholders

Communication Scope

Technical documentation

Process & Methodology

Schedule adherence, Budget adherence

Full Job Description

**Driven to be the Best** **People. Performance. Purpose.** At Avis Budget Group, we’re driven to be the best vehicle rental company in the world, together. Our 25,000 employees raise the bar every day, bringing different perspectives, taking ownership, and leading with integrity. We’re defining the future of mobility with safe, sustainable solutions that move people, businesses, and communities forward. Zipcar is looking for a firmware engineering lead to join our telematics team. This person will be working on the firmware that operates our in-vehicle telematics unit, including cellular network communications, Bluetooth and CAN bus communications to the car. **What You 'll Do: ** * Work with the team to set quarterly departmental goals and metrics for the team. * Experience with vehicle OBD and CAN stack * Identify and evaluate potential partners for telematics solutions and opportunities that mitigate risk and align with the business * Able to be the technical point of contact for multiple onshore manufacturing partners * Experience with getting FCC, PTCRB and UK/EU RF regulatory certification for connected devices * Ability to architect hardware, firmware and backend technologies to solve business problems * Experience with proposing, designing and developing end-to-end connected devices involving RF, Embedded and connected products * Provide full lifecycle software development, including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, production deployment, documentation * Experience with technologies such as RFID, Wireless 3G/4G, Bluetooth * Able to creatively solve business problems using pre-existing technologies * Able to solve both short term and long-term business problems * Technical experience with automotive grade devices to ensure safety of our products * Able to work with technicians on custom cables and manufacturing of cables and harnesses * Ability to manage test engineering for connected devices * Ability to get buy-in on solutions from var

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