Firmware Engineer - Barcelona, España - Novanta Inc.

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Build a career powered by innovations that matter At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing—improving productivity, enhancing people's lives and redefining what's possible. We create for our global customers engineered components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications—from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.

Novanta is one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Looking for a great place to work? You have found it with a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and empowerment. Come explore Novanta.

Company Overview
Build a career powered by innovations that matter At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing—improving productivity, enhancing people's lives and redefining what's possible. We serve as a trusted technology partner to medical and advanced industrial original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide, engineering components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications—from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.

Novanta is a global organization with offices located throughout EMEA, The Americas and Asia Pacific. Novanta is a publicly traded company on NASDAQ under symbol NOVT.

FIRMWARE ENGINEER

We are looking for a talented, and highly motivated engineer who will be responsible for bringing new products to market reality whilst ensuring high levels of quality to current products. Come join a team of deeply knowledgeable engineers that strive to build the most robust and reliable motion control systems using cutting edge development tools and practices.

The select engineer will be focused on collaborate in the design, implementation, and verification of new INGENIA product line. The position requires good software skills but also a deep understanding of the physics underlying in the motion control technology.

Primary responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain firmware running on Novanta servo drives.
• Implement new features for existing products, including additional feedback interfaces, communication protocols, and state-of-the-art motion control algorithms.
• Participate in the development of new products.
• Develop and maintain continuous integration/development libraries.
• Review and improve external documentation (product manuals, datasheets, etc.).
• Improve internal documentation (covering architecture, continuous integration/development, detailed design, etc.).

Required Experience and Education:

• Degree, MS or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 1 years of experience.

Skills and Competencies:

Minimum Requirements:

• Proficiency in C, including C in resource-constrained embedded environments.
• Knowledge of software fundamentals, including software design and maintainability.
• Experience in microprocessor bare-metal development with real-time constraints.
• Experience with MCU peripherals: I2C, SPI, CAN, USB, UART, GPIO.
• Understanding of schematics, datasheets, and application notes.
• Experience in the use of laboratory instruments.
• Experience with version control software.
• Fluent written and spoken English and/or Spanish.

Nice-to-have Requirements:

• Knowledge of C++ and/or Python.
• Experience with object-oriented programming (OOP).
• Hands-on experience in new hardware board bring-up, system debugging, and code optimization.
• Experience in software testing procedures.
• Experience using RTOS.
• Experience in FSoE (Functional Safety over EtherCAT).
• Knowledge of software quality principles and coding standards (e.g., MISRA).
• Knowledge of motion control (motor types, feedbacks, control loops, etc.).
• Knowledge of the CANopen communication protocol.
• Familiarity with industrial Ethernet communication protocols (EtherCAT, EtherNet/IP, Profinet).
• Previous experience in motion control, robotics, or medical automation markets will be highly appreciated.
• Expertise with continuous integration and delivery software (e.g., Jenkins).
• Fluent written and spoken Spanish.

The position requires the following skills and abilities:

• Ability to collaborate effectively and present solutions clearly.
• Strong analytical and diagnostic capabilities to address complex challenges.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced team environment.

Travel requirements:

• Occasional travel is expected, both domestically and internationally, to provide customer support and/or assist with installations.

Physical requirements:

• Ability to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer.
• Ability to use vision to read computer screens and printed materials.

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Novanta is a trusted technology partner to medical and advanced industrial OEMs (original equipment manufacturers), with deep proprietary expertise in photonics, vision and precision motion technologies. We engineer mission-critical core components and subsystems that deliver extreme precision and performance, enabling our customers to improve productivity, achieve breakthrough performance and enhance people's lives.The driving force behind our growth is the team of innovative professionals who share a commitment to innovation and customer success. Novanta's common shares are quoted on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "NOVT".