Applications Engineer - Automotive Connectivity

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Come join our Automotive Connectivity Solutions Applications team and help drive the development and adoption of our wireless microcontrollers for both Car Access, Wireless Battery Management Systems (WBMS) and Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS). You will be an integral part of our team leading the revolution of connectivity in automotive use cases and specifically be involved in our team focused on Bluetooth Low Energy and our TI WBMS Protocol. We’re searching for an experienced SW application engineer who has the passion and excitement to grow in this position, innovate, and take an active role in supporting automotive customers as they design, ramp and manufacture their products with TI connectivity products inside. This position requires someone who enjoys working in an international environment and brings a positive “can do” attitude to their objectives.

In this position you’ll work with closely with TI customers to determine their design challenges and partner with them on creating solutions, design optimization and improving their products. This can involve travelling to the customer and working together on-site to solve any issues and deliver presentations both in-house and onsite. You will spend hands-on time in a world-class lab tackling technical challenges and delivering innovative development solutions that support our products and drive revenue. 

- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

- 3 years of relevant experience in embedded programming and wireless communication

- Proficiency in programming with C. C++ and python is a plus

- Experience in application support of embedded RTOS products. (TI-RTOS, FreeRTOS, Linux…etc)

- Excellent communication and presentation skills in both of Mandarin and English. 

- Ability to collaborate and communicate complex technical concepts

- Experience with lab/debugging equipment, like protocol Air sniffer, oscilloscopes, logic analyzer along with debugging skills

- Proficiency in the protocol of Bluetooth Low Energy.

- Experience with other any wireless protocols such as a WiFi, Zigbee, Thread or proprietary protocols

- Experience with automotive BLE PEPS applications and relevant technical expertise, e.g. connection monitor ranging, handover, channel sounding ranging. 

- Experience with Artificial intelligence, Machine Learning or other algorithms development. 

- Experience with wired protocols such as SPI, UART, I2C, CAN/CAN-FD and LIN

- Experience with JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket, Git

- Strong technical background, with the ability to understand complex system and protocol specifications and produce high quality technical documentation

- Ability to work in teams and collaborate effectively in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment across job functions, taking initiative and driving overall results

- Proven experience developing, and debugging embedded firmware, software frameworks, and APIs

- Strong time management skills that enable on-time project delivery per commitments

- Experience with RF / Hardware debug, board/PCB bring up.