Lead Developer, Embedded Engineering

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><h1 class="MuiGrid-root css-1j4zddb"><span style="color: rgb(37, 71, 123);">Who we are:</span></h1> <div class="MuiGrid-root css-17v2lcf"><span style="color: rgb(102, 120, 140);">Geotab ® is a global leader in IoT and connected transportation and certified “Great Place to Work™.” We are a company of diverse and talented individuals who work together to help businesses grow and succeed, and increase the safety and sustainability of our communities.</span></div> <div class="MuiGrid-root css-17v2lcf">&nbsp;</div> <div class="MuiGrid-root css-17v2lcf"><span style="color: rgb(102, 120, 140);">Geotab is advancing security, connecting commercial vehicles to the internet and providing web-based analytics to help customers better manage their fleets. Geotab’s open platform and Geotab Marketplace ®, offering hundreds of third-party solution options, allows both small and large businesses to automate operations by integrating vehicle data with their other data assets. Processing billions of data points a day, Geotab leverages data analytics and machine learning to improve productivity, optimize fleets through the reduction of fuel consumption, enhance driver safety and achieve strong compliance to regulatory changes.</span></div> <div class="MuiGrid-root css-17v2lcf">&nbsp;</div> <div class="MuiGrid-root css-17v2lcf"><span style="color: rgb(102, 120, 140);">Our team is growing and we’re looking for people who follow their passion, think differently and want to make an impact. Ours is a fast paced, ever changing environment. Geotabbers accept that challenge and are willing to take on new tasks and activities - ones that may not always be described in the initial job description. Join us for a fulfilling career with opportunities to innovate, great benefits, and our fun and inclusive work culture. Reach your full potential with Geotab. To see what it’s like to be a Geotabber, check out our&nbsp;<a class="MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineHover css-sbvzk" style="color: rgb(102, 120, 140);" href="https://careers.geotab.com/blog/">blog</a>&nbsp;and follow us @InsideGeotab on&nbsp;<a class="MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineHover css-sbvzk" style="color: rgb(102, 120, 140);" href="https://www.instagram.com/insidegeotab/">Instagram</a>.&nbsp;</span></div></div><h1><span style="color: rgb(37, 71, 123);">Who you are:</span></h1> <p><span style="color: rgb(102, 120, 140); font-size: 12pt;">The Lead Embedded Developer is responsible for owning technical initiatives and defining the architecture for complex embedded systems. Key accountabilities include architecting and validating firmware from requirements to production, leading technical projects across the team's roadmap, and providing advanced mentorship and quality assurance through peer reviews to maintain high-throughput delivery.</span></p> <h1><span style="color: rgb(37, 71, 123);">What you'll do:</span></h1> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(102, 120, 140);">The Lead Embedded Developer is responsible for owning technical initiatives and defining the architecture for complex embedded systems. Key accountabilities include architecting and validating firmware from requirements to production, leading technical projects across the team's roadmap, and providing advanced mentorship and quality assurance through peer reviews to maintain high-throughput delivery.</span></p> <h1><span style="color: rgb(37, 71, 123);">How you'll make an impact:</span></h1> <ul> <li> <p><span style="color: #66788c; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Develop an in-depth understanding of the Geotab IoT devices (such as telematics devices, extendibility products, asset trackers, Video products) firmware and how various modules work.</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="color: #66788c; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Advocate for modular, reusable, hardware independent software/firmware development practices and adhere to test driven development principles.</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="color: #66788c; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Identify key areas of architecture improvement and contribute to the team roadmap.</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="color: #66788c; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Take ownership of technical initiatives, projects and products, and contribute to their implementation and output.</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="color: #66788c; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Contributes to defining strategic direction, planning the roadmap, and synthesizing feedback to ensure team success.</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="color: #66788c; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Break down large engineering efforts into smaller pieces that can be completed in parallel in collaboration with the team.</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="color: #66788c; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Develop and review scalable, high quality, secure embedded software using Geotab's development standards for RTOS, Embedded Linux or baremetal.</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="color: #66788c; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Proficient in large scale feature functionality analysis, device health analysis, using various tools like GBQ/SQL and Geotab datasets.</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="color: #66788c; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Work with the team lead/manager to set the direction of the team and guide key stakeholders on execution choices and trade-offs. Advise managers with insights and recommendations to improve the team.</span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="color: #66788c; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Define unit test, integration test, simulated or hardware test frameworks to facilitate test driven developmen