R&D Software/Firmware Engineer

Toronto       ·       Full time

About Us:

At Myant, we are creating the world’s first expressive and continuous digital presence platform, enabled by integrating technology directly into clothing and augmented by other devices, wearables, and IOT. We see the evolution of society where every member gets to participate from anywhere and anytime through a whole-body experience, mostly in a passive or ambient manner to foster ubiquitous accessibility. Humans have a fundamental desire and need to be connected to our environment, family, community and technology. This level of connection will create a paradigm shift in the way we deal with each other, especially from afar, allowing for more meaningful relationships, and more in-depth representation of ourselves.  

The need for this type of connection is not new. There are many companies working on ways to connect humans in singularity with technology, however most of these technologies are based on devices that are often used in episodical ways hence, leading to poor adoption or reliability. In general, innovation and technology have delivered significant benefits for many members of society however, there are those who are left behind, namely the very young, the marginalized, the old and the sick.  The challenge of inclusion for those left behind requires us to move beyond device focused strategies, towards an interface that we use naturally, every day. We believe that textile is that primary interface, used in clothing, coverings, carpeting and more, we wear and are surrounded by textiles universally, at all times.  

Such an interface could fuse data with other devices that we use periodically and data with other IoTs in the environment. People could then leverage their physical presence over their digital presence to communicate and share personal wellbeing. This could unlock healthcare that is proactive and preventative, social connectedness that is more profound, enable care distribution models to be seamless and on demand, better fitness insights, safer working environments and more.  

The vision for SKIIN -our first consumer-facing brand- is to enhance human ability through connected clothing and textiles. Skiin is in beta-phase market launch and has been recently granted Health Canada medical device license and submitted to FDA for regulatory approval in the US market.  The sensors and actuators embedded within our apparel create your Digital Identity, which will be consumed by those who matter to you – your family members, physicians, trainers, other IoT devices – without you consciously having to think about it. The line between the digital and physical world is becoming increasingly blurry and we believe textile is the next medium to bridge that gap.

We are a multi-disciplinary technology team solving big challenges at the intersection of fashion, electronics, software, and data science.

The Role:

The individual will have the opportunity to research, develop, and bring to market wearable biomedical systems as per the overall objectives of Myant in the pursuit of creating the next generation of smart clothing products. In this position, you will work towards implementing Software and Embedded Software solutions to interact with a multitude of Myant’s devices and bring everything together under the Internet of Things paradigm. 

Responsibilities:

• Develop, test and debug software written in C, C++ and Python
• Write communication protocols to control custom hardware (i.e. BLE, Wifi, Sockets, UART)
• Extend, change and maintain our Single Board Computer (SBC) platform
• Configure, optimize and build custom Embedded Linux distributions from scratch
• Integrate proprietary biomedical algorithms into our SBC platform
• Measure the system performance and help to identify possible optimizations
• Write technical documents and user manuals
• Articulate and document detailed software design specifications
• Keep track of project schedule and report progress to management

Qualifications:

• Bachelors/Masters in Software/Computer engineering, Computer science, Electrical engineering or related fields
• 5+ years of experience in software and embedded software development
• Extensive Linux experience
• Proficiency in C and C++ for Embedded Systems
• Fluency in Python and C#
• Experience with multithreaded programming
• Comfortable with BLE protocol on both firmware and software level
• Have worked with 32bit Nordic MCU’s in the past
• Have worked with Single Board Computers (Raspberry Pi and such) for both development and OS deployment in the past
• Be adept in working with an RTOS
• Experience working with multi-module software systems architecture, including Remote Procedure Call frameworks
• Experience integrating Linux systems using various protocols. For example: HTTP, HTTP2, MQTT, Websockets
• Understanding of Linux system level interfaces such as: sysfs, procfs, dbus and posix APIs
• Experience with advanced debugging in embedded environments (e.g., coredumps, traces)
• Experience optimizing for memory and execution time in resource constrained environments
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and decision-making capabilities
• Ability to contribute and work effectively in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment