Lead Firmware Engineer

Canada (Remote)                ·               Full time

About the job

Job Outline

We are looking for a Lead Firmware Engineer to join our Dream Team to lead the development, deployment, and maintenance of firmware on the world’s first, “sleep lab in a mask”.

Your Mission

Join us as the Lead Firmware Engineer and embark on a heroic mission to revolutionize sleep with the Bía Smart Sleep Mask. Your mission will be creating, managing, and fine-tuning the firmware that analyzes sleep data and creates real-time sleep personalizations for our customers.

Company Mission:

We’re Bía Neuroscience, and we’re on a mission to master your sleep. The Bía Smart Sleep Mask will be the first wearable to measure, control, and improve your sleep leading to restful nights and heroic days.

Great sleep results in 32% improved sharpness, helping you achieve your goals. That means working at Bía means you’ll be helping pro athletes make that shot, helping job-hunters nail that next interview, and helping doctors save more lives.

Bía hero, join our team, and you’ll be helping millions of people live happier, healthier, and more present lives.

Our Core Values

We live these Values consistently through routines and policies.

• Bía Champion of Determination: We are fearless contenders. We believe in hard work and perseverance on our journey to achieving the impossible. Embrace your hunger for progress. Indulge in your thirst for solutions. No matter what you do, don’t stop until you get there.
• Bía Hero for Humanity: We are advocates for the betterment of humankind. This value is meant to remind us that there are things bigger than ourselves and that we need to do our part in it. We use this value to keep our egos in check and focus on what matters.
• Bía Pursuer of Passion: We are people with purpose. We believe pursuing our passions is more than a nice-to-have, it’s a requirement to quality of life. Do what you love, reach for the stars, and change the world. We know where we’re going, and we’re excited to get there.
• Bía Master of Gratitude: We believe in acknowledging the gifts in others and ourselves, and using it as a guiding light forward. We focus on the path forward that leads to the greatest good.
• Bía Curator of Knowledge: We’re lifelong learners. We continue to grow through dedication and hard work while prioritizing speed and perseverance to achieve the impossible.

Job Type, Compensation, and Perks

• Full-Time
• Base Salary: $100,000 – 150,000
• Share Options
• 4 Weeks Vacation
• Top 20% Benefits Package
• 4-Day Work Week – 1 extra day per week to live your life.
• Remote Working – If you have internet access, you can work.
• Flexible Schedule – We keep meetings light and concentrated.
• “Fire Us” Career Plan – We know that we may not be the best fit forever. We will work with you to build your optimal Bía career and then help you fire us so you can move on to the next big step in your life.
• Growth – Be one of the first hires at a rapidly growing business

Your Responsibilities

• Responsible for code architecture, development environments, firmware programming, documentation, testing, CI/CD pipelines, and release in accordance with our user requirements.
• Responsible for the design, implementation, and management of digital signal processing algorithms on device
• Responsible for ensuring seamless device connectivity and data transfer over BLE, Bluetooth Classic, and Wifi.
• Responsible for ensuring firmware is secure in factory and on-device.
• All software-related user requirements are fulfilled on-time and on-budget
• Devices continues to run smoothly without crashes and development is fulfilled on-time and on-budget

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s (or higher, e.g., MS, or PhD) degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field such as physics or mathematics, or equivalent technical experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in developing firmware for consumer devices, with a preference for wearables, in languages such as C and C++
• Experience taking a product from idea to release
• Experience with digital signal processing on device
• Experience developing with ESP32 / RTOS platform
• Experience working with the following components: Audio, IMU, AFE4950, and Temperature.
• Experience setting up CI/CD pipelines to ensure critical bugs never make it into production environments
• Experience with firmware security best practices
• Experience with developing QA processes for hardware manufacturers
• Experience working in a startup environment or part of a small team
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to mentor and guide junior engineers, make architectural decisions, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams is an asset

Soft Skills

• Hunger to Learn
• Adaptive
• Self-Starter
• Strong Communicator
• Organized
• Thorough Decision Making
• Analytical
• Calm and Collected under Pressure
• Wabi Sabi – understanding and acceptance that nothing is perfect or permanent

How To Apply

Please email your resume and answers to your 3 questions from the Ask section below to our team at:

careers@getbia.com

We will only respond to applications that address the 3 questions from the ask section via email. No cover letter needed. Due to volume, we do not review Easy Apply applications – only email applications.

Ask

In place of a traditional cover letter, please send us an email with maximum 1 paragraph answers per question to the following:

• Tell us a brief story about how you live one of our values.
• What is the most important thing for your employer to provide to you besides pay? Why?
• Tell us about the last time you did something kind. What was it, and why did you do it?

Company Status

We are a pre-order business launching this year that is picking up speed, fast. We are still in the early stages so this is your chance to get in at the actual start of a start-up.