Industry knowledge preferences: +8 Years of Experience
Language: Good spoken and written English
Start date for assignment: ASAP
Duration of assignment: 18 months (possibility to be extended)
Expected workload for the consultant: Fulltime
Location: 75% remote, 25% onsite Germany
For our client, we are looking for a system architect with strong knowledge in within embedded technologies, in this role there will be no hands on coding and your focus will be setting the system architecture. The client is a well know with over 30.000 employees in the hardware sector.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Concept phase
- Transfer overall technical vision and system requirements into system architecture of the distributed system with several electronics + software modules.
- Analyse system requirements and translate them into efficient and maintainable top-level architecture (e.g. FOTA, platform independent tool configuration for user, backup and restore, distributed data management, …).
- Together with discipline specialists, break down system architecture into definition and specification of software modules, hardware interfaces and communication protocols.
- Create and maintain architecture documentations (UML-Model, Jazz-requirements and specifications).
- Define security concepts incl. risk assessment
Development phase
- Constant refinement of the system architecture to meet the business needs.
- Review component architecture of development partner.
- Review work results of external SW development partner.
- Support / consult technical project manager; potentially take over part of project management responsibilities
Involved technologies
- Embedded web server
- FOTA (Firmware-Over-The-Air) incl. security concepts
- Safety critical functions
- Real-time operating systems
- Embedded C, C++
- Low-level communication protocols (UART, SPI, USB)
- Network communication like Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
- Databases and algorithms handling/searching for queries for those data
Special knowledge, skills and abilities required:
- Architecting IoT-like solutions for industrial environments involving above mentioned technologies.
- Craft and communicate concepts and architectures; systematically assess alternatives, drive and moderate decision process.
- Experience in leading internationally distributed project teams is an advantage.
- Fluent in English
RECRUITMENT PROCESS - fully online recruitment process in ENGLISH:
- CV verification – within 48h you get first feedback regarding your application
- Screening call – short 20-min call to get to know each other
- Interview – for this client there will be 2 interviews: 1st with Line Manager; 2nd with HR and technical person
- Offer and… celebration after getting hired!
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