What you’ll do:

Zipcar is looking for a firmware engineering lead to join our telematics team. This person will be working on the firmware that operates our in-vehicle telematics unit, including cellular network communications, Bluetooth and CAN bus communications to the car.

What you’ll love about being a Zipster:

• Work with the team to set quarterly departmental goals and metrics for the team.
• Experience with vehicle OBD and CAN stack
• Identify and evaluate potential partners for telematics solutions and opportunities that mitigate risk and align with the business
• Able to be the technical point of contact for multiple onshore manufacturing partners
• Experience with getting FCC, PTCRB and UK/EU RF regulatory certification for connected devices
• Ability to architect hardware, firmware and backend technologies to solve business problems
• Experience with proposing, designing and developing end-to-end connected devices involving RF, Embedded and connected products
• Provide full lifecycle software development, including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, production deployment, documentation
• Experience with technologies such as RFID, Wireless 3G/4G, Bluetooth
• Able to creatively solve business problems using pre-existing technologies
• Able to solve both short term and long-term business problems
• Technical experience with automotive grade devices to ensure safety of our products
• Able to work with technicians on custom cables and manufacturing of cables and harnesses
• Ability to manage test engineering for connected devices
• Ability to get buy-in on solutions from various stakeholders within Zipcar
• Able to translate business requirements into technical requirements and vice versa
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices for connected fleet management
• Provide support for existing in-production devices

What drives success for a Telematics Engineering Lead:

• 5+ years experience developing low-level firmware including device drivers or board support packages.
• Proficient in C/C++ programming.
• Able to read hardware schematics and use test equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, communications protocol analyzers) to help debug firmware problems.
• Prior experience with ARM Cortex-M processors or other microcontrollers.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Solid track record of working closely with device manufacturing to deliver on schedule and budget
• Some experience leading mechanical designs is preferable but not necessary

What tops off the tank:

• Competitive Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability Insurance and other voluntary benefits
• Generous paid time off, including volunteer and Parental Leave options
• Tax-free benefit for public transportation or parking expenses
• Bicycle Reimbursement program
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with company matched contributions
• Free Zipcar Membership and other employee discounts, including discounts on renting and buying Avis/Budget cars
• Community involvement opportunities

Who are we?

Glad you asked! Zipcar is the world’s leading car-sharing network, found in urban areas and university campuses in more than 500 cities and towns. Our team is smart, creative and fun, and we’re driven by a mission – to enable simple and responsible urban living.

The extra mile:

We encourage Zipsters to bring their whole selves to work - unique perspectives, personal experiences, backgrounds, and however they identify. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer – M/F/D/V.