About The Chance

Our client, an established technology organization developing connected IoT products, has an immediate requirement for a Senior BLE Firmware Developer to join its Ottawa engineering team, 100% onsite.

This is an opportunity to contribute to a brand-new connected-device development initiative, working hands-on with Nordic Semiconductor technology, Bluetooth Low Energy and Zephyr RTOS.

The successful consultant will be a strong hands-on embedded developer capable of owning production-quality firmware from design and development through hardware integration, debugging and testing.

Duties include but are not limited to

- Developing Embedded firmware that will run on Embedded IoT products
- Design, develop and maintain production embedded firmware using C/C++
- Develop firmware for Nordic nRF52/nRF54 devices using nRF Connect SDK and Zephyr RTO
- Develop and optimize BLE functionality including GAP, GATT, advertising, connections, pairing/bonding, security and custom services
- Develop firmware for low-power, resource-constrained connected devices
- Perform board bring-up and hardware/firmware integration using SPI, I2C, UART, GPIO, ADC and timers
- Implement low power algorithms

The successful candidate will have the following

- Degree from a recognized university or community college with an acceptable specialization in computer, electrical engineering, systems engineering, computer science or information systems




- 8+ years of embedded firmware/software development experience
- Advanced Embedded C skills within resource-constrained systems and Zephyr RTOS development experience
- Strong commercial experience within the Nordic Semiconductor ecosystem, ideally nRF52 and/or nRF54. Hands on experience with nRF Connect SDK
- Strong Bluetooth Low Energy development experience and understanding of GAP/GATT
- Experience developing and optimizing low-power/battery-powered devices
- Strong embedded hardware integration/debugging skills, ARM Cortex microcontrollers, drivers and bootloaders
- Comfortable remaining highly hands-on while contributing to technical design and architecture
- Assets: BLE security/DFU, secure boot, RF/interoperability testing, automated testing/CI, Python, Thread/Matter/802.15.4 and previous IoT/sensor development
- Strong team player, collaborative, self sufficient, able to work
- Must be able to work onsite

About the Job

Start ASAP, Initial 6 Month Contract with extension/conversion possibility, 100% onsite. This is a great opportunity to work on the latest IoT technology and grow with a well-established organization.

Great organizational culture and collaborative environment. The compensation range is $60.00 to $70.00/hr+ depending on experience.

Please note that all candidates must be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity.

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📌 Senior BLE Firmware Engineer - 6 Month Contract (Ottawa)
🏢 Kardow
📍 Ottawa