对嵌入式初学者有必要解释一下什么是firmware,中文为固件,一般跑在DSP上,是比较底层的东西,也是目前比较热门和有挑战性的嵌入式工种。从下面的一则招聘信息中我们也可以知道Firmware大概干些什么。
招聘职位: Firmware engineer/Senior Firmware engineer
职位描述: Firmware Engineer
Responsibility:
Developing or adapting hardware device driver
Developing or adapting embedded application software for Video Codec
Implementing software on system-on-chip solution using a combination of C
and assembly programming languages. Tuning software for performance
Requirements:
.Solid skills developing in C and assembly languages ,
Experience developing and debugging embedded systems
(ARC, ARM, MIPS, SPARC, …)
.familiar with peripherals and protocols, such as I2C,
UART,USB,LCD,Ethernet,IDE,SD,TCP/IP,RTP…,Knowledge
of Video CODEC standard and principle,
eg: MPEG-1/2/4, H.264 is preferred
.good at English, team player, positive personality,
and able to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science,
Ability to learn and apply new knowledge quickly
职位要求: Senior Firmware
Engineer Responsibility:
Development of embedded software systems for video processing,
involve in all phases of the embedded software development cycle including research, design, implementation, system debug, and documentation.Top-level system firmware integration;
System performance trimming and improvement;
Requirements:
Experience developing and debugging embedded systems
(ARC, ARM, MIPS, SPARC, …),especially in a RTOS
environment(ThreadX,uclinux,MQX)
.familiar with peripherals and protocols,
such as I2C,UART,USB,LCD,Ethernet,IDE,SD,TCP/IP,RTP…
.Good knowledge of Video CODEC standard and principle,
(eg: MPEG-1/2/4, H.264), hands-on
.experience on video encode/decode as well
as video applications(HDTV, streaming media,
HD-DVD, PVR/VOD, networked camera, digital
camcorder/camera, video conferencing,
and/or record-able media) is desirable.
.Good at English, team player, positive personality,
and able to work under pressure to meet deadlines.