Staff Firmware Engineer, GoPro

Salary not provided

+ Discounted employee stock purchase plan

Python
Linux
C++
C
Git
Senior and Expert level
Paris
GoPro

Extreme action cameras and video software

Open for applications

GoPro

Extreme action cameras and video software

1001+ employees

B2CHardwareConsumer GoodsVideoeCommerce

Open for applications

Salary not provided

+ Discounted employee stock purchase plan

Python
Linux
C++
C
Git
Senior and Expert level
Paris

1001+ employees

B2CHardwareConsumer GoodsVideoeCommerce

Company mission

To help the world to capture and share itself in immersive and exciting ways.

Role

Who you are

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent
  • 7+ years of significant embedded software development and integration
  • Technical English and French practice
  • Good interpersonal skills, team player
  • Deep knowledge and understanding on embedded system (software and hardware architecture)
  • GIT is your friend
  • Low-level C
  • Scripting languages (shell and Python at least)
  • Object oriented programming languages (C++ at least)
  • Linux and GNU tools are your daily working environment
  • Cross development tools (compilation and debug)

Desirable

  • SIMD like NEON for ARM
  • DSP / CNN programming
  • GPU / Open CL programming
  • Technical Imaging knowledges
  • Familiar with agile principles

What the job involves

  • Within the Camera Technology Team, you will join a team of experts in embedded software development and evolve in an innovative, dynamic, passionate and international environment
  • You will be involved in the design, development, optimization and testing of many innovative disruptive features targeted for future releases of GoPro products
  • Your main activities will deal with design, architecture, implementation, integration, optimization and validation of technical features on versatile and heterogeneous platforms
  • You will have to apprehend the entire SoC components (DsP, CPUs, CNN, IPs, encoder…) to integrate new features
  • You will handle non-regression and testing proficiency all along the development life
  • Working directly with algorithms team, you will prototype new features on various platforms for internal proof of embeddability or for demonstrating the value of the proposal to the marketing team
  • You will evolve within a cross functional team organization to bring-up innovations as a real camera product
  • You are expected to be a technical animator

Our take

GoPro is a global leader in the field of action cameras. It has enjoyed remarkable success since its founding in 2002, and has expanded its offering to include additional apps and video editing software.

The market for cameras is fast-moving, with constant updates and innovations in technology and applications keeping it competitive. GoPro’s constant focus on new features and accessories, as well as its extensive name recognition, has helped the company retain a dominant market share. Similarly, GoPro has been smart to carve itself a niche that expressly excludes competition from swiftly improving smartphone cameras, as nobody wants to take their iPhone down a whitewater rapid.

This has, to date, kept GoPro’s sales growth ahead of competitors. GoPro is attentive to the constant possibility of game-changing new tech and competing products and should have the resources and talent to stay robustly abreast of the pack.

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Insights

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

7% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Dec 2012

$200m

GROWTH EQUITY VC

May 2011

$88m

SERIES A

Total funding: $288.2m

Company benefits

  • Get your very own GoPro camera + gear
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance – premiums are 100% paid for employees, 80% paid for dependents
  • Life insurance and disability benefits
  • Generous time off policy
  • 12 weeks paid parental leave for new parents
  • Pre-tax and Roth 401(k) options
  • Discounted employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
  • LiveHealthy monthly wellness reimbursement
  • Innovative remote-friendly wellness classes and events
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Professional + personal development opportunities, i.e. LinkedIn Learning
  • Opportunities to get involved in the causes that you care about (annual camera donation + volunteer events)

Company values

  • Make friends - Collaborate and include. Strength in numbers
  • Obsessively serve - Put customer interest first
  • Harness the power of WOW - Exceed expectations
  • Stag agile - Be willing to adapt and commit
  • Be a HERO - Take responsibility. Integrity, always

Company HQ

Western Hills, San Mateo, CA

Leadership

Nicholas Woodman

(CEO & Owner)

Received a degree in Visual Arts from the University of California, San Diego. Founder of Fun Bug. Sold Fun Bug and then traveled the world surfing, which inspired them to found GoPro in 2002.

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Diversity & Inclusion at GoPro

  • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging is core to GoPro
  • We signed the Outdoor CEO Pledge in December 2020 and published our first ever Pledge report in 2021

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