Background

Praan (Praan, Inc.) is an impact focused deep-tech startup democratising clean air using breakthrough filterless technology. The company is backed by top tier VCs and CXOs globally and currently operates between the United States and India. Our team puts extreme attention to detail and loves building technology that's aspirational. Praan's team and culture is positioned to empower people to solve large global problems at an accelerated pace.

Why

Everyone worries about the dooms-day in climate change which is expected to occur in the 2050s. However, there's one doom's day which is the reality for millions of people around the world today. Air pollution takes more than 7 Million lives globally every single year. Over 5% of premature children death occur due to air pollution in developing countries. Everyone has relied on governments or experts to solve the problem, but most solutions up until today have either been too expensive or too ineffective. Praan is an attempt at making the future cleaner, healthier, and safer for the generations to come.

Job Description

• Write code and develop firmware from scratch as necessary to meet project requirements, ensuring optimal performance and functionality
• Design and implement the application framework and system services for a new embedded platform.
• Collaborate with electrical and mechanical engineers on the hardware design and implementation process from design through manufacturing and testing.
• Assist in the design and development of test systems for validation of the platform from hardware to firmware.
• Development of Cellular/Wifi Systems with MQTT Broking
• Keep up with the latest embedded firmware technologies/versions and tools.
• Enforce a high standard of quality over the code base and application performance.
• Influence every aspect of the firmware development process.
• Coordination with supply chain team and international vendors for sourcing of raw materials, material and cost optimisation
• Collaboration with mechanical design, simulation, software, product design teams for electronic hardware and harness integration
• Working alongside third party validation companies such as UL, LEEDS, etc for commercial certification
• Interaction with business team for product feature changes
• Interaction with B2B customer teams globally where applicable
• Working alongside program manager and company leadership on key product deliverables and timelines
• Developing and maintaining key technology documentation across core technology and embedded hardware electrical engineering teams
• Lead a team of firmware development interns when applicable
  
  

Skill Requirements

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering or similar degree
• Minimum 2 years experience designing and implementing embedded software systems in C.
• Experience building and shipping Embedded Firmware Products commercially
• Experience implementing power-optimized firmware.
• Bare-metal embedded system design experience
• Past experience with Multi-threading and RTOS
• Past experience with OTA via GSM/Wifi
• Excellent skills in debugging tools like bus analysers and oscilloscopes.
• Experience implementing and debugging hardware drivers.
• Past experience working with antenna's and GSM based IoT Devices - experience with AT Commands
• Strong electrical and computer engineering fundamentals - Analog and Digital Circuits
• Exceptional communication skills
• High energy, optimistic candidate
• Strong abilities to work independently
  
  

Praan is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, religion, caste, gender, disability or any other criteria. We just care about working with great human beings!