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5 Fundamentals rules to find Reliable Embedded Software Outsourcing Company
by Virtual Employee Digital MarketerEmbedded software is quite literally the bread and butter of
modern industry. Often, it’s considered unglamorous and peripheral in a
business setup. However, your embedded systems engineer is the backbone of most
of your products. Be it any modern device, from a high end gaming console to
the humble home appliance, everything runs on embedded software and the veracity
of embedded design is often the key to the performance of your product. As they
say, if you have your basics right, the rest can flow through smoothly. Global
Market Insights estimate that Embedded Software Market will reach USD 18.61
billion by 2023. And this is primarily due to the increased adoption of
embedded software by electronics companies and home appliance manufacturers.
However, with passing time and stiffer competition, the demands on embedded development and embedded design have increased manifold, thus requiring firms to cough up more and more dough. In such a scenario, organizations have looked towards places like India for embedded software outsourcing. But one should be mindful of a few things while looking to hire a virtual embedded systems engineer.
1. Is you outsourcing partner capable enough?
As can be expected in a market as lucrative and as crowded
as embedded software, there are plenty of players. So it is imperative that you
do a thorough background check on the company/provider before you embark on a
partnership of any kind. The prospective embedded software outsourcing provider
should have an airtight portfolio and experience in using various embedded
platforms and operating systems. It should have the experience and expertise to
cover facets of embedded development like real time signal processing and big
data. Look for a provider who qualifies for a minimum barrier that you have set
and can prove it with previous work. These days, certain organizations have
embedded systems engineers with as much as ten years of experience. And while
the accepted success rate of PCB prototypes is around 50 percent, certain embedded software outsourcing companies
have a success rate of as high as 80 percent.
2. What is the technical stack of your remote embedded
systems engineer?
Advanced knowledge of C and C++
and relative comfort of working across platforms like Linux and RTOS is
essential. Having an understanding of algorithms, data structures, control
systems, hardware design language etc are a must. The embedded systems engineer
might also need to know Eclipse, JTAG, or Python.
3.
Choose
specialists with solid understanding of hardware requirements and capabilities
The outsourcing company should not only be capable of
recommending the right embedded computing solutions but also utilize latest
processor technologies to deliver innovative solutions for advanced projects.
This is absolutely critical if your product has to compete with the best. The
very essence of embedded software is to maximize the performance of the
associated hardware. Since it is so widely used in household appliances, the
end user experience becomes critical. Hence an understanding of the hardware
involved is critical, since the hardware involved might support a varying range
of computing or data processing power, memory size, hard disk or solid state
disk (SSD) capacity- depending where the component is being used.
4.
Must use agile software development strategies
Agile practices are held as the gold standard when it comes to software development. Here is a Price Waterhouse Coopers’ chart which underpins the importance of the practice. Your remote embedded software team should follow this model of embedded development to ensure timely delivery and best practices.
5.
Indian companies are more flexible
Indian companies doing embedded software development
are more flexible and work more in tune with customer requirements. It’s often
been seen that the embedded software team works as a veritable organic
extension of the client, reporting to it directly and working hands on. The
time difference between the West and the subcontinent is crucial as it allows
24/7 working and teams are able to deliver quick fixes on any bugs that might
afflict the product in a much shorter span of time.
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