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Lead Embedded Firmware Engineer (Hybrid, Pennsylvania)
Lead firmware architecture and safety certification for ConnectDER’s clean energy hardware. Build secure metering, controls, communications, and over-the-air updates from prototype through production.
Združene države Amerike
Pensilvanija155.000 $ – 209.000 $ / leto
HibridnoPolni delovni časSeniorZahtevani Jezik: angleščinaSistemski inženirOpis
- Set device software architecture, divide work into focused streams, and drive iterative delivery.
- Write production firmware and assign work to three firmware engineers.
- Build the IslandDER interface for secure integration with home batteries and Vehicle-to-Home systems.
- Monitor voltage and current, control relays, run safety checks, and communicate securely with third-party devices and the ConnectDER cloud.
- Lead the data acquisition, control, communication, and integration subsystems.
- Prepare design diagrams and the safety case for IslandDER’s safety-critical software, and present it to the NRTL.
- Bring up firmware on new boards with electrical engineers and debug hardware-software issues.
- Set up code signing for verified over-the-air firmware updates.
- Delegate metering or communications work and review pull requests.
- Improve line-frequency control-loop timing.
- Guide device software architecture and the team while contributing hands-on.
- Design and build safety-critical software; own the safety boundary, FMEA, safety case, and NRTL certification.
- Develop revenue-grade metering, including data acquisition, signal processing, and calibration.
- Work with electrical engineering on requirements, board bring-up, debugging, hardware testability, and safety.
- Manage secure firmware updates, including secure boot, code signing, and key management.
- Maintain CI/CD and testable code as systems progress from prototype to mass production.
- Report to the Director of Electrical Engineering.
Zahteve
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science, plus at least seven years of firmware engineering experience and a record of shipping new products at scale.
- Strong system design and documentation skills, including clear technical documents and design diagrams.
- Experience completing complex safety certifications such as IEC 61508, IEC 60730, or UL 1998.
- Technical leadership experience directing architecture, dividing work into streams, and delivering code.
- Expertise in C, C++, and/or Rust.
- Extensive embedded systems debugging using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and JTAG/SWD.
- Extensive bare-metal or RTOS firmware experience on modern 32-bit microcontrollers, including low-level architecture and multicore memory optimization.
- Experience with ARM Cortex-M or a similar platform.
- Advanced use of AI coding agents, with accountability for shipped decisions.
- Ability to iterate quickly, align effort with business value, and explain complex requirements to varied stakeholders.
- For remote work, ability to travel to the Philadelphia office for at least one week each month.
- Selected candidates must pass criminal history and reference checks.
- Proof of work authorization is required.
- Applications must include a resume.
- Preferred: Master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science.
- Preferred: Experience taking safety-critical software through NRTL certification.
- Preferred: Matter/Thread device commissioning, including SPAKE2+/PASE and setup-code or QR pairing.
- Preferred: I2C, UART, SPI, CAN/CAN-FD, Ethernet, Make, CMake, test automation, and CI/CD experience.
- Preferred: Embedded TCP/IP networking, such as lwIP and WireGuard or comparable secure tunnels on real-time embedded platforms.
- Preferred: Experience reverse-engineering CAN protocols or building custom evaluation tools.
- Preferred: RTOS configuration for multithreaded, timing-critical applications; PX5 or ThreadX experience.
- Preferred: Firmware code-signing and PKI systems, including key custody, signing pipelines, secure boot verification, key rotation, and revocation.
- Preferred: Familiarity with UL 1741/IEEE 1547, UL 3141, UL 2900, and ANSI C12.1.
Ugodnosti
- Health insurance covering 75% of premiums for employees, spouses, and children.
- Flexible paid time off.
- 401(k) plan with a company match.
- Equity stock options.