Senior Firmware Engineer

Job Description:

Employer: Techtronic Cordless GP

Title: Senior Firmware Engineer

Work Location: 100 Innovation Way, Anderson, SC 29621

Job Description:

• Evaluate and develop future technologies, providing firmware development, software maintenance, and electrical engineering project support for a variety of floor care and other consumer products.
• Work across multiple teams to jointly develop and refine engineering requirements based on marketing and user needs.
• Responsible for firmware engineering, design, development, and implementation of system PCBAs for new products, and life cycle management activities of existing products, to meet specified performance criteria.
• Peer review and drive best practice within the Global Team using unit test, static analysis, and validation plans.
• Establish test plans to ensure firmware meets product design specifications with the help of the product hardware engineer.
• Ensure approval with UL, CSA, and other safety agencies with the help of the agency engineer.
• Assist the laboratory with preparation of test units and the analysis of test results.
• Work with the product teams to compile engineering product development schedules and ensure key engineering deliverables, quality, performance, and cost targets are met.
• Drive innovation: Stay abreast of relevant technologies and assess innovations regarding their applicability to floor care and other consumer products.

Job requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field, or foreign degree equivalent, and 5 years of progressively more responsible relevant experience as an Engineer or related alternate acceptable occupation; OR Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field, or foreign degree equivalent, and 2 years of relevant experience as an Engineer or related alternate acceptable occupation.

Work or academic experience must include:

 1. Consumer products, aerospace, industrial, or medical electrical engineering, including: new product firmware design of electronics systems, controls, and sensors.

2. Bare-metal and RTOS firmware designs.

3. Magnetic sensing application utilizing hall sensor, magnetoresistive sensors, and magnetometers.

4. Current sensing applications and firmware development for MCU’s (AC/ DC motor control, battery management, charging and monitoring, and current level sensing and control).

5. Firmware development using the “C” language.

6. Software tools IAR, Visual Studio, Git Control, and Issue tracking software.

 Approximately 10% domestic and international travel required.