Staff Firmware Engineer (Daly City)

Company Overview :

Amperesand is disrupting industrial power with the first commercialized Solid State Transformer systems. Solid State Transformers systems are much more than a transformer replacement, enabling numerous advanced features to unlock solutions for data centers, EV charging, renewables, microgrids, and industrial installations. We are looking for mission driven team members passionate about making amazing products for worldwide electrification at maximum acceleration. Amperesand is building a global company and looking for talent across our geographies.

Responsibilities :

Architect and develop embedded firmware components that execute real-time power regulation, protection, and control algorithms for SST operation.

Own embedded bootloader architecture, embedded security, and common platforms

Lead firmware for power electronics embedded systems, ensuring functional and performance requirements are met

Work closely with hardware teams to integrate firmware with new or existing hardware components

Work with other talented engineers to solve complex problems, share knowledge, and ensure project milestones are met

Stay updated with new technologies, tools, and methodologies in embedded systems

Qualifications :

Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Mechatronics, etc. with 5+years of professional experience or combined equivalent experience with evidence of exceptional ability

Proficiency in C or C++ for embedded systems.

Understanding of low-level programming and hardware interfacing.

Experience with one or more IDEs and debugging tools.

Experience with version control systems like Git.

Knowledge of real-time programming concepts and real-time operating systems.

Ability to write efficient code under resource constraints (memory, CPU).

Experience with embedded system testing practices.

Basic knowledge of digital and analog electronics.

Willingness and ability to travel up to 20% including internationally

Excellent written and verbal communications in English

Nice to have :

Previous experience in the domain of energy.

Open source projects to represent the contribution to the community.

Build and infra development for firmware projects.

Building projects from scratch for startup environment.

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