Firmware Engineer

Electric Vehicles are the future - Our EVoCharge® business unit is an industry pioneer and leader in the Electric Vehicle charging market.

We are investing heavily to develop a portfolio of new EV charging products to serve the exploding EV market.

We are looking for an experience firmware engineer to help us get to the top spot in the exciting space. Come join a fast growing business unit as part for a 100-year old company that prides itself in product innovation and accelerated market growth.

JOB SUMMARY : The Firmware Engineer is responsible for the execution of firmware / software product or feature development within the NPI process.

Leads or participates in NPI cross-functional teams to develop requirements, architecture as appropriate, detailed design, and engineering unit testing whereby delivering a finished, validated, and approved product to market.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES :

Responsible for the detailed design of new products and components that can be taken from concept to full production.

Develops new technologies that strategically align with our product offerings.

• Creates product specifications from internal and external requirements.
• Leads prototyping process including definition, sourcing, & execution.
• Develops project timelines as well as provides project status & risk assessments to the Engineering Manager.
• Conducts design reviews and works collaboratively with all other departments within the company to ensure that product design meets their expectations.

i.e.

reliability, manufacturability, aesthetics, customer requirements, regulatory requirements, etc.)

• Conducts or directs lab tests and interprets results, draws data driven conclusions with respect to lab testing.
• Keeps informed as to developments in competitive product offerings, and in material / manufacturing advancements as they apply to the company.
• Interacts with the customer to understand their product needs or future opportunities.
• Initiate and support patent disclosures as needed.
• Provides technical assistance, with respect to product application, to internal and external marketing representatives and customers.
• Develops insights into embedded systems product design technologies.
• Perform Design Failure Mode and EFFECT Analysis on new products.
• Coordinate UL and CE Testing as needed for certification of products.
• Performs other related duties as required or assigned. COMPETENCIES :
• Quality Systems : + ISO 9001
• Quality Process : + DFMEA / PFMEA + Customer Requirements + Software Requirements + Code Analysis + Root Cause Analysis
• Technical : + Coding Standards + Configuration Management + Team Leadership + IDE Development Tools + Troubleshooting
• Skills : + Programming (C, C#, Java, Linux) + MS (Word, Excel, PwrPt, Access) + Code Review + Unit Testing QUALIFICATIONS : BS Degree in engineering and 4 years professional engineering experience Strong understanding of embedded systems and peripheral development within mixed analog / digital hardware sets.

Familiar with various interfaces, JTAG, UART, SPI, USB, others. Strong understanding of RTOS design and implementation and knowledge of Rate Monotonic Analysis a plus.

Understanding and working knowledge of configuration management tool sets for code control, release management and change control.

Familiarity and experience with different microprocessor and microcontroller systems for use within self-contained embedded applications. Experience Required

• 4 year(s) : Relevant Experience Education Required
• Bachelors or better in Engineering or related field Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

41 CFR 60-1.35(c)