Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer

Sr Embedded Firmware Engineer

Current Lighting is seeking an Sr Embedded Firmware Engineer to join our progressive and dynamic fast-paced enterprise and device controls automations team. We are developing the next generation of world class Internet of Things (IoT) connected lighting building and roadway automation controls and applications. This is a hands-on development role that will directly contribute to the development and expansion of our cutting edge, cloud connected IoT applications and offerings with the latest hardware and software technologies and tools. This is an onsite role located in one of our innovative technology design center in Cleveland, Ohio or Lachine, Montreal, Canada.

We are looking for a talented and creative problem solver. You will be involved in the complete firmware development life cycle, seeing your work evolve from epics and user stories into a finished product in a hybrid agile environment. This will require a high degree of collaboration between highly talented, cross-functional, and geographically dispersed development teams. You will work closely with industry-best product owners, hardware and software engineers, and other development team members to understand the business needs, propose and develop end-to-end solutions.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop high-performing and reliable firmware for embedded systems using microcontrollers, sensors and analog/digital interface circuits
• Assess and distill marketing requirements into producible and cost-effective products
• Collaborate with other firmware, software and hardware design team members to develop innovative products and applications
• Support new products through release to manufacturing
• Participate in the definition of system functional requirements
• Research, assess and adapt to new technologies necessary for future enhancements of products
• Protect intellectual property through patent disclosures and applications

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited University
• 5 or more years of embedded firmware programming experience
• 5 or more years of hands-on knowledge of C programming for embedded systems including use of a variety of IDEs for development and debug
• 5 or more years in-depth experience with embedded microcontroller-based design including interfacing to analog and digital devices
• 5 or more years of experience working with real-time systems, managing interrupts, threads, scheduling, semaphores, and state machines with and without an RTOS
• 5 or more years of hands-on knowledge of various standard communication protocols and topologies, including Ethernet, I2C, RS232, RS485, SPI
• 2 or more years of hands-on knowledge of one or more wireless (2.4GHZ, sub-GHz, 4G/5G LTE) technologies and mesh communication protocols (Zigbee, Thread, Bluetooth, Wi-SUN, etc.)
• 2 or more years of hands-on knowledge of one or more messaging protocols (MQTT, CoAP, LwM2M, 6LoWPAN, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering, or closely related discipline
• Sound understanding of Agile development processes
• Experience using source control systems (e.g. Git)
• Knowledge of security vulnerability mitigation for embedded devices
• Experience creating test harnesses using Python or scripting languages
• Experience working with geographically dispersed teams

Position Criteria

• Expert knowledge of best-practice firmware engineering methodologies, processes and technologies, with a passion for programming
• Expert ability to apply analytical and problem-solving skills to conquer complex design and coding challenges
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to implement institutional change through persuasion and collaboration
• Ability to work independently and to follow directions