Lead Engineer, Embedded Software

Lead Embedded Software Engineer - Hybrid

Towson, MD United States

Come make the world and accelerate your success.

It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of approximately 43,500 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®.

The Job:

As a Lead Embedded Software Engineer, you’ll be part of our Embedded Software team working as a hybrid employee. A Lead Engineer is an integral part of our Electronics & Electrical Systems product development organization. This position supports our Product Execution team based in Towson, MD. This position involves working closely with several other teams including Marketing, Manufacturing, Quality, Reliability and Regulatory. The ideal candidate will be a self-starting individual with experience in low-level embedded firmware design and a passion for problem solving, debugging, and helping others.

You’ll get to:

• Design and develop power electronic firmware and specifications for ABLDC motor controls for power tools, li-ion battery management, chargers.

• Implement and validate electronic designs through software development, test, and simulation.

• Develop software verification and validation procedures using unit and integration tests.

• Provide leadership in achieving cost, performance and quality objectives of all related electronic systems, components, and sub-assemblies.

• Develop solutions for electronic system related issues as an integral member of a larger team.

• Maintain appropriate documentation for work performed.

• Translate customer requirements into software specifications.

• Translate high-level goals and requirements into individual work items.

• Develop and maintain a schedule to track progress in fulfilling an objective within a deadline.

• Effectively summarize information about an objective and communicate it to others.

• Embrace cross functional teamwork.

• Training and mentoring junior team members

• Participate in Peer Design and Code Reviews

The Person:

You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have:

• BSEE, BSCS, BSCE or equivalent (4 years) from accredited computer/electrical engineering college

• Work experience of 10 plus years with electronics, software development, and embedded firmware.

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in embedded system (bare metal) design

• Extensive knowledge of developing embedded 8bit/16bit/32bit microcontrollers in C, C++, or ASM. Experience with ARM architectures preferred. Experience with assembly language coding is a plus.

• Experience with closed loop control and feedback systems for AC and BLDC motors

• Familiarity with lithium ion battery powered systems.

• Experience with common motor control techniques, including sensored and sensorless trapezoidal control.

• Understanding of common microcontroller peripherals such as: timers, GPIO, watchdog, ADC, UART, DMA.

• Strong understanding of embedded software concepts, including: hard real time processing, process scheduling, cooperative multitasking, interrupt processing, race conditions, RTOS.

• Familiar with software development processes and controls (static analysis, distributed version control, unit testing, bug tracking).

• Experience with debugging (either with in-circuit debugger or by other means)

• Ability to approach software development with a system-level view.

• Ability to travel and interface with overseas electronic contract manufacturers and provide technical direction to obtain quality electronics assemblies for tool production.

• Experience with Agile or waterwall development process

Top Candidates Will Also Have

• Master’s degree (or higher) in Engineering from an accredited curriculum

• Prior experience with embedded software development for motor drives

• Prior experience with connected products including IoT (Bluetooth, WiFi, etc)

• Technology and product strategy experience

The Details:

You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including:

• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being.

• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.

And More:

We want our company to be a place you’ll want to be – and stay. Being part of our team means you’ll get to:

• Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

• Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.

• Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for a wide range of perspectives and experiences.

• Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back, and sustainable business practices.

What’s more, you’ll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors, and everyday heroes all over the world. We’re more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. We’re visionaries and innovators. As successful as we’ve been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in. Join us!

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The salary range for this position is $110,600 - $178,000

• This is the lowest to highest annual fulltime salary range we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. The salary offered within the range may vary depending on multiple factors including job level, geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience and in compliance with local wage requirements. Please note that salary is only one component of total rewards at Stanley Black & Decker.

• The salary range listed in this job posting reflects the range for the primary location specified.

• The salary range may vary for other locations.

• The successful candidate may be eligible for annual merit increases.

• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being.

• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.

We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 43,500 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.

Benefits & Perks

You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.

What You’ll Also Get

Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Learning & Development:

Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture:

We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose-Driven Company:

You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

EEO Statement:

All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic.

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