Senior Firmware Engineer

Company: Advanced Energy
Location: Milpitas
Posted on: January 15, 2022

Job Description:

About Advanced Energy

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: AEIS), enables design breakthroughs and drives growth for leading semiconductor and industrial customers. Our precision power and control technologies, along with our applications know-how, inspire close partnerships and innovation in thin-film and industrial manufacturing. We are proud of our rich heritage, award-winning technologies, and we value the talents and contributions of all Advanced Energy's employees worldwide.

POSITION SUMMARY:

This position will be responsible for design and development of firmware for critical sensing, measurement and control products developed by Advanced Energy. You will perform engineering work in research, development, design of new products, and sustaining of existing products.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Primary engineer responsible for embedded system firmware design, development, debugging, integration, and maintenance for multiple product lines
Independently create advanced firmware architecture and design
Establish/apply software engineering best practices & create write well-crafted, well-commented, well-tested, readable, and maintainable code
Collaborate with cross functional members of the product management team to understand and document firmware requirements
Collaborate with cross functional members of the engineering organization to develop and optimize interfaces between hardware & firmware, and performance requirements
Create design documentations, conduct design reviews, and code reviews
Hands-on board bring-up, system debugging, and code optimization
Coach and mentor junior firmware engineers

QUALIFICATIONS:
8+ years of experience working in an embedded systems firmware development role
High proficiency in C programming language is required
Experience working with Microcontrollers such as ARM, JTAG interface and firmware development tools is required
Familiarity with USB, I2C, SPI, TCP/IP, UART, RS232, RS485 etc.
Experience with bare metal FW coding is required
Ability to read schematics and debugging using Logic analyzers, Multi-meters, Oscilloscopes
Experience with GIT based version control system and bug tracking tool is required
Experience with RTOS like FreeRTOS, ThreadX is desired
Experience in EtheCAT, DeviceNet, Modbus, protocols is desired
Experience with development of measurement devices/instruments is a plus
Understanding of measurement and calibration concepts is a plus
Understanding of Agile SCRUM software development methodology is a plus
Technical leadership or project management experience is a plus

EDUCATION:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or other related degree required
Master's Degree is a plus

BENEFITS:

As part of our total rewards philosophy, we believe in offering and maintaining competitive compensation and benefits programs for our employees to attract and retain a talented, highly engaged workforce.--- Our compensation programs are focused on equitable, fair pay practices including market-based base pay, an annual pay-for-performance incentive plan, and discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

In addition to our competitive compensation practices, we offer a strong benefits package in each of the countries in which we operate. In the U.S., we offer a rich benefits package that includes:
Medical - 4 different health care plan options, dental, and vision
Short and long-term disability and life insurance
Health savings and flexible spending accounts
Generous paid time off starting at 4 weeks, 7 holidays and 3 floating holidays
8 Hours of paid volunteer time off
8 weeks of paid parental leave for both Moms and Dads
Company matched 401(k)
Tuition reimbursement
Expanded mental health coverage and employee assistance programs
Other voluntary benefits include pet insurance, identify theft, legal assistance, critical illness, and voluntary accident insurance

Advanced Energy is committed to diversity in its workforce including Equal Employment Opportunity for Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities

Job ID - 23668

Keywords: Advanced Energy, Milpitas , Senior Firmware Engineer, Engineering , Milpitas, California