Firmware Engineer (Eden Prairie, US)
Job Details
Description
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.
Qualifications
Education
Required
Bachelors or better in Engineering or related field.
Experience
Required
4 years:
Relevant Experience
