Senior Firmware Engineer 37817

ABOUT ADVANCED ENERGY

Advanced Energy (Nasdaq: AEIS) is a global leader in the design and manufacturing of highly engineered precision power conversion measurement and control solutions for missioncritical applications and power solutions enable customer innovation in complex applications for a wide range of industries including semiconductor equipment industrial manufacturing telecommunications data center computing and healthcare. Advanced Energy has devoted four decades to perfecting power for its global customers and is headquartered in Denver Colorado.

POSITION SUMMARY:

A Firmware Engineer will design modify and evaluate embedded software and/or programmable logic and/or electronic apparatus components or circuitry for use in electronic equipment and devices. You will perform engineering work in basic and applied research development and/or design of new products and/or sustaining of existing products. Future possibilities may include electrical design and FPGA work if there is talent and interest.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Participates in all phases of the Firmware development life cycle including requirements analysis design implementation integration and test of all products.
• Responsible for research design and development of computer software systems in conjunction with hardware product development.
• Applies computer science engineering and mathematical analysis concepts and principles in the development of software for the target application.
• Demonstrates and applies comprehensive knowledge of power electronics and controls design to the successful completion of complex projects
• Works closely with cross functional members of the engineering organization to develop and evaluate interfaces between hardware and software and operational performance requirements and design of the overall system.
• Develop software test procedures software programs and related documentation.
• Contributes to determining estimating and validating the cost and scope of software efforts to ensure software performed meets program cost schedule and technical constraints.
• Develop C Applications on embedded Systems including FPGAs and SOCs.
• Implement assigned projects and project tasks to provide software engineering solutions including software design documentation verification and validation used in evaluating testing and processing high fidelity data acquisition systems.
• Implement advanced software development techniques in compliance with technical reference architecture
• Participate in ongoing code reviews to improve software stability and maintainability of an aging code base
• Perform technical review design analysis development and selection of hardware and mission critical computer software.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Location: Wilmington MA;Some domestic and international travel may be required
• Environment: Standard office environment possible interaction through a production factory environment; uses electronic equipment and can work with high voltage

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Demonstrates a sense of urgency and unmatched responsiveness to all work requests and customer deadlines.
• Demonstrates a consistent dependable work effort and accepts accountability for ones actions
• Completes assigned tasks within specified time limits.
• Helps promote a cohesive and cooperative work group.
• Understands safety regulations takes proper care of equipment and acts in a safe manner.
• Strong communication skills ability to present ideas in a clear and persuasive manner both orally and in writing
• Capability to respond quickly decisively and professionally to changing requirements
• Excellent judgment and initiative including the ability to effectively balance multiple priorities
• Good analytical and problemsolving tools
• Good interpersonal skills. Capable of team building (external & internal) to drive crossfunctional collaboration
• Strong priority setting skills desire to meet project tasks and/or assignment deadlines
• Can work with minimal supervision with ability to multitask in a dynamic environment

EXPERIENCE:

Essential

• Proven working minimum 6 years of valid experience in embedded firmware/software engineering
• Background in Power Electronics and/or Power Conversion disciplines
• Experience in handson development and troubleshooting on embedded targets
• Solid programming experience in C or C
• Proven experience in digital control of feedback systems
• Proven experience in embedded systems design with preemptive multitasking realtime algorithms and operating systems
• Familiarity with software configuration management tools defect tracking tools unit code testing and peer review
• Excellent knowledge of OS coding techniques IP protocols interfaces and hardware subsystems
• Adequate knowledge of reading schematics and data sheets for components

Desirable

• Advanced Degree in Engineering or Physics
• Knowledge of a scripting language (Python Matlab)
• Knowledge of RF Power Design
• Knowledge of digital signal processing (DSP) and algorithm development experience. (Digital PLLs Digital Filters Array Processing etc)
• Programming experience in Visual Basic environment
• Excellent mathematical and analytical skills
• Ability to work well in a team environment
• Experience in medical device firmware and/or designing in compliance with IEC 62304 an advantage
• Experience in various forms of industrial communication protocols an advantage
• VHDL and / or Verilog programming

EDUCATION:

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering or Computer Science

COMPENSATION:

As required by multiple state pay transparency laws Advanced Energy provides a reasonable range of compensation for each job compensation is influenced by an array of factors including but not limited to skill set level of experience and specific office range of starting pay for this role is $115000to $135000per year.

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 compensation programs are focused on equitable fair pay practices including marketbased base pay an annual payforperformance incentive plan for eligible positions and a 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 multiple medical plans are available to choose from
• Short and longterm disability and life insurance
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts
• Generous time off policy starting with 3 weeks of paid vacation 7 days of paid sick time and 12 paid 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 critical illness accident and hospital indemnity pet insurance identify theft and legal assistance

Advanced Energy is committed to diversity in its workforce including Equal Opportunity Employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability and/or veteran status.

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