Lead Embedded Firmware Engineer

Calgary - Canada

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 2 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Forge Performance Group is a Recruitment & Talent Management solutions team located in Calgary AB. We are dedicated to connecting our clients with highly skilled professionals well-matched to their unique hiring needs culture and goals. This opportunity is posted on behalf of one of our clients.

Lead EmbeddedFirmware Engineer

Overview

Werelooking for afull-time remotefirmware leaderto own embedded software for a renewable energy inverter. You willbe responsible forowning the design of firmware for real-time control communicationtelemetryand test role works closely with hardware and test engineersto define requirements build robust test proceduresand shipproduction-grade firmware.

Key Responsibilities

Own firmware technical roadmap architecture decisions and delivery for a multi-controller embedded system.
Lead planning estimation prioritization and execution of firmware workstreams across new features validation and field issues.
Define firmware requirements and test procedures to validate new features.
Develop and maintain firmware on Microchip PIC16 & PIC32 MCUs using MPLAB X MCC and X32 toolchain.
Deliver safe and deterministic behavior for closed loop control systems.
Build and maintain firmware validation tooling and automation.
Drive coding standards and best practices across code reviews documentation testing and long-term maintainability

Required Skills & Experience

Abachelors degree in Electrical& Electronic/Software Engineeringor equivalent.
Strong firmware experience working with embedded C & microcontrollers for 3 years.
Experience with communication protocols SPI UART I2C & peripherals such as ADCs & PWMs.
Proven ability to debug complex issues.
Ability to define system behavior using state diagrams and translate them into deterministic embedded firmware.
Ability to read electrical schematics datasheets and functional diagrams.
Expertise in control theory feedback/feedforward loops and frequency response.
Proficiency with Git workflows (branching reviews releases)

Nice To Haves

Experience with TCP/UDP networking and Wi-Fi module integration in embedded systems.
Jenkins or comparable CI/CD release pipelines.
Experience using JIRA for backlog requirements and feature tracking.
Experience with Python and scripting languages.
Knowledge of higher-level programming languages and experience using AWS cloud services.
Understanding of Grid Technologies and renewable energy system.
Experience with Power Electronics oscilloscopes and digital multimeters.

Required Experience: