Embedded Firmware Engineer (Lead/Dev Lead/Senior)

SEL’s Government Services Department (GSD) is seeking an experienced embedded software (firmware) engineer to help develop a new device platform to meet the communication, metering, and power protection needs of the U.S. government.

A typical day might include the following:

* Designing data acquisition, digital signal processing, and communication sub-systems

* Writing firmware component code and unit tests for said sub-systems

* Building your firmware into hardware and performing in-hardware verification

* Working with hardware and power engineers to define cross-discipline interfaces

* Reviewing others' work

* Mentoring and/or supervising junior engineers in firmware development

Minimum Qualifications:

* B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience

* 7+ years of experience in the following areas:

-- Embedded firmware development in C/C++ for SoCs or microcontrollers

-- Experience developing with an RTOS

-- Interfacing with different kinds of memory like DDR and cache

-- Communication protocols like SPI, I2C, and Ethernet

* Ability to mentor others

* Strong writing, documentation, and speaking skills

* Background check results satisfactory to SEL and negative drug test results

Preferred Qualifications:

* Supervisory experience and project management knowledge and skills

* Experience interfacing with FPGAs

* Python

* CppUTest

* CMake and linker scripts

* Understanding of:

-- Electric power systems

-- Electric utility telecommunications

Competitive pay. Superior benefits. Inspiring work.

People are at the core of our company and we hire employee-owners. We welcome you to learn more about how we support employees.

• We’re 100% employee owned. Retirement benefits include an employer funded stock ownership plan (ESOP) and personal 401(k) options.

• We offer top tier medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.

• We recognize the importance of a healthy life balance and offer: 10 paid holidays, annual vacation accrual starting at 12 days, 9 paid sick days, and paid family and medical leave that covers 90% of your pay.

• We foster growth and development of our employees through avenues such as STEM courses, apprenticeships, tuition assistance, and engineering development programs.  

• Ask our team about other benefits including wellness, fertility, adoption, and flexible spending benefits.

Pay Range Data

We anticipate filling this position as a lead/development lead/senior level engineer $101,700 — $176,000.

We are open to reviewing additional candidates with more or less experience and the salary range may differ if filled at a different level. Our ranges are determined by job, responsibility, and location. We base our starting pay offer and title on location and job-related factors such as candidate experience, training, knowledge, and skills.

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SEL is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Vets/Disabled.