Embedded Software Project Engineer

Embedded Software Project - Senior Project Engineer - Hybrid

Towson, MD, United States

Come make the world and accelerate your success.

It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of more than 50,000 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®.

The Job:  

As Embedded or Sr. Software Engineer, you’ll be part of our Power Tools Group (PTG) working as a Hybrid employee based in Towson, MD. This position involves working closely with several other teams including Marketing, Manufacturing, Quality, Reliability and Regulatory. The ideal candidate will be a self-starting individual with experience in low-level embedded firmware design and a passion for problem solving, debugging, and helping others.

You’ll get to:  

• Design and develop power electronic firmware and specifications for ABLDC motor controls for power tools, li-ion battery management, chargers.
• Implement and validate electronic designs through software development, test, and simulation. 
• Develop software verification and validation procedures using unit and integration tests.
• Provide leadership in achieving cost, performance and quality objectives of all related electronic systems, components, and sub-assemblies.
• Develop solutions for electronic system related issues as an integral member of a larger team.
• Maintain appropriate documentation for work performed.
• Translate customer requirements into software specifications.
• Translate high-level goals and requirements into individual work items.
• Develop and maintain a schedule to track progress in fulfilling an objective within a deadline.
• Effectively summarize information about an objective and communicate it to others.
• Embrace cross functional teamwork.
• Training and mentoring junior team members
• Participate in Peer Design and Code Reviews

The Person:  

You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have: 

• BSEE, BSCS, BSCE or equivalent (4 years) from accredited computer/electrical engineering college
• Work experience of 4-8 years with electronics, software development, and embedded firmware.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in embedded system (bare metal) design
• Extensive knowledge of developing embedded 8bit/16bit/32bit microcontrollers in C, C++, or ASM. Experience with ARM architectures preferred.  Experience with assembly language coding is a plus.
• Experience with closed loop control and feedback systems for AC and BLDC motors
• Familiarity with lithium ion battery powered systems.
• Experience with common motor control techniques, including sensored and sensorless trapezoidal control. 
• Understanding of common microcontroller peripherals such as: timers, GPIO, watchdog, ADC, UART, DMA.
• Strong understanding of embedded software concepts, including: hard real time processing, process scheduling, cooperative multitasking, interrupt processing, race conditions, RTOS.
• Familiar with software development processes and controls (static analysis, distributed version control, unit testing, bug tracking).
• Experience with debugging (either with in-circuit debugger or by other means)
• Ability to approach software development with a system-level view.
• Ability to travel and interface with overseas electronic contract manufacturers and provide technical direction to obtain quality electronics assemblies for tool production. 
• Experience with Agile or waterwall development process

The Details:

You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including:

• Medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement.
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.

And More:

We want our company to be a place you’ll want to be – and stay. Being part of our team means you’ll get to:

• Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

• Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.
• Belong: Experience an aweso