Senior Firmware Engineer - C++

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 mission-critical applications and processes. AE’s 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. With engineering know-how and responsive service and support around the globe, the company builds collaborative partnerships to meet technology advances, propel growth for its customers and innovate the future of power. Advanced Energy has devoted four decades to perfecting power for its global customers and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

 

POSITION SUMMARY:                                  

Advanced Energy, RF Delivery Systems (RFDS) is looking for an Embedded Firmware Engineer (C++) for its New Product Development (NPD) team to design and develop software controls for our RF Generator Systems used in Plasma Power applications.

The Embedded Firmware Engineer (C++) will work with a multi-disciplined product delivery team of RF, Electrical, Mechanical, and other Firmware Engineers to 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 the design of new products and/or sustaining of existing products.
 

 YOU WILL:

• Be a critical member of the product development engineering team and participate in all phases of the firmware development life cycle.  Working closely with product development team including system and electrical engineers and logic (FPGA) designers.
• Responsible for design and development of software to work with custom hardware.  Develop embedded systems applications to work on multicore processors.  Develops software unit test procedures and code/architecture documentation.
• Participates in on-going technical discussions and code reviews. Possibly, including supporting technical reviews and presentations both internally and externally to customers
• Applies computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis concepts and principles in the development of software for the target application.
• Responsible for estimation of development tasks, supporting the ownership of project schedule with the team using Agile or other methods.
• Be able to travel within US and abroad for short periods of time (as needed).

 

YOU’LL NEED:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science (or similar) technical degree.
• At least 5 years’ experience in related industries working with real time embedded firmware (C++) in industrial applications, including one or more of the following experiences:
  • Knowledge of common embedded peripherals and connectivity - SPI, I2C, USB, UART, CAN, Ethernet, timers, interrupt controllers.
  • Experience with RTOS with embedded processors and multicore environments.
  • Experience with stepper motor controllers.
  • Experience with build tools such as GNU, CMake, Ninja.
  • Experience with Python scripting.
  • Experience developing within a Linux environment.
  • Experience with industrial communication protocols such as EtherCAT and DeviceNet.
  • Experience developing software unit tests and other CI/CD practices.
  • Knowledge of digital hardware design and VHDL is a plus!
• Proven ability to troubleshoot and use test equipment including but not limited to oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, JTAG debuggers.
• Experience with code repositories (GIT) and collaboration tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

EDUCATION:                                                                                    

• BS in Engineering, Science, or equivalent
• BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering preferred

 

COMPENSATION:                            

As required by multiple state pay transparency laws, Advanced Energy provides a reasonable range of compensation for each job posting. Actual compensation is influenced by an array of factors including, but not limited to, skill set, level of experience, and specific office location. The range of starting pay for this role is $95,000 to $135,000 per 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 workforce. Our compensation programs are foc