Embedded Software Senior Project Engineer - Hybrid- Towson, MD United States

Embedded Software Senior Project Engineer - Hybrid

Towson, MD United States

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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:  

A Embedded Software Project / Sr Proj Engineer is an integral part of our Electronics & Electrical Systems product development organization. This position supports our Product Execution team 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

Top Candidates Will Also Have
 

• Master’s degree (or higher) in Engineering from an accredited curriculum
• Prior experience with embedded software development for motor drives
• Prior experience with connected products including IoT (Bluetooth, WiFi, etc)
• Technology and product strategy experience

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