Senior Firmware Engineer, Product Engineering

Chemelex is a global leader in electric thermal and sensing solutions, protecting the world’s critical processes, places and people. With over 50 years of innovation and a commitment to excellence, we develop solutions that ensure safety, reliability, and efficiency in diverse environments – from industrial plants and data centers to people’s homes. We deliver future‑ready technologies, advanced engineering capabilities and local expertise backed by global standards.

Our offering includes a leading portfolio from our trusted brands:
Raychem, Tracer, Nuheat and Pyrotenax.

It’s a great time to join our team as we are growing and investing heavily in our digital transformation.

* We are open to remote candidates ideally in Western Canada*

A new approach to embedded firmware development, building on your RUST & C++ experience, create secure firmware & software for our champion industrial heating control and leak detection products.

• Integrate with new product development team on FW domain for seamless product handoff & delivery to market
• Work with product managers to create new product features for global markets and refresh existing products.
• Comprehensive Firmware Management:
  You will be a fundamental subject matter expert on our Product Engineering Team, you will oversee embedded firmware & software deployed around the world in our best-in-class connected systems, preventing catastrophic events – such as frozen pipes & liquid leaks in industrial and commercial settings. Key responsibilities also include
• Refining firmware and testing requirements
• Establish standards and testing strategy for embedded systems using RUST, C++, C#, Python, or similar
• Leading design and code reviews
• Debugging firmware, Windows and mobile applications
• Developing and refining software in manufacturing test systems
• Lead the organization in Cybersecurity and IEC
  62443 compliance for new and existing embedded solutions
• Lead the organization through your embedded firmware expertise:
• Provide guidance to the team to address technical issues, drive development activities and perform code reviews
• Lead global project teams, managing technical scope of project execution, oversee internal and external resources as required
• Transfer knowledge from NPI to Operations, enforce best practice sustainment in NPI process
• Discover, qualify and integrate new and advanced FW/SW techniques
• Provide thoughtful leadership through mentorship, technical reports, published papers, seminars and active participation in industry associations and technical conferences
• Guide best practices:
  As a key member of the Product Engineering team, ensure Firmware/software engineering best practice methodologies are applied throughout the lifecycle.
• Use CI/CD, setting up and maintaining software development environments, performing code integration and code check‑in, and setting up automated build environments.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Electronics, or equivalent
• 7+ years of experience in developing and debugging embedded systems, including:
• Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS)
• Multi‑threaded/multi‑tasking programming
• Experience with communication protocols (RS‑485, IP, Modbus, Canbus, BACNet), data exchange formats (eg. Jason, XML), communications (eg. Serial, Bluetooth, BLE, TCP/IP, Ethernet, TLS, wireless), scripting languages (eg. Python, Perl, BASH, Power Shell or JavaScript)
• Experience coding in RUST, C++; ideally for embedded devices. Other languages include C#, Python or similar
• Knowledge of Linux development, kernel development, U‑boot, Snaps, or Snap Craft
• Past experience troubleshooting embedded code, ideally in RUST, C++. Use one or more of the following: debugger, GDB, JTAG, data loggers, logic probes, oscilloscope, or simulator.
• Skilled in creating & maintaining detailed technical documentation, ability to read schematics and wiring diagrams
• A passion for taking on initiative, proven success running multiple simultaneous projects
• Proven success collaborating with global teams and leading cross‑functional technical projects.
• 10% international travel

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