Staff Engineer, Firmware & Embedded Software

About Carrier

Carrier Global Corporation, a global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to innovation that brings comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through advancements in temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more.

The Staff Engineer is a technical expert responsible for leading the embedded design, development, and optimization of embedded software for next‑generation air‑conditioner products. This role drives architecture decisions, solves complex technical problems, and provides technical leadership across projects while working closely with hardware, system, and production teams.

• Design and implement embedded software solutions to address business needs.
• Experience with microcontrollers, RTOS and embedded protocols.
• Develop firmware in C/C++, ensuring efficiency, reliability and safety.
• Program assembly language, machine language and high‑level languages including but not limited to C++ and
  
  C.
• Involve in all aspects of the system software development process – concept, design, reviews, coding and validation.
• Drive code quality initiatives through best practices including code reviews, unit tests, functional/integration testing and CI/CD integration.
• Provide software designs and documentation to the team.
• Participate in product cybersecurity reviews.
• Participate in Change Control Board meetings to prioritize new features and defects.
• Perform debugging and troubleshooting of embedded systems using emulators, JTAG/BDM debuggers etc.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and apply relevant innovations as appropriate.
• Work with embedded system development methodologies such as agile, and related project and repo management tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Git Hub etc.
• Mentor and coach junior and mid‑level engineers, providing technical guidance, knowledge sharing and review feedback.
• Direct the activities related to analysis, design, programming, debugging, troubleshooting and modification of software for firmware (IC embedded code) applications.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science or a related technical discipline.
• 7+ years of experience in the design and development of embedded firmware.

• Strong proficiency in C/C++ programming for embedded systems.
• Hands‑on experience in RTOS, multithreading and bare metal programming.
• Solid understanding of microcontroller architecture, interrupts, timers, memory (Flash/RAM/EEPROM) and low‑level drivers.
• Knowledge of embedded development workflows, version control and build systems (CMake, Make).
• Experience with hardware debugging tools and test equipment.
• Experience with common wired messaging protocols such as UART, RS232/485, I2C, SPI, Modbus.
• Demonstrated knowledge of firmware development best practices (AGILE design, code reviews, design documentation, unit testing).
• Experience with IoT / embedded systems’ standard design elements – bootloaders, OTA firmware downloads and firmware updates.
• Understanding of cybersecurity technologies and best practices (encryption, key management, certificates, secure boot).
• Experience evaluating firmware by probing hardware (oscilloscope, logic analyzer etc.).
• Experience using Jira, Confluence, Azure Dev Ops or other software development tools.
• Experience with HVAC controls systems.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Organized with strong attention to detail while managing multiple priorities.
• Ability to lead a small team of software developers and collaborate with cross‑functional teams.
• Proven ability to implement continuous improvements and standardize processes.

The annual salary for this position is between $96,000.00 and $, with adjustments for skills, education, experience and other unique qualifications.

Entitled to short‑term cash incentives subject to plan requirements.

• Health Care Benefits:
  Medical, Dental, Vision;
  Wellness incentives.
• Retirement Benefits.
• Time off and leave:
  Paid vacation (up to 15 days), paid sick (up to 5 days), paid…