Lead Engineer, Embedded Software

Lead Engineer, Embedded Software – Towson, MD

As a Lead Engineer, you’ll be part of our Electronics & Electrical Systems product development organization working as a hybrid employee. This position supports our Product Execution team based in Towson, MD and involves working closely with several other teams including Marketing, Manufacturing, Quality, Reliability and Regulatory.

• Design and develop power electronic firmware and specifications for ABLDC motor controls for power tools, li-ion battery management, and chargers.
• Implement and validate electronic designs through software development, testing, 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.

• BSEE, BSCS, BSCE or equivalent (4 years) from accredited computer/electrical engineering college.
• Work experience of 10 plus 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; 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, and DMA.
• Strong understanding of embedded software concepts, including hard‑real‑time processing, process scheduling, cooperative multitasking, interrupt processing, race conditions, and 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 to provide technical direction for quality assemblies.
• Experience with Agile or waterfall development process.

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

All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic.