Senior Project Engineer

Senior Project Engineer, Embedded Software (Towson, Maryland - Hybrid)

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Summary:

As a Software Senior Project Engineer, you'll be part of our Embedded Software team working as a hybrid employee. A Software Senior Project 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.

Job Specifications:

* 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

Employee Specifications:

* 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.

* 7+ 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 discover and implement creative or innovative ideas and inspire others to do so.

* Ability to accomplish unrelated objectives concurrently.

* Display strong ownership of an objective and work diligently to resolve it.

* Strong communication and interpersonal skills to influence the organization and to communicate effectively with internal and external customers.

* Willingness to help others on the team in resolving their issues when necessary.

* Foster and maintain a high level of integrity in all aspects of work.

* Ability to travel and interface with…