Senior Staff Embedded Firmware Engineer - BESS

Enphase Energy; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,200,000 - 6,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Enphase Energy in Bengaluru, India, seeks an experienced embedded/firmware engineer to lead a core R&D team and deliver storage solutions. The role focuses on firmware for solar and battery products, collaborating with hardware and software teams.

You will mentor staff and drive architecture from concept to production. The position demands strong C/RTOS skills, Python scripting, and experience with system-level firmware development in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• B.E./B.Tech in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or Computer Science.
• 12+ years of embedded software or firmware engineering experience.
• Proficiency in Python to automate workflows.
• Expertise in C for real-time applications.
• Experience with bare metal and RTOS; Zephyr is a plus.
• Ability to document requirements and test firmware designs.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of firmware engineers handling requirements and system integration.
• Develop board level and system firmware for solar and battery products.
• Collaborate with hardware and system engineers on firmware architecture.
• Guide EVT testing and support SDVT activities for prototypes.
• Mentor engineers and contribute across residential and commercial domains.

Skills

Team leadership

Embedded software engineering

Problem solving

Technical documentation

Mentoring junior engineers

Education

B.E./B.Tech in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Python

C for real-time

RTOS (Zephyr ideal)

GCC

GDB

Eclipse

GNU Make

Git

Confluence/JIRA

Job description

Description

Enphase Energy is a global energy technology company and a leading provider of solar, battery, and electric vehicle charging products. Founded in 2006, our innovative microinverter technology revolutionized solar power, making it a safer, more reliable, and scalable energy source. Today, the Enphase Energy System enables users to make, use, save, and sell their own power. Enphase is also one of the most successful and innovative clean energy companies in the world, with more than 80 million products shipped across 160 countries.

Description

Enphase Energy is a global energy technology company and a leading provider of solar, battery, and electric vehicle charging products. Founded in 2006, our innovative microinverter technology revolutionized solar power, making it a safer, more reliable, and scalable energy source. Today, the Enphase Energy System enables users to make, use, save, and sell their own power. Enphase is also one of the most successful and innovative clean energy companies in the world, with more than 80 million products shipped across 160 countries.
Join our dynamic teams designing and developing next-gen energy technologies and help drive a sustainable future!
This role at Enphase requires working onsite only
About the role:
This position is part of the core Engineering R&D group, which focuses on launching Residential and Commercial/Industrial storage products. Our team is responsible for designing, prototyping, and launching Storage Systems at scale — cutting edge solutions that integrate Enphase’s core technologies like IQ series microinverters, home energy ecosystem of EV chargers, combiners, and more that are best in the market to deliver complete solutions for our consumers. We’re looking for a motivated individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and can collaborate closely with the team to develop and deliver innovative solutions.

What you will do:

• Lead a team of firmware engineers developing requirements, code for system integration, batteries and inverters
• Develop board level and system/product level embedded software for solar and battery-based products.
• Work with hardware and system engineers to conceptualize and document the firmware design architecture for implementation.
• Leverage AI usage to develop EVT (engineering validation testing) by the firmware engineers to verify sanity
• Work with cross function teams like SDVT (system design validation testing) engineers to test and troubleshoot prototype designs.
• Mentor junior engineers and be able to work on residential and commercial product domains seamlessly

Who you are and what you bring:

• B. E/ B. Tech in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or Computer Science.
• 12+ years’ experience in a similar (non-academic) role as an embedded software or firmware engineer
• Proficiency scripting language Python to automate software development workflows.
• Expertise in C for real-time applications.
• Solid experience with bare metal and real-time operating systems (RTOS). Experience in zephyr is ideal.
• Being curious and ability to troubleshoot firmware related issues within complex systems. Relentless pursuit of problem-solving skills.
• Ability to test code and hardware both with and without external test equipment such as oscilloscopes, power meters, etc.
• Familiarity with software development processes, Atlassian cloud suite (Confluence, JIRA), Git configuration management.
• Familiarity with development tools such as GCC, GDB, Eclipse, GNU Make, etc.
• Familiarity with developing drivers for sensors and closed-loop control algorithms.
• Ability to carry a design task from concept to implementation and verify.
• Ability to document engineering requirements (like JAMA, Polarion, DOORs), document solutions, and test new firmware designs.
• Experience with launching products on production scale to see through customer or field issues for learnings.
• Familiarity with ARM Cortex-M4/7, STM32 or similar microcontroller architectures is a plus.
• Zephyr RTOS experience is a plus.
• Familiarity with bootloader design and implementation is a plus.
• Familiarity with AC grid simulators and DC to AC inverters is a plus.
• Familiarity with developing controls for cooling systems like fans, chillers, pumps etc is a plus.
• Familiarity and experience with Battery Management System (BMS) is a plus.
• Knowledge in worldwide (UL and IEC standards) electrical advanced grid functions and faults conditions is a plus.