Staff Engineer, Embedded Software

Enphase Energy, Inc.; New Zealand; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Restricted stock units as part of your

Bonus plan

Wellbeing and insurance benefits

Annual performance reviews

Career growth opportunities

Well-equipped laboratory and facility

High tech laboratories and equipment

Global team environment

Job summary

Enphase Energy New Zealand in Christchurch seeks Embedded Software Engineers to contribute to microgrid product software, including inverters and gateway devices, guiding work from concept to production. You will join a multi-site team and collaborate with colleagues in NZ, the US, India, and beyond.

You will work in the Software Engineering group to advance autonomous grid control, management, and regulation, leveraging AI-assisted coding tools and modern workflows.

Qualifications

• BS Electrical Engineering or Computer Science/Engineering + minimum of 2 years relevant experience.
• Self-motivated individual with the ability to work under minimal supervision.
• Experience in and a solid understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle; hands-on design, development and debugging and use of tools like version control, bug tracking, etc
• Experience in various levels of testing: unit testing, integration testing, system testing, regression testing
• Software development for embedded Linux systems
• Strong understanding of C/C++ programming concepts, and operating systems concepts
• Strong understanding of real time control, multi‑threading and inter‑process communications
• Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms
• Experience in scripting languages like Ruby, Lua, Python, etc.
• Familiarity with development tools such as GCC, GDB, GNU Make, cross compilation
• Good written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Design and implement software to run under embedded Linux on resource constrained microprocessor based systems.
• Carry design tasks from concept to implementation.
• Document engineering requirements and solutions.
• Test new firmware and debug and troubleshoot issues in complex systems.
• Work with cross functional teams to test and troubleshoot issues.

Skills

C/C++ programming

Real-time control

Multi-threading

Data structures & algorithms

Software development life cycle

Scripting languages

Version control / bug tracking

Embedded Linux development

Embedded Linux

Education

BS Electrical Engineering or Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

GCC

GDB

GNU Make

Cross compilation

Git

Jira

Confluence

ARM microcontrollers

Zigbee/BLE/WiFi protocols

Job description

About the Role

Enphase is seeking Embedded Software Engineers to join our engineering and technology teams. These engineers will be responsible for embedded software development for Enphase’s microgrid products, including inverters and gateway products. This engineer will transition work from conception, through engineering, to production, while collaborating with teams in California, Texas, India, and New Zealand. This position is within our Software Engineering group, where you will work with a small team to develop control for autonomous grid connection, management, and regulation. You will be working in a multi-site team and expect to interface across multiple functions.

What you will do

• Leverage AI and agentic coding tools to accelerate software development while applying hands‑on skills and sound engineering judgement to design, implement, verify, and maintain embedded software:
  • Design and implement software to run under embedded Linux on resource constrained microprocessor based systems.
  • Carry design tasks from concept to implementation.
  • Document engineering requirements and solutions.
  • Test new firmware and debug and troubleshoot issues in complex systems.
• Work with cross functional teams to test and troubleshoot issues.

Who you are and what you bring

• BS Electrical Engineering or Computer Science/Engineering + minimum of 2 years relevant experience
• Self‑motivated individual with the ability to work under minimal supervision
• Experience in and a solid understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle; hands‑on design, development and debugging and use of tools like version control, bug tracking, etc
• Experience in various levels of testing: unit testing, integration testing, system testing, regression testing
• Software development for embedded Linux systems.
• Strong understanding of C/C++ programming concepts, and operating systems concepts.
• Strong understanding of real time control, multi‑threading and inter‑process communications.
• Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Experience in scripting languages like Ruby, Lua, Python, etc.
• Familiarity with development tools such as GCC, GDB, GNU Make, cross compilation, etc.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Bonus Skills/Experience

• Experience using AI and agentic coding tools
• Exposure to ARM based micro‑controller systems.
• Experience using Git, Jira and Confluence designed.
• Integration of communication protocols, such as Zigbee, Bluetooth, BLE, WiFi, and power line carrier.
• Experience with solar, energy storage, and microgrid products.

Employee Benefits

• Restricted stock units as part of your total compensation
• Bonus plan
• Wellbeing and insurance benefits for you and your family
• Annual performance reviews
• Opportunities for career growth and development
• Working in a well‑equipped laboratory and facility
• High tech laboratories and equipment
• Global team environment

About the Christchurch team

The Enphase Energy New Zealand facilities are in Middleton and Wigram, Christchurch. These Research and Development Centres focus on the design and testing of our cornerstone product, the Microinverter. Enphase New Zealand has a team of around 120+ engineers and support staff. We also work closely with our Research and Development colleagues in California, Texas and Bangalore. All offers of employment are subject to standard background testing required by Enphase Energy. Only candidates eligible to work in NZ will be considered.