Embedded Software Engineer

FastTek Global; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and Dental

Vision

PTO

Long Term Disability

Life Insurance

401(k) with 3% match

Job summary

FastTek Global is seeking an Engineer III, Embedded Software, to join our hybrid-employee Engineering team. You’ll design firmware for power tools, including brushless DC motor controls, Li-Ion battery management, and chargers, and validate through testing and simulations.

You will translate customer requirements into software specifications, contribute to cross-functional teamwork, and travel to interface with overseas contract manufacturers as needed.

Qualifications

• BSEE/BSCS/BSCE or equivalent four-year degree required.
• 3+ years embedded software development for consumer and/or industrial products.
• Experience with C on 8/16/32-bit microcontrollers; ARM preferred.
• Understanding of RTOS, timers, GPIO, UART, DMA; debugging skills.
• Familiarity with software development processes including unit tests and version control.
• Willingness to travel to interface with overseas contract manufacturers.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop firmware for power tools, including motor controls and battery management systems.
• Validate designs via software development, testing, and simulation.
• Develop unit and integration tests for software verification.
• Lead objectives of electronic systems to improve cost, performance, and quality.
• Translate customer requirements into software specifications and maintain documentation.
• Collaborate in cross-functional teams and travel as needed.

Skills

Embedded software

C programming

ARM architectures

RTOS concepts

Debugging

Communication skills

Education

BSEE/BSCS/BSCE or equivalent

Tools

In-circuit debugger

Git / distributed version control

Job description

The Job

As an Engineer III, Embedded Software, you'll be part of our Engineering team working as a hybrid employee.

You’ll Get To

• Design and develop electronic firmware and specifications for power tools, including brushless DC motor controls, Li-Ion battery management systems, and battery 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 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.
• Embrace and contribute to cross-functional teamwork.
• Travel as needed to interface with overseas electronic contract manufacturers and provide technical direction to support quality electronics assemblies for tool production.
• Manage multiple unrelated objectives concurrently.

The Person

You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You're not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn't it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have:

• A BSEE, BSCS, BSCE, or equivalent four-year degree from an accredited computer or electrical engineering college.
• 3+ years of experience developing embedded software for consumer and/or industrial products.
• Knowledge of developing embedded software in C for 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit microcontrollers.
• Experience with ARM architectures is preferred.
• Experience with assembly language coding is a plus.
• Understanding of common microcontroller peripherals such as timers, GPIO, watchdog, ADC, UART, and DMA.
• Strong understanding of embedded software concepts, including real-time processing, process scheduling, cooperative multitasking, interrupt processing, race conditions, and RTOS.
• Familiarity with closed-loop control and feedback systems, lithium-ion battery-powered systems, and/or common motor-control techniques, including sensored and sensorless trapezoidal control, is a plus.
• Familiarity with software development processes and controls, including static analysis, distributed version control, unit testing, and bug tracking.
• Experience with debugging, either with an in-circuit debugger or by other means.
• The ability to discover and implement creative or innovative ideas and inspire others to do so.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to influence the organization and communicate effectively with internal and external customers.
• A high level of integrity in all aspects of work.
• The ability to accomplish unrelated objectives concurrently.

Additional Info

At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra. We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.

We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years!

FastTek Global is a financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused, operating in nearly half of the states in the U.S., Europe and India.

We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.

Benefits

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match

FastTek Global was named one of the Top Work Places in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023!

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