Embedded Software Engineer – Power & Automation Systems

Delta Electronics (Americas) Ltd.; Morrisville (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Delta Electronics Americas seeks an experienced embedded software engineer to build and maintain the unit controller firmware for Delta US hardware. You will set up CI/CD on Azure DevOps, refactor the Taiwan codebase for US standards, and implement Modbus TCP/RTU, IEC 61850, CAN, and OPC UA stacks.

You will work on secure boot, OTA updates, and role-based access while aligning with IEC and NERC CIP where applicable, in a team focused on power electronics and industrial automation.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science.
• 5+ years in embedded software for industrial/energy systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop firmware/middleware for Unit Controller in C/C++ (and Rust where appropriate) on Linux/RTOS targets.
• Receive and re-platform the existing Taiwan Unit Controller codebase; refactor for US PCS/BESS vendors and US standards.
• Implement Modbus TCP/RTU, IEC 61850 (client), CAN, and OPC UA stacks; integrate with PCS, BMS, HVAC, and meters.
• Stand up CI/CD pipelines on Azure DevOps with self-hosted build agents, automated unit tests, static analysis (MISRA, Coverity), and HIL-in-the-loop gates.
• Implement secure boot, signed OTA updates, role-based access, audit logging — aligned to IEC 62443-4-1/-4-2 and NERC CIP where applicable

Skills

C/C++ on Linux/RTOS

Multithreading & RT scheduling

IPC & deterministic networking

Industrial protocols (Modbus TCP)

IEC 61850 (MMS/GOOSE)

DNP3

OPC UA

CAN

DevOps (Git, Azure DevOps or GitHub)

Docker

Yocto build systems

HIL testing

Secure boot, TLS/mTLS, signed updates

Education

BS/MS in Computer/Electrical Engineering or CS

Tools

Git

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Docker

Yocto

MISRA/Static analysis tools

Job description

Delta Electronics Americas seeks an experienced embedded software engineer to build and maintain the unit controller firmware for Delta US hardware. You will set up CI/CD on Azure DevOps, refactor the Taiwan codebase for US standards, and implement Modbus TCP/RTU, IEC 61850, CAN, and OPC UA stacks.

You will work on secure boot, OTA updates, and role-based access while aligning with IEC and NERC CIP where applicable, in a team focused on power electronics and industrial automation.