Engineer II, Firmware

6AM City, LLC; Minnesota; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Energy in Eden Prairie, MN is seeking an Engineer II, Firmware to design, modify, and evaluate embedded software, and to work with hardware and firmware teams on power supply-related products. You will contribute to both development and sustaining engineering in a fast-paced lab environment.

The role requires proficiency in C and assembly for bare-metal microcontrollers, debugging hardware and software issues, and documenting requirements and test plans.

Qualifications

• Ability to follow standard practices and procedures in engineering analysis.
• Ability to learn professional concepts and use analysis tools and diagnostics.
• Broad technical knowledge of electronic apparatus and circuitry for power devices.

Responsibilities

• Design, modify and evaluate embedded software for power systems.
• Apply knowledge of microcontrollers, hardware theory and tools.
• Troubleshoot and debug hardware and software issues.
• Exercise engineering judgment to ensure project success.
• Collaborate with hardware, electrical, mechanical teams and PMs.
• Communicate effectively across levels of the organization.
• Prepare internal/external software documentation including requirements and designs.
• Maintain broad technical knowledge of related electronic systems and components.
• Diagnose design or field performance issues and implement corrective actions.
• Contribute to code reviews to improve stability of aging codebase.

Skills

Embedded C

Assembly programming

Microcontroller knowledge

Hardware and firmware integration

Debugging skills

Technical communication

Documentation skills

Tools

Diagnostic instruments

Test equipment

Job description

Engineer II, Firmware

ABOUT ADVANCED ENERGY

Advanced Energy (Nasdaq: AEIS) is a global leader in the design and manufacturing of highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement and control solutions for mission-critical applications and processes. AE's power solutions enable customer innovation in complex applications for a wide range of industries including semiconductor equipment, industrial, manufacturing, telecommunications, data center computing and healthcare. Advanced Energy has devoted four decades to perfecting power for its global customers and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

WHY BE A PART OF ADVANCED ENERGY?

Some people say it's like working in the best of two worlds. We operate like an agile, growing, small company - you can see your work make a difference to the company every day. Things move quickly and you can see and feel it. At the same time, we're a global company founded in 1981 and have been publicly traded for more than 28 years. We have a strong cash position, deep trust and partnership with leading customers, a global best-in-class operations capability, and a proven leadership team. We have a track record and resources to make things happen both organically and inorganically. Being part of a nimble company with a solid foundation attracts team members that are capable, driven and like a challenge. Our employees collaborate and know how to have fun inventing, working, building and winning together. At our core, we are Advanced Energy - powering the future, together.

POSITION SUMMARY:

A Firmware Engineer will design, modify, and evaluate embedded software, and/or programmable logic and/or electronic apparatus, components, or circuitry for use in electronic equipment and devices. You will perform engineering work in basic and applied research, development, and/or design of new products and/or sustaining of existing products.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Utilize advanced level programming ability in C and assembly languages in an embedded environment, including bare-metal microcontrollers.
• Apply working knowledge of microcontrollers, hardware circuit theory, software development tools, and knowledge of the architecture and electronic hardware encountered in Power Supply or ARM based microcontroller-based systems.
• Troubleshoot and debug hardware and software systems issues.
• Exercise engineering judgment to select and develop methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria to secure project success.
• Work in a team environment with hardware engineers, electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, and program managers on product development of extensive scope.
• Utilize strong communication and team skills. Persuade and gain agreement with cross functional teams (hardware) and the ability to effectively communicate with multiple levels of an organization.
• Participate in the preparation of internal and external software documentation including, but not necessarily limited to: Requirements Specifications, Design Specifications and Test plans.
• Responsible for broad technical knowledge of electronic apparatus, components, or circuitry for use in electronic equipment and devices, including but not limited to DC circuits, AC to DC converters, AC power factor correction, high power transistors and rectifiers, digital and analog loop stability, magnetic design, worse case component analysis, digital hardware, firmware, test and measurement systems, and electrical/safety regulatory compliance.
• Responsible to diagnose issues of diverse scope with design, field performance, root cause/failure analysis, reliability and manufacturing test yields of existing power supply products using formal investigation methods and to recommend/implement corrective actions to address.
• Implement advanced software development techniques in compliance with technical reference architecture.
• Participate in ongoing code reviews to improve software stability and maintainability of an aging code base.
• Perform technical review, design analysis, development and selection of hardware and mission critical computer software

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Location: Eden Prairie, MN
• Works in a noisy fast-paced power development lab and standard office environment

QUALIFICATIONS

• Ability to follow standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data from which answers can be obtained.
• Ability to learn and use professional concepts appropriate to engineering, including analytical methods, computer aided analysis and design tools, diagnostic instruments and test equipment, lab skills appropriate to design, selecting appropriate components and materials for designs.
• Broad technical knowledge of electronic apparatus, components, or circuitry for use in electronic equipment and devices, including but not limited to RF circuits, AC to DC converters, AC power factor correction, high power transistors and rectifiers, digital and analog loop stability, ma