Firmware Engineer: Inverter Power Electronics

Insight Global; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Controls Firmware Engineer to design and develop embedded firmware for inverter-based energy products. You will work closely with electrical and validation teams to translate requirements into robust firmware, validating it against hardware and grid conditions.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, testing, and documentation of software architecture and testing results, with collaboration across engineering teams to ensure system validation and grid compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience embedded firmware for power electronics, inverters or energy systems.
• Ability to develop firmware from scratch rather than modifying test scripts.
• Experience with hardware-in-the-loop validation and hardware testing.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and debug firmware and controls for inverter-based power electronics.
• Write low-level and embedded software that directly controls hardware.
• Develop control behavior for voltage, frequency, power and grid conditions.

Skills

Embedded C

Rust

Python

Hardware interaction

Power electronics

Grid familiarity

Firmware from scratch

Inverter/energy systems

Job description

Insight Global is seeking a Controls Firmware Engineer to design and develop embedded firmware for inverter-based energy products. You will work closely with electrical and validation teams to translate requirements into robust firmware, validating it against hardware and grid conditions.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, testing, and documentation of software architecture and testing results, with collaboration across engineering teams to ensure system validation and grid compliance.