Power Electronics Firmware Leader

1st Avenue Power; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Compensation Package

Health Insurance

401(k) with company match

Job summary

1st Avenue Power is seeking a power electronics firmware leader to optimize renewable systems, control, firmware, and software for a sustainable future.

You will manage firmware for PV inverters, energy storage, and system communication, guiding a team of engineers through design reviews, DFMEA, and validation. Expect collaboration across electrical, mechanical, and controls teams while delivering low-latency C firmware and robust system software.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional firmware development experience, including leading a team.
• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.
• Expertise in developing firmware for Power Electronics applications.
• Experience with embedded systems and communication protocols and their drivers.

Responsibilities

• Manage a firmware/software team to develop and validate product firmware.
• Hire, train, mentor, and manage a team of development and validation engineers.
• Lead your team to build advanced simulation and validation capabilities.
• Develop and debug low-level real-time and low-latency firmware in C.

Skills

Firmware leadership

Power electronics

C programming

Embedded systems

Team management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent

Tools

Python

Shell scripting

Typhoon HIL

Job description

1st Avenue Power is seeking a power electronics firmware leader to optimize renewable systems, control, firmware, and software for a sustainable future.

You will manage firmware for PV inverters, energy storage, and system communication, guiding a team of engineers through design reviews, DFMEA, and validation. Expect collaboration across electrical, mechanical, and controls teams while delivering low-latency C firmware and robust system software.