Sr. Firmware Engineer

Insight Global; Lincoln (NE); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global seeks a Sr. Firmware Engineer to support Global Rack Power Distribution products. You will design, implement, and test high-quality C/C++ code for real-time embedded systems and contribute to architecture decisions.

You will work with cross-functional teams across design, test, product, and quality to ensure on-time delivery, maintainability, and scalable firmware for high-volume manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or above in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science.
• 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with analog to digital conversion – sensors.
• Experience with microcontrollers and peripheral development.
• Experience with troubleshooting own firmware using the right tools.
• Proficient in C and coding best practices for portable, reusable software.
• Experience with RTOS integration, e.g., FreeRTOS.
• Experience managing concurrency in real-time environments.
• Ability to balance processing, memory, I/O, timing in small microcontrollers.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, safety-critical C/C++ code for real-time embedded platforms.
• Design software architecture with quality, testability, and maintainability for high-volume manufacturing.
• Develop firmware for rack power distribution products measuring sensors and controlling power.
• Diagnose and resolve defects in sustaining activities.
• Collaborate with engineering, marketing, management, and project leads to meet priorities and budgets.
• Keep organized project records and documentation.
• Engage in design reviews, verification, and field validation.

Skills

DSP algorithms

RS232/RS485/I2C/SPI

Git/GitHub/GitLab

Microcontroller development

Troubleshooting tools

Communication skills

Cross-functional problem solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering/CS

Tools

Git/GitHub/GitLab

MPLAB

Eclipse IDE

Job description

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Plusses:

• Familiar with digital signal processing (DSP) algorithms and analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) techniques is a plus.
• Experience implementing BSP level boot loader and communication drivers, e.g., RS232, RS485, I2C, SPI.
• Experience with Git, GitHub, GitLab, MPLAB, and Eclipse IDE tools is a plus.
• Experience programming 8, 16, and 32-bit microcontrollers, e.g., Freescale Kinetis family, TI MSP, or other ARM Cortex-M architectures, and Microchip PIC family.
• Ability to utilize troubleshooting tools such as multimeters, oscilloscopes, bus analyzers, and logic analyzers.
• Strong written and contextual communication skills.
• Analytical and collaborative thinker with ability to problem solve complex and cross-functional technical issues.

Job Description

DAY TO DAY:

The Sr. Firmware Engineer will support the Global Rack Power Distribution business and interact with and support Global design, test engineering, product and quality teams. The Sr. Firmware Engineer understands and follows the new product development process and participates in the ideation, design, testing and troubleshooting, release to manufacturing, and sustaining activities throughout the product life cycle. This role will focus on rack power distribution products.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, safety-critical C/C++ code executing on real-time embedded system platforms.
• Design the software architecture and firmware implementation with a strong focus on quality, testability, sustainability, and maintainability for high-volume manufacturing.
• Responsible for all aspects of firmware design and development for new innovative rack power distribution products and features using embedded microcontrollers designed to measure and collect sensor data, calculate energy metering parameters, and to provide precision control of low-voltage power distribution.
• Participates in sustaining activities for existing products including diagnosis and resolution of defects.
• Interact with engineering, marketing, management, and project leads to assure that product development priorities are completed to schedule and budget while ensuring quality and product performance requirements are met.
• Responsible for keeping excellent, organized project records and documentation.
• Product development activities include design and development, design reviews, documentation, product verification, coordination with quality assurance, and field validation.

• Bachelor's Degree or above in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science.
• 10+ years of relevant experience
• Experience with analog to digital conversion – sensors
• Experience with microcontrollers and peripheral development
• Experience with troubleshooting own firmware – using the right tools to diagnose problems
• Proficient in C and fluent in coding best practices for functional and structural software quality, including portability and reusability.
• Experience with real-time operating systems integration, e.g., FreeRTOS.
• Experience with managing concurrency and resource sharing in real time environments.
• Ability to balance the demands for processing, memory, I/O, timing and other resource limitations in small range microcontrollers