Firmware Developer - Thermal Platform
Responsibilities
Controls and Platform Development: Design, maintain, and evolve abstracted control platform to support thermal unit firmware involving PID control loops and device interactions
Requirements analysis: Requirements gathering, use case analysis, device and application prototyping, customer/customer-liaison engagement
Project management: Task estimation, software metrics collection, version control
Full lifecycle software application development: Design, programming, debugging, peer review, unit testing, performance tuning, integration
Documentation: Program commentary
Product testing: Unit testing, bench testing, system integration testing, and field test support
Leadership: Effective team member and/or technical leadership, consistent positive attitude, creativity
Hardware development support: Software/firmware support for hardware development and testing
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent with strong emphasis on software: Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering
3+ years of experience with Linux-based controls firmware development and testing
3+ years of experience abstracting and using C/C++ programming language
Controls: Embedded Linux control firmware experience using object-oriented languages primarily C++
Abstracting analog and digital IO interactions
Near real time control algorithms and device communications with serial, RS485, Modbus, and CANbus
HVAC specific experience a plus
Development environment: Languages: C++, C, Python, Bash Shell
Communication protocols: RS-232/485, Modbus, CANbus, I2C, SPI
Operating systems: embedded Linux and real-time operating systems (FreeRTOS)
Platforms: TI SoC, ARM, x86
Tools: VS Code and Docker
Version management: GitLab
Build system: BitBake, Yocto, GitLab Pipelines
Test: Device Simulation, HIL
Design: Object oriented abstraction, development, and lifecycle
Distributed control architecture and design
Usability, maintainability, and configurability
Manage control requirements, specifications, and documentation
NMP, Redfish, BACnet, Modbus TCP, WireShark
Bare metal firmware experience
Qualifications
Must have knowledge of software and firmware development with proven experience in abstracting control systems, applications, and platforms.
HVAC specific knowledge is highly desired.
Skills
Software and firmware development skills
Linux-based controls firmware development and testing
C/C++ programming language
Object-oriented programming
PID control loops and device interactions
Serial, RS485, Modbus, and CANbus communications
Embedded Linux control firmware experience
HVAC specific experience
Benefits
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Pay
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Schedule
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About the Role
We are seeking an embedded Linux controls firmware engineering candidate to support our thermal control applications and platform. The candidate must have knowledge of software and firmware development with proven experience in abstracting control systems, applications, and platforms. HVAC specific knowledge is highly desired. A bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent engineering experience as a control firmware engineer is required. Other engineering degrees with emphasis on controls will be considered.
Requirements Analysis
Requirements gathering, use case analysis, device and application prototyping, customer/customer-liaison engagement
Project Management
Task estimation, software metrics collection, version control
Full Lifecycle Software Application Development
Design, programming, debugging, peer review, unit testing, performance tuning, integration
Documentation
Program commentary
Product Testing
Unit testing, bench testing, system integration testing, and field test support
Leadership
Effective team member and/or technical leadership, consistent positive attitude, creativity
Hardware Development Support
Software/firmware support for hardware development and testing
Leadership
Effective team member and/or technical leadership, consistent positive attitude, creativity
Work Authorization
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About Vertiv
Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers’ vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.