Senior Firmware Engineer

AMETEK · Coral Springs, FL · 5 days ago

EngineeringFull-time

About the role

We are developing the next generation of our high-accuracy revenue metering platform for generation, transmission, and industrial power measurement. We are seeking a hands-on Senior Firmware Engineer to work shoulder-to-shoulder with our hardware design team through the full development cycle — from schematic review and board bring-up to a shipping, field-deployable product.

Key Responsibilities

Hands-on embedded Linux development: building and configuring the kernel, writing and debugging device drivers, and working with a board support package (BSP)
Experience with Yocto, Buildroot, or a comparable build system
Board bring-up of new hardware in close partnership with HW designers — powering up first articles, validating power rails, clocks, resets, and boot, and triaging early hardware/firmware issues
Low-level lab debugging and probing: confident use of oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG/SWD debuggers, multimeters, signal generators, and bus decoders to root-cause issues at the signal level

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
- 10+ years of hands design experience such as below.
- Proven experience writing firmware applications in C/C++ for timing critical requirements.
- Designing and implementing low-level serial interfaces and protocols — UART, SPI, I2C, and similar.
- In-circuit and source-level debugging with GDB and IDE-based debug tools (e.g., Eclipse, VS Code).
- GCC/G++ toolchains and cross-development workflows (Linux- and Windows-hosted).
- Understanding of embedded memory architecture: program flash, RAM, nonvolatile storage, and file systems.
- Solid grasp of signal processing fundamentals, including frequency-domain analysis (FFT, DFT, Goertzel), digital filtering (FIR), sampling theory (up/down sampling), and time- and frequency-domain measurement techniques.
- Designing, implementing, and testing features in an existing, long-lived code base.
Desired Qualifications:
- Use of AI Development Tools such as Github CoPilot, Claude Code, Grok Code etc.
- Digital signal processing and data acquisition as applied to AC/DC Metering devices.
- Metrology fundamentals — accuracy, precision, resolution, and calibration — and familiarity with revenue-grade accuracy targets (e.g., 0.05% class).
- Experience implementing PQ recording features: waveform capture, high-speed RMS, harmonic logging, and PQDIF export.
- Knowledge of metering and substation communication protocols: DLMS, IEC 60870-5-102, IEC 61850, DNP 3.0, and Modbus (RTU/TCP).
- Familiarity with metering and power quality standards across regions — ANSI C12.20 (accuracy classes), C12.1 (code for electricity metering), C12.19 (end-device tables), and C12.18/C12.21/C12.22 (communications); IEC 62052/62053 metering; IEC 61000-4 EMC immunity series (4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6).
- Experience with relay test sets and power system simulators (e.g., Omicron, Doble).
- Familiarity with electrical wiring and safe handling of high voltage (up to 600 V).

What's in it for you

Competitive compensation, holiday pay, and paid time off
Great benefits package that includes health, vision, and dental insurance
401(k), plus matching
Flexible spending accounts (FSAs), health savings account (HSA) with AMETEK contribution, life insurance, disability insurance, and family medical leave
Paid parental leave
Employee referral program
Tuition reimbursement program
Employee assistance program
Exciting, fast-paced environment where you could make a true impact
Opportunities for career advancement within our business unit and across all other AMETEK business entities

Additional Details

Location: Coral Springs, FL
This is an in-person role. Some travel may be required.
This position is located in Coral Springs, Florida, where the Florida lifestyle shines year-round.
To learn more about our company and our job opportunities, visit us at: https://www.ametek.com/careers
To learn more about the business unit you’ll be joining, visit us at: https://www.ametekpower.com/
Currency: USD
Salary Minimum: 120,000
Salary Maximum: 150,000
Incentive: No

Disclaimer

Where a specific pay range is noted, it is a good faith estimate at the time of this posting. The actual salary offered will be based on experience, skills, qualifications, market / business considerations, and geographic location. For more information on AMETEK's competitive benefits, please click here.

AMETEK, Inc. is a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales over $7.5 billion. AMETEK is committed to making a safer, sustainable, and more productive world a reality. We use differentiated technology solutions to solve our customers’ most complex challenges. We employ 22,000 colleagues, in 35 countries, that are grounded by our core values: Ethics and Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Inclusion, Teamwork, and Social Responsibility. AMETEK is a component of the S&P 500. Visit https://www.ametek.com/careers for more information.

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