Firmware Engineer

at  Vertiv

JOB SUMMARY

Vertiv is seeking a Firmware Engineer to support our gateway and embedded application platforms. This person will provide technical expertise in the development and support of multiple Linux-based and real-time platforms. The candidate should possess broad and deep knowledge in various technologies such as networking, communications, kernel drivers, and security.

Responsibilities :

• Requirements analysis: Requirements gathering, use case analysis, device and application prototyping, customer/customer-liaison engagement.
• Project management: Project planning, 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, user guides for service and troubleshooting
• Product testing: Unit testing, bench testing, system integration testing, and field test support
• Leadership: Effective team member and/or lead engineer, consistent positive attitude, creativity
• Hardware development support: Software support for hardware development and testing
• Other tasks and activities as required by management.

Requirements :

• Bachelor’s Degree or foreign equivalent with strong emphasis on software: Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering
• 3+ years of experience in a firmware development role
• 3+ years of experience in software development for Linux-based platforms
• 3+ years of experience using the C/C++ programming language.
• Expertise with software programming languages, frameworks, and subsystems including but not limited to:
• C++, C, C#, JavaScript, Python, Go, Perl, Shell
• Linux kernel, device drivers, filesystems, networking, serial communications, real-time operating systems (RTOS), bare metal
• Infrastructure and application development experience using technologies and architectures such as:
• IP networking: TCP, UDP, TLS, DNS
• Serial communications: RS232/485, CAN, USB
• Protocols: ModBus, BACnet, SNMP, CANOpen
• Platforms: ARM, x86, SoC
• Familiarity with software development environments and tools:
• Integrated platforms like Eclipse, CodeWarrior, Visual Studio
• Source code version control: Git
• WireShark, Docker, Jenkins, VirtualBox, VMWare, BitBake, Yocto
• CMake
• GNU Compiler and GDB
• IAR Compiler
• Debugging with ARM JTAG/SWD
• Additional, highly sought but not required.
• Embedded systems experience with control applications.
• HVAC experience

• Qt experienceExperience integrating unit testing w/ CI/CD pipelines.

• Requirements analysis: Requirements gathering, use case analysis, device and application prototyping, customer/customer-liaison engagement.
• Project management: Project planning, 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, user guides for service and troubleshooting
• Product testing: Unit testing, bench testing, system integration testing, and field test support
• Leadership: Effective team member and/or lead engineer, consistent positive attitude, creativity
• Hardware development support: Software support for hardware development and testing
• Other tasks and activities as required by management