Firmware Engineering Manager

We’re a team of professional embedded/firmware engineers dedicated to making electric power safer, more reliable, and more economical.  We’re looking for colleagues who are passionate about developing hard real-time systems in critical applications. 

• Healthy work/life balance 

• Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP) – Employees own 100% of the company 

• Focused on delivering high quality, reliable products with free technical support as long as the product remains in service 

• Enjoy getting to the root of problems and inventing solutions to meet customer needs 
   

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

Manager 

• Mentor and help guide engineers to accomplish their career goals. 

• Collect and represent team metrics used for planning and executing projects. 

• Modeling and teaching company values, principles, and processes to promote world-class engineering practices. 

• Managing activities to attract, hire, and supervise engineers. 
   

Technical 

• Gather requirements, develop a plan, and execute projects to meet a schedule. 

• Lead in the design and documentation of safety critical firmware systems. 

• Create and manage a backlog from the design with a breakdown of tasks for the team. 

• Collaborate across disciplines and groups to plan and clear blockers for the team. 

• Communication with Leadership, Program Managers, and direct reports. 

• Follow and apply SEL Values and Principles of Operations 

• Understand. Create. Simplify. 

Required Qualifications 

• B.S. in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience 

• 7+ years of experience in embedded/firmware development 

• Knowledge in the following areas: 

• Programming languages: C, C++ 

• Software development including: 

• Object oriented design 

• Unit testing 

• Debugging 

• RTOS 

• Strong writing, documentation, and speaking skills 

• Software development process (Agile) 

• Ability to learn new skills and assume new responsibilities 

• Ability to work cooperatively in a team environment 

• Background check results satisfactory to SEL 

• Negative drug test result(s) 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Software development tools (Confluence, Jira, Bitbucket, Jenkins, etc) 

• Source control tools (Git, Clearcase, etc) 

• Software Skills: 

• Test automation 

• Python 

• Industrial controls 

• 3-phase electric power systems 

• Modern communications protocols​