What are the responsibilities and job description for the Electronics Engineer - Hardware/Firmware position at Minit Charger?
Are you a highly skilled Electronic Engineer passionate about EV chargers and renewable technologies? Minit Charger is driving the future of energy management solutions, and we're looking for a hands-on engineer to define and develop, review and validate our hardware and software systems for our innovative battery chargers and connected solutions.
If you thrive on owning the embedded system development lifecycle from concept through post-production in a high-tech environment, this is your opportunity to make a significant impact.
What Will You Do: Key Responsibilities:
As the Embedded Systems Engineer, you will be the owner of the electronics firmware (FW) and deeply involved in hardware/software integration.
Education & Experience:
Minit Charger is a leading provider of cloud connected EV charger eco system for virtually every EV segment. Our solutions are at work at major airports across the globe and household names such as General Mills, Kellogg, Whirlpool, Good Year to name a few. We value great talent, dedicated and hardworking team members who play important role in mutual growth. We offer competitive salary, benefits, 401K and room for growth.
If you thrive on owning the embedded system development lifecycle from concept through post-production in a high-tech environment, this is your opportunity to make a significant impact.
What Will You Do: Key Responsibilities:
As the Embedded Systems Engineer, you will be the owner of the electronics firmware (FW) and deeply involved in hardware/software integration.
- System Architecture: Define and implement the embedded system architecture, integrating electrical, electronic, and software components.
- Low-Level Development: Design and develop robust, real-time, low-level embedded software for battery chargers and BESS.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Hardware Engineers to establish requirements, review schematics, and define the electrical architecture.
- Software Integration: Collaborate with Software Engineers on architecture, hardware-software interfaces, and communication protocols.
- Safety & Compliance: Develop requirements with a strong focus on functional safety compliance (e.g., IEC 61508).
- Debugging & Maintenance: Analyze, debug, and modify existing C/C codebases on resource-constrained platforms.
- Validation & Testing: Create comprehensive product characterization test plans, execute them using standard lab equipment (oscilloscopes, power analyzers, etc.), and generate clear technical reports.
- Product Lifecycle Management: Own entire product life cycle from initial concept and requirements gathering through post-production support.
Education & Experience:
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering.
- 5 years of hands-on embedded hardware and software experience, specifically with power management systems and telematics.
- Mastery of C/C : Outstanding proficiency in C (and C ) on resource-constrained embedded platforms.
- MCU/SoC Experience: Proven experience programming embedded control systems utilizing MCUs, FPGAs, and SoCs.
- Architecture Knowledge: Familiarity with common MCU core architectures (e.g., ARM Cortex-M/R/A, Power Architecture).
- Real-Time OS: Experience in programming and debugging within multitasking Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS).
- Driver Development: Proficient in developing drivers for standard embedded peripherals (CAN, I2C, SPI, UART, Ethernet, USB).
- Communication Protocols: Familiarity with industry protocols (Modbus, CANOpen, TCP/IP, 4G/LTE, 802.11x, Bluetooth).
- Hardware Expertise: Review and validate circuit schematics and PCB layout drawings, with in-depth knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and software interaction. Optimize existing design and provide constructive criticism on new designs developed by our offsite engineering team.
- Safety Standards: Hands-on knowledge developing products certified to industrial safety standards (e.g., IEC 61508).
- Lab Equipment: Experienced in utilizing standard lab equipment (logic analyzer, oscilloscopes, power analyzer) for firmware validation.
- Quality Practices: Good understanding of FMEA and design for manufacturing (DFM).
- Automotive industry experience is a plus.
- Knowledge of Model-Based Design (MBD) approaches (e.g., MATLAB, Simulink, Stateflow).
- Familiarity with boot-loader designs and remote/OTA software updating techniques.
- Work on cutting-edge Green Energy / EV technology that is shaping the future of industrial mobility.
- Join a dedicated, hardworking team that values great talent and mutual growth.
- We offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits, a 401K, and ample room for career advancement.
Minit Charger is a leading provider of cloud connected EV charger eco system for virtually every EV segment. Our solutions are at work at major airports across the globe and household names such as General Mills, Kellogg, Whirlpool, Good Year to name a few. We value great talent, dedicated and hardworking team members who play important role in mutual growth. We offer competitive salary, benefits, 401K and room for growth.