dcbel is a growing startup building next-generation hardware and software for a future lead by electric vehicles (EVs) and distributed energy technologies like solar panels and battery storage.

Our flagship product, dcbel r16™, is the world’s first all-in-one smart energy appliance sitting at the heart of the modern energy ecosystem. Combining several breakthrough technologies into one elegant package, dcbel r16™ offers the fastest home EV charging available on the market, allows you to use your EVs massive battery as a backup power source and connects with solar panels to power your EV and home with the free, unlimited power of the sun.

dcbel is looking to hire a firmware developer to work in our growing team. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in developing, improving, and maintaining firmware in our products.

Job description

The firmware developer will develop and deliver control software modules for bare metal STM32 platforms.

Key responsibilities

• Write software modules to manage and control energy-centric hardware peripherals.
• Tune the control algorithms
• Optimize firmware for speed and troubleshoot problems based on user feedback.
• Promote good software engineering practices through design and code reviews.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of professional (non-academic) experience delivering projects on STM32 or other ARM-based microcontrollers using embedded C on bare metal programming
• Recent experience with board bring ups
• Recent experience with algorithms for control for power conversion or motor control
• Recent experience working in hardware and/or electrical and/or electronic engineering lab
• Recent experience working high volume deployed firmware consumer products
• Recent experience working with LTSpice
• Recent experience with DevOps and Jira
• Candidate must be able to demonstrate:
  • A high level of detailed expertise and experience in one of the following microcontroller architectures and common hardware busses and peripherals: ADC, i2c, spi, can, pwm
  • An ability to learn and adopt existing software architecture and improve through testing and iteration
  • Ability to understand and suggest revisions and improvements to hardware schematics based on implementation implications, testing, and troubleshooting
  • Ability to troubleshoot technical problems with hardware and software
  • Ability to tune control algorithms on simulation software and port to microcontrollers in a deployed product using Matlab

Significant assets

• Code published in public domain, e.g. gitlab or github (non-academic)
• Hobbyist in electronics or power electronics

Education

• Bachelors in Engineering from top tier university
• Ideally dual diploma in both Electrical and Software engineering

What's in it for you

• Be part of a company developing highly disruptive patented technology which is backed by globally respected investors.
• Grow your professional experience in a close-knit team of committed and experienced energy experts who deeply care about the work they do.
• Enjoy a competitive benefits package