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Forge Performance Group Himalayas · Posted yesterday

Embedded Firmware Engineer

Full time Remote

Embedded Firmware Engineering Embedded Systems Development Firmware Engineering Hardware Engineering
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Forge Performance Group is a Recruitment & Talent Management solutions team located in Calgary, AB. We are dedicated to connecting our clients with highly skilled professionals well-matched to their unique hiring needs, culture, and goals. This opportunity is posted on behalf of one of our clients.

Embedded Firmware Engineer

Overview

We’re looking for a full-time remote firmware leader to own embedded software for a renewable energy inverter. You will be responsible for owning the design of firmware for real-time control, communication, telemetry and test automation. This role works closely with hardware and test engineers to define requirements, build robust test procedures, and ship production-grade firmware.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own firmware technical roadmap, architecture decisions, and delivery for a multi-controller embedded system.
  • Lead planning, estimation, prioritization, and execution of firmware workstreams across new features, validation, and field issues.
  • Define firmware requirements and test procedures to validate new features.
  • Develop and maintain firmware on Microchip PIC16 & PIC32 MCU’s using MPLAB X, MCC and X32 toolchain.
  • Deliver safe and deterministic behavior for closed loop control systems.
  • Build and maintain firmware validation tooling and automation.
  • Drive coding standards and best practices across code reviews, documentation, testing, and long-term maintainability

Required Skills & Experience

  • A bachelor's degree in Electrical & Electronic / Software Engineering or equivalent.
  • Strong firmware experience working with embedded C & microcontrollers for 3+ years.
  • Experience with communication protocols SPI, UART, I2C & peripherals such as ADCs & PWMs.
  • Proven ability to debug complex issues.
  • Ability to define system behavior using state diagrams and translate them into deterministic embedded firmware.
  • Ability to read electrical schematics, datasheets, and functional diagrams.
  • Expertise in control theory, feedback/feedforward loops, and frequency response.
  • Proficiency with Git workflows (branching, reviews, releases)

Nice To Haves

  • Experience with TCP/UDP networking and Wi-Fi module integration in embedded systems.
  • Jenkins or comparable CI/CD release pipelines.
  • Experience using JIRA for backlog, requirements, and feature tracking.
  • Experience with Python and scripting languages.
  • Knowledge of higher-level programming languages and experience using AWS cloud services.
  • Understanding of Grid Technologies and renewable energy system.
  • Experience with Power Electronics, oscilloscopes, and digital multimeters.

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