Staff Power Electronics Control Firmware Engineer (Power Electronics)

Location: Campbell, California, United States

Base salary: $170,000–$210,000 per year, plus new-hire and annual merit-based RSU grants.

Company

hirify.global develops electric vehicle charging hardware, software, and mobile solutions for charging networks across North America and Europe.

What you will do

• Develop embedded control firmware for PFCs, chargers, DC/DC converters, inverters, and other power-conversion systems.
• Bring up boards and develop device drivers for CAN, I2C, SPI, and other peripherals.
• Define specifications, participate in design reviews, and execute unit tests.
• Validate control designs through computer simulation and physical laboratory testing.
• Develop automated hardware-in-the-loop test cases and real-time interrupt-driven firmware.
• Debug hardware and firmware issues while addressing safety requirements for fast-charging power converters.

Requirements

• 6–8 years of experience developing power electronics products and 6+ years of programming experience.
• Strong C/C++, Assembly, and Python skills for 32-bit controllers, DSPs, scripting, and automation.
• Experience implementing control code for power converters without code-generation tools.
• Knowledge of inverters, rectifiers, DC/DC converters, grid-tie systems, EVSE, solar, and BESS applications.
• Experience with microcontrollers, timers, PWM, interrupts, GPIO, ADC, UART, I2C, SPI, CAN, Ethernet, RTOS, Git, and secure bootloaders.
• Hands-on high-power laboratory, HIL testing, firmware debugging, and control modelling experience using tools such as PLECS, MATLAB, or Simulink.

Nice to have

• Experience developing FPGA programs and simulation techniques.
• Experience with automated HIL modelling and testing.

Culture & Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k), paid time off, parental leave, life and disability insurance.
• Wellness resources and an inclusive, diverse workplace.
• Employee stock unit grants and annual merit-based RSU grants.