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Description
SOL Inc, a rapidly-growing 19 year old renewable energy company in South Florida, is seeking an experienced Embedded Software Engineer to assist in its new product development effort.
We are a privately-owned company that was founded in 1990 as Solar Outdoor Lighting, Inc. Our headquarters and manufacturing facility are located in Palm City, Florida and our Engineering and Design facility are located in Stuart, Florida.
We develop, manufacture, and market commercial / industrial-grade solar powered lighting systems for a wide range of lighting applications. We are the largest supplier of solar lighting systems to the United States federal government our products are used by many universities and large corporations; we illuminate a very large number of roadways.
Responsibilities:
- Plan and formulate new product development projects from ideation, conceptualization and design of new solar products
- Design new solar and renewable products in collaboration with electrical and manufacturing engineers
- Design and implementation of embedded software programs
- Maintain and update the firm's existing software base
- Specify & indentify projects appropriate for outsourcing
- Manage external (on and off shore) software development teams
- Organize staff, vendors, and consultants to ensure timely project delivery
- Prepare and document system specifications, technical plans, define quality goals
Additional Duties:
- Prepare intellectual property documentation and coordinate patent disclosures with attorneys
- Up to 20% travel may be required to complete projects and meet customers
- Understanding of Zigbee and IEEE 802.11x is preferred
Qualifications:
Requirements:
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science with a minimum of 5 years of experience in product development
- Expertise with C programming for 8 and 16 bit microcontrollers
- Experience designing PC interfaces to embedded systems
- Experience and understanding of RF communication
- Several years of successful and increasingly responsible design experience
- History of meeting or exceeding project deadlines
- Excellent oral and written English skills
Primary Skills: Embedded software development (C)
Travel: 20 %
Compensation: Between competitive - competitive
Only experienced candidates will be considered.