Senior Firmware Manager

The role

You will lead and grow the embedded software team responsible for control, safety, and communication firmware. You will guide technical architecture, drive execution across product lines, and contribute to design, code reviews, system bringup, and debugging of real hardware.

What you will do

• Own the architecture, implementation, and quality of all firmware on converter and SST platforms
• Lead firmware design reviews, safety analyses, and high-level technical decisions
• Partner with Controls, Power Electronics, Electrical, and Systems teams
• Guide firmware architecture across multiple MCU platforms
• Establish best practices for embedded development
• Drive firmware delivery across multiple releases and hardware revisions
• Manage prioritization, sprint planning, and cross-functional alignment
• Work directly with hardware during bring-up using oscilloscopes, UART/SPI/I2C, JTAG, and power event testing
• Own rootcause investigation for firmware-related issues
• Recruit, mentor, and develop a high-performing firmware engineering team

Required qualifications

• 7+ years developing embedded firmware in C/C++ for realtime systems
• 3+ years managing or leading firmware teams
• Strong experience with realtime control systems, safety-critical firmware, or power electronics
• Deep understanding of microcontroller architectures, interrupts, DMA, peripherals, bootloaders, and RTOS environments
• Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, hardware bringup, and debugging at the board and system level
• Experience with structured requirements (PRS/DRS), version control, CI/CD, and firmware release processes
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across disciplines

Nice to have

• Familiarity with grid-connected systems
• Knowledge of safety standards (UL/IEC), HV/MV systems, or SIL-oriented firmware development
• Exposure to manufacturing test firmware
• Experience scaling firmware practices for multiproduct hardware organizations

Benefits

• Competitive Salary + Incentive Stock Options
• Medical, vision, and dental benefits for employees and dependents
• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 401k retirement savings plan through Empower
• Paid time off (PTO), paid sick days, and paid company holidays
• Commuter Benefits
• 100% paid maternal leave (12 weeks) and paternal leave (6 weeks)

About the company

Amperesand is building hardware and software to rewrite power infrastructure. They build intelligent, software-defined power infrastructure products leveraging medium voltage Solid State Transformer research.