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Senior Firmware Designer

AT Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric

Senior Firmware Designer

Victoria, Canada

Territorial Acknowledgement

Schneider Electric Victoria acknowledges that our people are privileged to live and work in the traditional territories of the Lkwungen, Malahat, Pacheedaht, Scia'new, T'Sou-ke and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples. Schneider Electric endeavors to continue to work with Indigenous First Nations to respectfully acknowledge history and mutual goals for prosperity.

Company Values and Vision

Globally, Schneider Electric was ranked as the world's most sustainable corporation in 2021. We are committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Our ambition is to enable empowered, happy employees because we feel this unlocks creativity, curiosity, and innovation. Schneider Electric strives to be a company that provides meaningful purpose and continuously creates an inclusive working environment.

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Introduction to Schneider Electric in Victoria, BC

Schneider Electric is excited to offer an opportunity to join our team in Victoria, BC Canada. In this role, you will help build the next generation of our Advanced Power Metering products such as the ION9000 and PM8000. Our team's flagship product, the ION9000, won the 2021 Engineers' Choice award! Our Power meters are installed around the world and help organizations measure carbon emissions, reduce their energy consumption, and increase power reliability. As part of our team, you get to build products and solutions that contribute to a better future.

Responsibilities & Position Overview

Generally, the Senior Embedded Designer is responsible for delivering new features or quality enhancements to our products. This is a collaborative role, working with a team in end-to-end feature implementation, with activities ranging from design to coding, peer review, and testing. Examples of day-to-day activities include:

• Reviewing end user needs and establishing feature requirements and verification criteria

• Developing feature designs collaboratively with other designers and architects

• Participating in risk analysis considering safety, cyber security, and quality

• Writing and peer reviewing embedded firmware code and unit tests- typically in C or C++.

• Implementing automated tests in Python or performing functional testing in our lab.

• Mentoring other team members

The Senior Designer is a dynamic role that leverages a diverse array of skills. Each day will have new and exciting problems to solve and growth opportunities ready to be captured. Within this role there are professional training, personal growth, and mentorship opportunities. For candidates interested in obtaining P.Eng designations, our site is recognized by Engineers and Geoscientists BC (EGBC) and we have Professional Engineers on staff.

What qualifications will make you succesful?

• A degree in Engineering or Computer Science, or relevant experience

• Coding and debugging experience, especially in C, C++ and python

• Experience with software engineering principles and software design patterns

• Experience working with embedded systems and real time operating systems

• Firmware or software testing experience

Benefits Highlights

In addition to medical, dental, retirement, and other typical benefits, we also offer:

• A hybrid work environment and flexible work arrangement

• Employee and family assistance program

• Well-being program (training and coaching for healthy habits, and rewards for achievements)

• Annual discounted stock purchase offer

• Our Victoria office was recognized locally as a Green and Ocean Friendly business.

• Funding for employee clubs and resource groups. (For example: Toastmasters, yoga, floor hockey, soccer, photography, board games, etc.

The compensation range for this full-time position, which includes base pay and short-term incentive, is $88,800-$133,200 for candidates who are B.C. residents. Our salary ranges are determined by including roles of similar responsibility and level. Within the salary range, individual pay is determined by several factors including performance, knowledge, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Schneider Electric also offers an inclusive benefits package to support all of our employees such as flexible work arrangements, paid family leaves, pension matching, well-being programs, holidays & paid time off, and more.

If you feel that your experience is either above or below the initial requirements listed, we still encourage you to apply for the position. We are considering candidates of varying seniority for this role, and the salary range will be adjusted accordingly based on your experience.

We are looking for positive, self-motivated, passionate people with a keen desire to collaborate in an exciting, energetic, team-based design environment to help us develop next generation technologies to empower and connect our world-class products to each other, and to our customers.

Let us learn about you! Apply today.

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.

Let us learn about you! Apply today.

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.

Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?

When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values - Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork - starts with us.

IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.

We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.

Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric - apply today!

36 billion global revenue
+13% organic growth
150 000+ employees in 100+ countries
#1 on the Global 100 World's most sustainable corporations

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.

Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and 'inclusion' is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do. This extends to our Candidates and is embedded in our Hiring Practices.

You can find out more about our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion here and our DEI Policy here

At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders. You can find out more about our Trust Charter here

Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.

Client-provided location(s): Victoria, BC, Canada
Job ID: Schneider_Electric-https://careers.se.com/jobs/77416?lang=en-us
Employment Type: Full Time