5 days ago
USA (city not specified)Senior
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain embedded C/C++ firmware for Single Phase UPS products on DSP- and MCU-based platforms.
- Implement timing-critical power electronics functionality, including PWM generation, synchronized ADC acquisition, digital control loops, protection algorithms, and real-time signal processing.
- Develop firmware for AC/DC and DC/AC conversion, inverter control, PFC, battery operation, UPS protection, synchronization, paralleling, active load sharing, and redundant power systems.
- Maintain multi-processor and multi-controller architectures, reusable firmware architectures, interfaces, drivers, and Hardware Abstraction Layers.
- Integrate firmware with power electronics hardware, communication interfaces, sensors, programmable logic, and embedded subsystems.
- Perform hardware bring-up, firmware integration, laboratory testing, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, qualification, production support, and sustaining engineering.
- Maintain firmware configuration management, build, verification, release, automated build, and verification processes using Git-based workflows and CI/CD tools.
- Support embedded cybersecurity and secure development requirements and maintain technical firmware documentation.
- Collaborate with global cross-functional engineering teams and provide technical guidance, design reviews, troubleshooting support, and mentorship to firmware engineers.
Requirements
- BS or above in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
- 10+ years of experience in embedded firmware, power electronics, digital control, or related product development.
- Strong experience with embedded firmware for UPS, inverter, power conversion, motor control, or similar real-time power electronics products.
- Strong C/C++ development skills for bare-metal and real-time embedded systems.
- Hands-on experience with DSP and MCU-based embedded control platforms, preferably TI C2000 or similar real-time processors.
- Strong understanding of real-time embedded systems, interrupts, task scheduling, synchronization, deterministic data acquisition, and inter-processor communication.
- Strong knowledge of digital control, digital signal processing, PWM, ADC acquisition, feedback control, and protection algorithms.
- Strong understanding of AC/DC and DC/AC power electronics, inverter systems, PFC, batteries, protection functions, and power-conversion architectures.
- Experience with UPS paralleling, synchronization, load sharing, redundant systems, or comparable multi-converter control architectures.
- Experience with multi-controller or multi-processor embedded architectures, hardware/firmware integration, debugging, laboratory validation, and root-cause analysis.
- Experience with Git-based source control and structured firmware development workflows.
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts and collaborate with globally distributed engineering teams.
- Demonstrated ability to provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers.
- Preferred: experience with Single Phase UPS products, FreeRTOS, CMSIS-RTOS, FPGA/CPLD integration, Intel/Altera devices, Quartus Prime, GitLab CI/CD, embedded cybersecurity, SBOM generation, secure software development, SSDF-aligned processes, Python, MATLAB, automated testing, HIL environments, or high-power hardware/firmware validation.
Benefits
- Vertiv is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
- The role supports collaboration with global engineering teams and technical development through mentorship and cross-functional work.
About Vertiv
Vertiv builds power, cooling, and IT infrastructure for data centers, communication networks, and industrial facilities, sold as hardware, software, and services. Its portfolio spans UPS systems, thermal management, racks, prefabricated modules, and monitoring/management software, backed by global field service and commissioning. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Vertiv was formed from Emerson Network Power and became a publicly traded company on the NYSE.