Staff Engineer, Firmware & Embedded Software

About This Role

The Staff Engineer is a technical expert responsible for leading the embedded design, development, and optimization of embedded software for our next-generation air-conditioner products.

This role will drive architecture decisions, solve complex technical problems, and provide technical leadership across projects, working closely with hardware, system, and production teams. The lead is expected to act as a go-to person for critical technical topics, mentor other engineers, and help ensure our products meet global quality, reliability, and cybersecurity standards.

Each day, the engineering team meets some of the most unique and exciting global challenges. To maintain our role as a global leader, we continue to seek talented, ambitious individuals to join our engineering team. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are looking for an opportunity to apply your technical expertise, then we have a great opportunity for you. We are seeking innovative, data-driven, results-oriented team members to contribute to our continued legacy of innovation and success.

This position is based on-site at Carrier - Indianapolis, 30 South Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204.

Role Responsibilities

The candidate will have responsibility for the following in addition to ad hoc assignments as needed.

• Design and implement embedded software solutions to address business needs.
• Experience with Microcontrollers, RTOS and Embedded Protocols.
• Develop firmware in C/C++, ensuring efficiency, reliability, and safety.
• May have responsibility for the programming of assembly language, machine language and high-level languages, including but not limited to C and C++.
• Involve in all aspects of the system software development process - concept, design, reviews, coding and validation.
• Drive code quality initiatives through best practices including code reviews, unit tests, functional/integration testing, and CI/CD integration.
• Provide software designs and documentation to the team.
• Participate in product cybersecurity reviews.
• Participate in Change Control Board (CCB) meetings to prioritize new features & defects.
• Perform debugging, troubleshooting embedded systems using emulators, JTAG\BDM debuggers etc.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and apply relevant innovations as appropriate.
• Work with embedded system development methodologies such as agile, and related project and repo management tools such as JIRA, Confluence, GitHub etc.
• Mentor and coach junior and mid-level engineers, providing technical guidance, knowledge sharing, and review feedback.
• Directs the activities related to the analysis, design, programming, debugging, troubleshooting and modification of software for firmware (IC embedded code) applications.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or Computer Science, or a technical field degree.
• 7+ years of experience in the design and development of embedded firmware, and C/C++ programming skills for embedded systems
• Willing and able to travel domestically up to 10% of the year.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in C/C++ programming skills for embedded systems.
• Hands-on experience in RTOS, multithreading and bare metal programming.
• Solid understanding of microcontroller architecture, interrupts, timers, memory (Flash/RAM/EEPROM), and low-level drivers.
• Knowledge of embedded development workflows, version control, and build systems (CMake, Make).
• Experience with hardware debugging tools and test equipment.
• Experience with common wired messaging architectures and protocols (UART, RS232/485, I2C, SPI, Modbus).
• Demonstrated knowledge of firmware development best practices (AGILE design, code reviews, design documentation, unit testing).
• Experience with IoT / Embedded systems' standard design elements - bootloaders, OTA firmware downloads, and firmware updates.
• Understanding of cybersecurity technologies and best practices (encryption, key management, certificates/exchanges, Secure Boot).
• Experience with hardware/electrical with knowledge how to evaluate if your firmware is working as expected by probing the hardware (e.g., oscilloscope, logic analyzer, etc.).
• Experience in the use of Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or other software development tools.
• Experience with HVAC Controls Systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Organized with strong attention to detail, while managing multiple priorities.
• Ability to lead a small team of software developers and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Proven ability to implement continuous improvements and standardize processes.

Pay Range

The annual salary for this position is between $96,000.00 - $192,000.00 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range include, but are not limited to, skills, education, experience, and other unique qualifications of the successful candidate. The pay range will not be below the minimum wage applicable to the jurisdiction in which the applicant is to be employed.

Other Compensation

This position is entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.

Employees are eligible for benefits, including

• Health Care Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness incentives
• Retirement Benefits
• Time off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation
• Disability: Short-term and long-term disability
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
• Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account
• Tuition Assistance

To learn more about our benefits offering, please click here Work with us | Carrier Corporate. The specific benefits available to any employee may vary depending on state and local laws and eligibility factors, such as date of hire and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.