Overview

As a Senior Firmware Engineer at Alliance Laundry Systems, you will leverage your extensive experience and expertise to lead the planning, design, development, and testing of embedded firmware for the electronic controls that power our premium quality laundry products. Working in close collaboration with the Senior Electrical Engineer and a multi-disciplinary engineering team, you will develop robust, efficient, and reliable C-based firmware for laundry machines, Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs), I/O boards, and other embedded subsystems. In this leadership role, you will mentor and support the development of the Firmware Engineering team while ensuring our products meet the highest standards of performance, quality, and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

Lead the design, development, testing, and deployment of embedded firmware written in C for microcontroller-based platforms, including laundry machine controllers, HMIs, I/O boards, and related subsystems.

Write comprehensive firmware design specifications, develop rigorous test plans, and execute unit, integration, and system-level testing to validate firmware performance and reliability.

Develop and maintain low-level device drivers, communication protocols (e.g., CAN, UART, SPI, I2C, Modbus), bootloaders, and real-time control algorithms.

Collaborate closely with Electrical Engineers on hardware/firmware integration, including board bring-up, peripheral configuration, and debugging at the hardware level using tools such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and JTAG/debug probes.

Partner with suppliers and in-house teams to refine and optimize embedded subsystems, components, and third-party firmware modules.

Ensure firmware meets marketing specifications, functional safety requirements, cybersecurity best practices, and regulatory requirements (UL, CE, FCC, etc.) with full system design integration.

Provide expert-level technical support to production, addressing QI's, CI's, and offering firmware-based solutions to complex field and manufacturing issues.

Identify and specify microcontrollers and supporting components for new designs, driving firmware architecture and implementation from concept to production release.

Develop, maintain, and enforce best practices for source control (e.g., Git), code reviews, coding standards (e.g., MISRA-C), static analysis, and documentation.

Support motor drive firmware development and embedded control strategies as needed.

Mentor and support Firmware Engineering team members, fostering skill development and promoting best practices in embedded software development.

Other responsibilities, as assigned

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline.

• Minimum of 8 years of embedded firmware development experience, preferably in a manufacturing or consumer/commercial appliance environment.

• Demonstrated experience developing production-grade firmware in C for resource-constrained microcontrollers (ARM Cortex-M, PIC, STM32, Renesas, or similar).

• Motor drive firmware and/or real-time control experience preferred.

• Experience with RTOS (FreeRTOS, etc.) and/or bare-metal embedded architectures preferred.

Skills and Abilities:

• Expert-level proficiency in C programming for microcontroller-based embedded systems; familiarity with assembly and higher-level languages a plus.

• Strong understanding of embedded system architecture, memory management, interrupts, timers, ADC/DAC, PWM, and communication peripherals.

• Proven experience with embedded communication protocols (CAN, Modbus, UART, SPI, I2C) and user interface development on HMI/display platforms.

• Proficient in debugging embedded systems using JTAG/SWD debuggers, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and protocol analyzers.

• Proven ability to apply principles of logical and scientific thinking to define complex problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

• Extensive knowledge of firmware development tools, IDEs, compilers, and version control systems (Git, SVN).

• Familiarity with coding standards such as MISRA-C, static analysis tools, and unit testing frameworks for embedded software.

• Strong technical writing skills, able to produce technical reports and documentation within tight timeframes.

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple priorities simultaneously.

• Exceptional attention to detail balanced with an understanding of larger project goals and outcomes.

• Excellent communication, decision-making, and organizational skills.

• Self-motivated, hands-on, and eager to take on complex challenges.

• Adept at mentoring and developing junior engineers, fostering an environment of continuous learning and improvement.

Standard and Physical Requirements:

• Position involves sitting long periods, standing, manual dexterity, stooping, and bending.

• Capable of doing light lifting, moving, and carrying of items (e.g., test equipment, laundry machine components, development hardware).

• Ability to work hands-on in a lab environment with live electrical equipment and production laundry machines.