Role Summary We are looking for a
Senior Firmware Manager to lead and grow the embedded software team responsible for the control, safety, and communication firmware that powers our converters and solid-state transformer platforms.
You will guide technical architecture, drive execution across multiple product lines, and build a team that consistently delivers highreliability embedded systems. This role is handson: you will both manage engineers and contribute to design, code reviews, system bringup, and debugging of real hardware.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of firmware, power electronics, and product leadership.
Responsibilities: Technical Leadership - Own the architecture, implementation, and quality of all firmware running on our converter and SST platforms.
- Lead firmware design reviews, safety analyses, and highlevel technical decisions
- Partner closely with Controls, Power Electronics, Electrical, and Systems teams to translate product and system requirements into clear firmware specifications
- Guide firmware architecture across multiple MCU platforms
- Establish best practices for embedded development-coding standards, CI/CD, testing frameworks, branching strategies, and documentation
Execution & Delivery - Drive firmware delivery across multiple releases and hardware revisions
- Manage prioritization, sprint planning, and crossfunctional alignment with Hardware, Controls, Systems, and Manufacturing teams
- Work directly with hardware during bring-up: oscilloscopes, UART/SPI/I2C debug, JTAG, power event testing, and system validation
- Own rootcause investigation for firmwarerelated issues in lab, field, and manufacturing environments
Team Leadership & Development - Recruit, mentor, and develop a highperforming firmware engineering team
- Create growth paths, set expectations, and provide regular feedback
- Build a culture of ownership, collaboration, and technical curiosity
- Foster strong crossteam communication and requirements traceability
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, safetycritical firmware, or power electronics
- Deep understanding of microcontroller architectures, interrupts, DMA, peripherals, bootloaders, and RTOS environments
- Handson 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
Bonus Qualifications: - Familiarity with grid-connected systems
- Knowledge of safety standards (UL/IEC), HV/MV systems, or SILoriented firmware development
- Exposure to manufacturing test firmware
- Experience scaling firmware practices for multiproduct hardware organizations
SF Pay Range
$200,000-$240,000 USD
Candidate Confidentiality & Information Protection As part of our commitment to protecting confidential and proprietary information, candidates should not disclose or provide Amperesand with any confidential, proprietary, or trade secret information belonging to a current or former employer or any other third party during the application or interview process.
Please do not submit or present employer-owned source code, schematics, designs, technical documentation, internal presentations, customer information, prototypes, or other confidential materials. Candidates should discuss their experience and accomplishments at an appropriate level and use only information and materials they are authorized to share.
Pay Disclosure & BenefitsCompensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law.
The benefits outlined below apply exclusively to employees located in the United States.
- Competitive Salary + Incentive Stock Options
- Medical, vision, and dental benefits for employees and their dependents, effective from the start of hire
- Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
- 401k retirement savings plan through Empower
- Employees receive paid time off (PTO), paid sick days, and paid company holidays
- 100% paid maternal leave (12 weeks) and paternal leave (6 weeks)
Singapore-based employees receive benefits in accordance with local government provisions.
