What to Expect 

Heron Power is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. We aim to debottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and less costly hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything.

Our first goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron’s leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products over the past decade.

We understand that no one individual knows everything. We will all learn a lot together and from each other. We strive to build a collaborative, enriching environment conducive to personal, technical, and career growth. You can expect to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment, driven by first principles engineering, solving difficult problems.

Job Overview

As an embedded software engineer, you will be responsible for developing connected-systems infrastructure & implementing real-time algorithms for power conversion systems. Additionally, you will be responsible for creating and maintaining validation and CI/CD pipelines.

How You Will Contribute

• Evaluate embedded compute requirements and microcontroller offerings

• Implement embedded real-time operating system (RTOS) and microcontroller kernel and peripherals such as PWM’s, ADC’s, comparators, and serial communications

• Create communication schemas and associated auto-generated code

• Architect and implement troubleshooting and tracing tools, security features, data historians, and logging pipelines

• Create continuous integration pipeline including build scripts and test automation

• Integrate and maintain unit-test and test-automation frameworks

• Design and maintain over-the-air firmware update, telemetry, and fleet management systems  

• Manage version control, firmware integration, and firmware release processes

• As a startup, we expect individuals to engage and overlap with teams with adjacent skill-sets. Expect to overlap both with circuit-design and power controls engineers as needed.

What You Will Bring

We have a short list of must-have requirements. We prioritize a strong grip on first principles, hands-on skills, and a sense of initiative. Domain-specific knowledge and experience will help determine the career level for each hire.

Must-Have Requirements 

• Strong knowledge of embedded C

• Familiarity with bootloaders and real-time operating systems (RTOS)

• Experience with build systems and continuous integration & delivery (CI/CD) pipelines

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with real time dynamic control systems

• Familiarity with simple power conversion topologies

• Experience writing safety-critical firmware

• Electronic circuit design experience

• Front-end software experience – particularly for engineering tools

• Familiarity with FPGA programming and/or ASIC design

• Experience in high-volume production and support

If you are passionate about technology and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, we would love to hear from you. Join us in accelerating the electrification of everything at Heron Power.

Heron Power provides competitive compensation (salary and equity) and benefits. The salary for this role ranges from $95,000 to $200,000 per year.