**Country:** United States of America **Location:** CABRA: Bradenton Florida 8985 Town Center Parkway, Bradenton, FL, 34202 USA **About Carrier** Carrier is the leading global provider of healthy, safe and sustainable building and cold chain solutions with a world-class, diverse workforce with business segments covering HVAC, refrigeration, and fire and security. We make modern life possible by delivering safer, smarter and more sustainable services that make a difference to people and our planet while revolutionizing industry trends. This is why we come to work every day. Join us and we can make a difference together. **About** **Kidde** Founded by Walter Kidde, a pioneer in early smoke detection and fire suppression, Kidde is a leading manufacturer of fire safety products. Each day, we work to expand upon our legacy of innovation, providing advanced solutions to protect people and property from fire and related hazards. Kidde is a part of Carrier Global Corporation, a leading global provider of innovative HVAC, refrigeration, fire, security and building automation technologies. **About this role** Kidde is searching for an experienced **Senior Embedded** **Firmware** **Engineer** to join our team who is responsible for developing Firmware that enable Kidde Industrial Controls to deliver high quality features for our FW team in North America a fast and scalable way to support Firmware development in Global Firmware organization. If you are looking for a fast-paced high-impact software role with tangible and meaningful results in the ‘real world’ of robotics and machinery, then this role is an excellent opportunity. Your ability to grow, mentor and shape a team of individuals with a focus on quality and value will help our team achieve its goal. This is a hybrid role for someone living close to **Bradenton, FL** and will require 5-10% traveling in the US based on project priorities and needs. We value our people and offer an extensive benefits package, with financial rewards including health insurance, retirement savings plan, and also lifestyle support with flexible working and parental leave. Plus, we’ll support your growth with paid-for external training programs and courses. **Key Responsibilities** + Lead the Firmware design, development, and maintenance of Main Board code base while working on projects for the Firmware organization globally and North America specific for Kidde Global Solutions portfolio. + Design and test Firmware applications to ensure quality and reliability by developing a complex software that needs to be scalable to millions of end users + Develop embedded control system software in C languages for our microprocessors (i.e., STM, TI, etc.), with a focus on interacting with Inputs/Outputs and Communication protocols with sensors and other Interconnected control units. + Ensure compliance with SDLC best practices and regulatory requirements for Safety products and assist in the development of UL requirements, test methods, and test equipment. + Analyzing electrical schematics and software architecture to assess failure mitigation strategies. + Develop a complete understanding of the RTOS development code base of our Main Board and assist with implementation and/or debugging for all assigned development projects. + Create design documents, technical writing, and other documentation for firmware development. + Evaluate future requirements and define/develop the Firmware architecture needed to meet these requirements. + Interact with key critical customers to provide technical support, as needed. **Basic Qualifications** + Bachelor's degree in engineering with 5+ years' experience in embedded C programming and RTOS concepts OR Master's degree in engineering with 3+ years' experience in embedded C programming and RTOS concepts. + 1+ years of experience with popular RTOS platforms (e.g., embOS, FreeRTOS, Zephyr, ThreadX). + 1+ years’ experience with developing and integrating HAL drivers for peripherals (e.g., I2C, SPI, UART). **Preferred Qualifications (assets)** + Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field. + Experience with specific microcontroller architectures (e.g., ARM Cortex-M, AVR, PIC). + Knowledge of wireless communication protocols (e.g., Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, RF, Zigbee). + Experience with Unit Testing frameworks for embedded systems (e.g., GoogleTest, CppUTest, OpenSSL). + Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and software development tool (e.g. JIRA) + Experience using IoT communication protocols such as MQTT data is beneficial + Experience with debugging tools and techniques. + Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively with others in a team environment + Must be able to work both independently, as well as part of a team. + Ability to adapt to change. **Additional information:** + Immigration sponsorship is not supported for this position. 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