IoT Embedded Software Engineer – Carrier

Job Description

Date Posted:

2022-05-13-07:00

Country:

United States of America

Location:

CANTR: Refrigeration-Syracuse, NY 6304 Thompson Rd, Syracuse, NY, 13221 USA

Job Responsibilities

Carrier has an exciting opportunity for an Embedded IoT Software Engineer to join its Carrier Transicold Controls, Connectivity & Electrical Engineering team located in Syracuse, NY.

Our team is providing game-changing solutions to make Carrier’s truck trailer and container transportation refrigeration units smarter and connected. Our products are undergoing a radical transformation into intelligent refrigeration systems that are more efficient and reliable. We design, develop, and support intelligent, connected control systems, and we are continuously adopting new development technologies and capabilities to deliver advanced solutions for a safe and sustainable cold chain.

The Embedded IoT Software Engineer will work as part of our team to create efficient, high quality, and reliable real-time controls products for Carrier Transportation Refrigeration Units. The Embedded IoT Software Engineer will utilize state-of-the-art software development processes and tools to create, verify and document software/firmware programs.

This position will be primarily focused on embedded IoT design and integration, specifically the design and implementation of real-time IoT connectivity devices to ensure the information flow from our controllers to our cloud-based IoT hubs in a reliable and secure way.

Specific responsibilities will be:
• Applying agile software lifecycle management and model-based design principles and tools to design and implement embedded software solutions for our connectivity devices.
• Interface with refrigeration systems engineers to understand requirements and applications and translate them into specific hardware and software specifications.
• Identify and implement secure communication protocol solutions for communication between controller and IoT device and IoT device to IoT could data hub or portable applications.
• Develop and maintain specification documents.
• Design, implement and automate unit tests.
• Prototype new solutions to prove technology concepts.
• Develop edge computing software applications onboard IoT devices
• Participate in sprint and release planning activities and sizing of work tasks.
• Contribute to improving software development processes with new ideas and introducing new tools, including model-based design.

Education

BS degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering with 3 to 4 years of embedded SW development experience

MS degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering with 1 to 2 years of embedded SW development experience

Required Skills
• Strong C++ and C programming skills for embedded systems applications
• Strong knowledge of wired and wireless communication interfaces and protocols, which may include serial and parallel communications, USB, CAN, MODBUS, cellular LTE, satellite, GPS, LTE-M, NBIoT, LoRa, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth.
• Good familiarity with application-layer communication protocols and secure communications (HTTPS, MQTT, CoAP Protocol (UDP), Azure IoT Stack, AWS IoT Stack technologies)
• Development of real-time applications with the use of RTOS, including FreeRTOS, Embedded Linux
• Design of embedded software modules as part of an overall architecture
• Formulation and execution of unit testing, debugging, and troubleshooting
• Experience with various Microcontrollers (PIC, Renasas, X86, and ARM) or similar
• Familiarity with software development and lifecycle management tools (e.g., IBM Jazz RTC)

Desired Skills:

Software Development:
• Actively participate in the project planning, sizing of development tasks
• Write specifications, test plans, and document designs
• Participate in software code or model inspections and design reviews
• Develop software using C++ with Object-Oriented Design methods
• Knowledge of control system and system diagnostics algorithms and their design process
• Development of application SW (PC, portable, web-cloud) elements that may interface with the IoT device.

Technology, Architecture, and Methodology:
• Lead IoT Device software architecture
• Demonstrated capability to improve quality and efficiency of software development methods
• Creation of modular SW architectures at the driver and application layers level for real-time IoT devices
• Design and develop communication protocols as needed
• Familiarity with implementing solutions to mitigate cybersecurity vulnerability
• Assist with Test planning and executions as it pertains to the IoT Device
• Technical leadership in IoT device integration with control systems and web platforms

Customer Focus:
• Create, refine and clarify requirements with engineers from a different technical backgrounds
• Understand the end-user application of products and its impact on IoT devices, controls, and web platform
• Evaluate and respond to customer questions and issues

Strategic Leadership:
• Strong technical leadership with the development of embedded software solutions
• A proactive individual demonstrates the capability to innovate, propose new ideas, show curiosity, and question the status quo.

Additional Comments

Minimal Travel to customer sites, field locations, and other Carrier sites

Domestic relocation will be considered

This position will be located in Syracuse, NY

US Citizenship or Permanent Resident status is required

Carrier is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

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