Embedded Firmware Engineer at Forge Performance Group

Setup: Remote, Hybrid
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Type: Full-time

Description

Forge Performance Group is seeking a full-time, partially remote Embedded Firmware Engineer to lead the design and development of firmware for a renewable energy inverter. The role involves owning the firmware technical roadmap, making architecture decisions, and delivering production-grade firmware for a multi-controller embedded system. Key responsibilities include defining requirements, building test procedures, developing firmware on Microchip PIC16 & PIC32 MCUs, ensuring deterministic behavior in closed-loop control systems, and maintaining firmware validation tooling.

Required Skills

embedded C
microcontrollers
SPI
UART
I2C
ADCs
PWMs
debugging
state diagrams
control theory
feedback/feedforward loops
frequency response
Git workflows

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: Strong firmware experience working with embedded C & microcontrollers for 3+ years.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience with TCP/UDP networking and Wi-Fi module integration in embedded systems.
Jenkins or comparable CI/CD release pipelines.
Experience using JIRA for backlog, requirements, and feature tracking.
Experience with Python and scripting languages.
Knowledge of higher-level programming languages and experience using AWS cloud services.
Understanding of Grid Technologies and renewable energy system.
Experience with Power Electronics, oscilloscopes, and digital multimeters.