Staff Firmware Engineer

We are Generac, a leading energy technology company committed to powering a smarter world.

Over the 60 plus years of Generac’s history, we’ve been dedicated to energy innovation. From creating the home standby generator market category, to our current evolution into an energy technology solutions company, we continue to push new boundaries.

Generac Clean Energy is looking for a motivated Staff Firmware Engineer IV with insatiable curiosity to help create next-generation energy conversion products. The successful applicant will join a team of highly knowledgeable and collaborative engineers. You will have the opportunity to solve challenging problems that unlock residential PV and energy storage systems at mass scale.

This position is based in Santa Monica, California.

Major Responsibilities

• Provide new product development support, specifically focused on microcontroller- and microprocessor-based systems for residential energy storage.
• Design, implement, and validate embedded control algorithms using fixed-precision C.
• Develop and maintain application firmware for embedded systems, including algorithm development, interface definition, and system-level behavior.
• Design and test new control algorithms; support Applications Engineering efforts.
• Write and maintain well-documented firmware and software modules.
• Develop and execute test specifications for new firmware/hardware systems.
• Conduct firmware/hardware integration testing and validation.
• Participate in DFM (Design for Manufacturability) and DFT (Design for Test) activities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams (e.g., engines, alternators, transfer switches) to define interface behavior and system integration.
• Use simulation tools to support firmware development.
• Create PC-based tools for firmware testing or validation.
• Troubleshoot designs down to the component level.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of knowledge sharing.
• Participate in design and code reviews.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in embedded systems development.
• Extensive experience developing embedded firmware in C, including real-time, deterministic control logic.
• Hands-on experience implementing embedded control algorithms in fixed-precision C.
• Experience in peripheral or driver-level development.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in energy systems, power electronics, or storage products.
• Familiarity with simulation or modeling tools.
• Experience with PC-based test utilities and automation.
• Knowledge of safety-critical or high-reliability embedded systems.
• Background working across hardware, mechanical, and systems teams.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk.  On occasion the incumbent may be required to stoop, bend or reach above the shoulders. The employee must occasionally lift up to 25 - 50 pounds. Specific conditions of this job are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting, close vision and ability to adjust focus. Occasional travel.

“We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.”