Senior Software Engineer at an Off-Grid Energy Company - Peridot Forte Solutions Consulting Limited

Peridot Forte Solutions Consulting Limited - Our client in the Off-Grid Energy Sector is currently recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Brief

• Responsible for the development and implementation of software that powers our products. You will plan, develop, deploy, manage, maintain and improve existing and new firmware. A key KPI for you is to ensure all developed firmware satisfies core product requirements and meets customers’ expectations.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Designing, implementing embedded hardware & firmware for embedded and power devices.
• Designing, developing, coding, testing and debugging system software.
• Analyzing and enhancing efficiency, stability and scalability of system resources.
• Designing and implementing highly efficient and scalable embedded hardware systems.
• Designing, developing and commercializing Battery Management Systems (BMS) on 48V and a variety of high voltage capacities.
• Designing, developing and commercializing battery packs in rack mount, wall mount and outdoor IP 65 rating with appropriate BMS & embedded systems functionality.
• Ensuring designed hardware and its firmware is capable of real-time IoT data including battery voltage, environment data, battery usage, energy consumed, energy discharged, cell-level monitoring, discharge count, End Of life data etc.
• Developing technical specifications based on design requirements and implementation
• Analyzing system technical issues and developing appropriate resolutions.
• Participating in system design reviews and implementing recommended improvements.
• Identifying technical risks and challenges and proposing action plans.
• Researching and setting up a start of the test lab with requisite tools and equipment.
• Continuous improvements to ensure devices are bug-free.
• Researching & developing new products to keep pace with global energy storage and battery chemistry innovations.
• Observing all occupational health and safety and requirements.
• Maintaining a professional appearance/attitude, consistent with local customs and company policy.
• Responding to and resolving round the clock emergency call-out requests.

Requirement & Skills

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree qualification.
• 5+ years of experience in hands-on development in C/C++ for embedded systems and evaluating firmware architecture.
• 5+ years of experience in Hardware development with experience in 32bit ARM Cortex processors
• Proven track record of designing, developing and assembling hardware products that address complex challenges in the energy sector.
• Knowledge of computer architecture, hardware interfaces, real-time operating systems and driver development on low-level bare metal and high-level operating systems.
• Excellent understanding of most systems on modern SoCs: CPU cores, memory bandwidth tradeoffs, low-power, bootloaders
• Experience in system development from scratch with board bring-up
• Experience in test-driven development (TDD) and continuous integration (CI) techniques for embedded systems
• Experience in High speed, Advanced PCB design from schematic to PCB to manufacturing.
• Excellent communication, organizational and leadership skills.

Application Closing Date
10th July, 2021.