The Role
Designs, develops, tests, and improves embedded systems spanning hardware, firmware, and application software. Leads embedded projects, communicates project status to executive leadership, collaborates with marketing and service teams, and mentors junior engineers. The role requires embedded microprocessor and PCB design, real-time data processing, wireless communications, hardware interfaces, and team leadership.
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Job Summary:
The Embedded Systems Engineer I will have expertise in embedded systems design and development and worked for 3-5 years on embedded systems teams. This person is a leader and mentor to junior engineers and shares knowledge about the design and development of embedded systems.
Essential Responsibilities:
Preferred Qualifications:
The Embedded Systems Engineer I will have expertise in embedded systems design and development and worked for 3-5 years on embedded systems teams. This person is a leader and mentor to junior engineers and shares knowledge about the design and development of embedded systems.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Excel in embedded projects and embedded systems-including designing, developing, testing, and perfecting designs
- Build embedded systems including hardware, firmware, application software design
- Responsible for updating and working with executive leadership on the development of embedded systems and status of projects
- Collaborate with marketing and service to design and improve products
- Provides guidance and mentoring to other members of the team
- Minimum of bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering
- At least 3 years of embedded engineering experience
- Experience with embedded microprocessor PCB design and hardware interfaces
- Software engineering of real time data collection, message structures, storage structures, and processing algorithms
- Experience with wireless communications
- Experience leading a team of embedded engineers
- Excellent communications skills
- Highly motivated and passionate about embedded systems
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with version control software (git)
- Experience with hardware interfaces such as RS-485, RS-232, and GPIO.
- Real Time programming techniques
- Experience with communications protocols; Ethernet, I2C, SPI, Bluetooth, proprietary, DNP3, IEC 61850
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering
- At least 3 years of embedded engineering experience
- Experience with embedded microprocessor PCB design and hardware interfaces
- Software engineering experience involving real-time data collection, message structures, storage structures, and processing algorithms
- Experience with wireless communications
- Experience leading a team of embedded engineers
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience with Git or version control software
- Experience with RS-485, RS-232, and GPIO hardware interfaces
- Real-time programming techniques
- Experience with Ethernet, I2C, SPI, Bluetooth, proprietary, DNP3, or IEC 61850 communications protocols
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The Company
What We Do
Southern States, LLC is the world's largest manufacturer of high-voltage disconnect switches and a provider of essential products and services to electric utilities in the U.S. and Canada. The company specializes in high-voltage switching solutions and grid-resiliency technology designed to transfer bulk power, balance loads, and protect critical power infrastructure assets from damaging overcurrents, supporting the electric power grid for over a century.








