Firmware Engineer Senior - Decatur, GA

Job Summary

Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a market-leading industrial technology company. We use technology to solve problems in spaces and light. Through our two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting and Lighting Controls(“ABL”) and the Intelligent Spaces Group (“ISG”), we design, manufacture, and bring to market products and services that make the world more brilliant, productive, and connected. We achieve growth through the development of innovative new products and services, including lighting, lighting controls, building management systems, and location-aware applications.

Responsible for Firmware development from concept through production, which includes new product development, sustaining and resolution of field problems. Takes ownership in development first-class Firmware/Software processes to support Code Development, Documentation, Unit and integration Test Documentation.  Must have a mindset to develop quality firmware as our products are sold and field updates are not always feasible. Must be able to collaborate with all cross-functional members of the design team.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

-    Love to contribute to bringing our technologies, our products & our platforms to the next generation.
-    Keep an open eye for new technology developments in the market & introducing innovative/new technologies in our products and processes.
-    Develop and utilize a deep understanding of Life Safety’s products and the design/implementation factors involved.
-    Serve as the technical backup for the overall SW & FW Team Lead.
-    Set up and maintain build environments, document processes, and testing strategies with the team. 
-    Contribute to high team spirit, even or especially when the pressure is on!
-    Think outside the box and into the future for architecture and feature definition.
-    Define brilliant solutions for complex challenges, including use of modern tools and languages.
-    Stay on top of the code base by performing your share of coding work.
-    Support development of first-class FW development processes consistent with what other groups within the company are using, adapting them to Life Safety’s needs.
-    Support code development consistent with Software Safety requirements identified in UL60730
-    Bring guidance on tailored agile development using Azure Dev-ops.
-    Continuously look to improve processes related to FW Development, documentation and quality assurance

Requirements
-    Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent by experience
-    Minimum of 6 years Embedded Realtime firmware development experience, preferably in C / C++.
-    Strong practical understanding of Object Oriented Design principles.
-    Experience in both low level hardware control and high level RTOS development on ARM.
-    Strong debugging and lab skills, including use of logic/protocol analyzers, DVMs, oscilloscopes, etc.
-    Eager learner (Acuity PDS processes) with a hands-on and challenging attitude
-    Pro-active result-oriented team player with leadership skills empowering teammates, able to act as sounding board.
-    Strong communication skills in English

Preferred Skills and Experience

-    Experience with unit testing methods and available frameworks 
-    Experience with modern software build environments (eg. Versioning systems, regression test suites, automated builds)
-    Experience in developing software driven automatic system validation equipment
-    Experience with Safety Software coding and certification.  (UL60730)
-    Experience with Life Safety code requirements and how the firmware contributes to this certification (UL 924)
-    Insight into how we might use AI to improve our software processes, code and testing activities to reduce our time to market.

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