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Elkay Senior Embedded System Firmware Engineer in Cary, North Carolina
Senior Embedded System Firmware Engineer
The Company
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation is a thriving, values-driven company focused on doing the right things. We’re a fast growing, publicly traded company (NYSE: ZWS), with an enduring reputation for integrity, giving back, and providing an engaging, inclusive environment where careers flourish and grow.
Named by Newsweek as One of America’s Most Responsible Companies and an Energage USA Top Workplace, at Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation, we never forget that our people are at the center of what makes us successful. They are the driving force behind our superior quality, product ingenuity, and exceptional customer experience. Our commitment to our people and their professional development is a recipe for success that has fueled our growth for over 100 years, as one of today’s leading international suppliers of plumbing and water delivery solutions.
Headquartered in Milwaukee, WI, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation employs over 2800 employees worldwide, working from 24 locations across the U.S., China, Canada, Dubai, and Mexico, with sales offices available around the globe. We hope you’ll visit our website and learn more about Zurn Elkay at zurnelkay.com.
If you’re ready to join a company where what you do makes a difference and you have pride in the work you are doing, talk to us about joining the Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation family!
Position Summary
ZURN ELKAY WATER SOLUTIONS (ZEWS) seeks a self-motivated, creative Sr. Embedded System Firmware Engineer with strong leadership and communication skills to join a team of dedicated and talented engineers at the Cary, NC, Innovation Center to develop and continuously improve intelligent sensor commercial water control products. This individual will be responsible for developing and improving firmware of mechatronic designs with embedded microcontrollers, physical sensors, motors, solenoids, and data communication of smart, robust and most reliable commercial sensor flush valves and faucets.
Responsibilities
As an integral member of the electronics hardware team, you will have leadership and ownership responsibilities of the firmware architecture platform of the Finished Plumbing electronics designs. You will work closely with cross-functional technical leaders in electronics, mechanicals, and project management on new and existing product development from initial concepts to full product launch and ongoing support through a stage gate process.
Research, develop, test, verify and release firmware to production of compact, power-conscious electronic systems incorporating embedded firmware, microcontrollers, sensors and actuators for commercial and industrial water management products that meet internal, customer and regulatory requirements.
Translate high-level project and system requirements into well-defined hardware architectures by developing design concepts, performing component selection and schematic capture, directing printed circuit board (PCB) layout, bring up and verify prototypes, and support the product through manufacturing.
Create and maintain clear project documentation, including design requirements, functional specifications, behavioral documents, BOMs, schematics, and test plans and reports.
Drive a culture of continuous improvement establishing objectives for world class customer satisfaction using Zurn Elkay Business System (ZEBS).
Conduct preliminary and detailed hardware reviews to ensure adherence to design requirements and performance expectations.
Keep abreast of industry concepts, products, and trends associated with water control and management products for Proof-of-Concepts (POCs) evaluation and product development funnel.
Experience and Skill Required
Obtained a minimum bachelor and/or a master’s degree electrical, electronic or computer engineering with 10+ years proven experience in developing firmware, verifying and troubleshooting power-managed electronic systems for commercial and/or consumer products that meet internal, customer and regulatory requirements.
Demonstrated ability to investigate, design, develop, verify and release to production compact electronics using embedded microcontrollers, environmental and physical sensors, DC motors and solenoids, switching power supplies, and serial communication and control ports, such as I2C, UART, SPI.
Experienced with reading a wide range of electrical and electronic schematics, layouts and electronic circuits guiding electronic designs for optimal embedded, low-power circuits.
Excellent hands-on testing and troubleshooting skills using standard electronic system test equipment: power supplies, oscilloscopes, frequency spectrum analyzers, firmware flash tools.
Experienced in firmware design & development of electrical and electronics products for deployment in potentially harsh commercial environments and meeting regulatory certification (UL, FCC, CE, IC).
Strong leadership skills including leading and development of teams.
Able to generate clear, detailed concise documentation for system requirements, design specifications and reviews, as well as verification and manufacturing test plans.
Able to work independently, as well as with software, mechanical, verification, manufacturing and quality teams, to analyze design tradeoffs and optimize product definition, performance and manufacturability while meeting product and business requirements.
Strong presentation, project management, problem solving, multi-tasking, influencing, and verbal/written communication skills a must.
Experience with DFM, DFT, DFMEA, PFMEA to ensure high manufacturing throughput and yield, and working with production teams to develop test strategies, processes, stations, fixtures and interfaces.
Conduct preliminary and detailed hardware design reviews involving all design disciplines to ensure adherence to requirements. Document and address all issues in a timely manner.
Hands-on experience writing embedded test firmware for design verification.
Experience with TI MSP 430, and Microchip PIC, and ST Micro microcontrollers.
Experience with C, C++, Smart BASIC, Labview, Python or related programming languages preferred.
Experience with I2C, SPI and UART communication protocol from the firmware and electronic perspective.
Leadership Competencies
Strong leadership and communication skills.
Action Oriented – Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
Customer Focus – Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer solutions.
Instills Trust – Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.
Optimizes Work Processes – Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
Self-Development – Actively seeking new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels.
The Company
Headquartered in Milwaukee, ZURN ELKAY Water Solutions is a concentrated multiplatform industrial leader with exceptional and trusted brands that serve a diverse array of global end markets. Every day dedicated associates across the globe work to deliver smarter solutions to our customers and create long-term value for our shareholders. Simply put, we advance the efficient use of resources by Solving Smarter.
Business Unit
ZURN ELKAY WATER SOLUTIONS supplies the industry’s widest range of advanced water system solutions that enhance and ensure quality, safety, flow control and conservation in and around nonresidential buildings.
Equal Opportunity Employer – Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran
Total Rewards and Benefits
Competitive Salary
Medical, Dental, Vision, STD, LTD, AD&D, and Life Insurance
Matching 401(k) Contribution
Health Savings Account
Up to 3 Weeks Vacation
12 Paid Holidays
Annual Bonus Eligibility
Educational Reimbursement
Matching Gift Program
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Equal Opportunity Employer – Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation
What happens when two remarkable sustainability leaders come together as one?
A sustainability powerhouse is born, making a splash in the markets they serve and saving the planet one innovative installation at a time.
In early 2022, Zurn Water Solutions Corporation, a market leader in smart, sustainable water solutions, and Elkay Manufacturing, a commercial drinking water solutions leader, agreed to combine their two exceptional firms to become a single water solutions powerhouse.
Together, the combined company offers a comprehensive package of innovative, sustainable, specified, engineered water solutions and sustainable plumbing products that provide water safety, water quality, and water conservation through critical service environments, while delivering total building solutions for new construction and retrofit applications around the globe. Our innovative solutions enable customers to advance their ESG initiatives and reduce operating costs while providing students, patients, patrons, and people within public and private spaces a safe, clean environment and access to fresh, pure, potable water – the essence of life itself.
What makes Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation special is our people and our culture.
While playing a leading role in sustainability and water access are remarkable, what makes Zurn Elkay’s story so compelling is the alignment of the two well-respected companies with powerful legacies and a combined 224-year company history and shared values and cultures where people matter most.
Sustainably inspired, the company has a deep commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, water, and environmental stewardship, and giving back to the communities where we live, work and play. Our powerful legacy of caring and commitment is made possible by the exceptional people that embody Zurn Elkay’s values.
We are looking for innovative, energetic people who want to help solve tomorrow’s challenges today. Our Total Associate Engagement core value means we work hard to ensure our associates have opportunities to grow and an inclusive culture in which to thrive. From formal training to on-the-job development and exposure to new businesses, when you join Zurn Elkay, you will join a collaborative organization that will give you opportunities to thrive and grow.