Lead Development Engineer-Embedded

About Signify

Through bold discovery and cutting-edge innovation, we lead an industry that is vital for the future of our planet: lighting. Through our leadership in connected lighting and the Internet of Things, we're breaking new ground in data analytics, AI, and smart solutions for homes, offices, cities, and beyond.

At Signify, you can shape tomorrow by building on our incredible 125+ year legacy while working toward even bolder sustainability goals. Our culture of continuous learning, creativity, and commitment to diversity and inclusion empowers you to grow your skills and career.

Join us, and together, we'll transform our industry, making a lasting difference for brighter lives and a better world.

More about the role

This is an exciting job opportunity for you to light the way as a Lead Development Engineer - Embedded in Menlo Park, California with Signify responsible for defining and documenting software design and interfaces for embedded software running on Philips Hue devices.

• Build product and system level prototypes to support predevelopment feasibility studies

• Implement, test and release embedded software running on Philips Hue devices

• Set up and improve continuous integration build infrastructure for device firmware

• Analyze diagnostic data and problem reports to find issues and implement respective improvements

• Coach and code review junior engineers to implement individual software features

• Work with product managers to identify and estimate new features for the product roadmap

• Contribute to continuous improvement of software development processes and way of working in the team

• Local telecommuting permitted

While we value and appreciate all applicants, we believe that the following experience and skills will be needed to shine brightly in this job opening:

• Bachelors' degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field of study (or foreign equivalent) and 7 years of related experience required

• Alternatively, the company will also accept a Masters' degree and five (5) years of related experience

• Experience must include three (3) years of:

  • design, implementation, and automated unit testing of applications written in C/C++, shell scripting, and MicroPython for embedded devices;

  • design and implementation of Embedded Linux system including Linux Kernel and Linux Filesystems (UBI/UBIFS), using Buildroot or OpenWRT;

  • design and implementation of internet connected devices with Wi-Fi, ZigBee and BLE connectivity;

  • design and implementation of systems and APIs communicating through HTTP(S) and MQTT(S) protocols;

  • design and implementation of hardware, firmware, and their hardware-firmware interfaces;

  • design and implementation of a secure embedded device platform with provisioning, firmware update, and analytics collection functionalities, using encryption and digital signing algorithms;

  • writing advanced SQL queries to analyze device diagnostics data; and

  • developing Continuous Integration/Continuous deployment pipelines for building and testing device firmware

• Local telecommuting permitted

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future company sponsorship needs

Salary: $142,710 - $209,308

Benefits Overview: Company subsidized benefits plan offerings that include Medical, Health Savings Account, Dental, 401K retirement plan with company match, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays/personal days, tuition reimbursement and products discounts. Ability to purchase supplemental benefits that include supplemental life insurance, dependent life insurance, vision insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurance, health care flexible spending account and dependent care flexible spending account See #SignifyLife through the eyes of our employees!

Everything we'll do for you

You can grow a lasting career here. We'll encourage you, support you, and challenge you. We'll help you learn and progress in a way that's right for you, with coaching and mentoring along the way. We'll listen to you too, because we see and value every one of our27,000+ people. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace fosters creativity, innovation, and a full spectrum of bright ideas. With a global workforce present in 70+ countries, we are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where every voice is heard and valued, helping us all achieve more together.

Come join us, and together we can light up the future.