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Through cutting-edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world-class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow on Carrier social media at @Carrier.\nAbout this role\nWe are seeking a Senior Firmware & Embedded Engineer to design, develop, and optimize embedded firmware for next-generation air conditioning products.\nThese solutions require the product development coordination of embedded controls technologies with state-of-the-art GUIs, cloud, and mobile app interactivity. This individual would be responsible for leading the embedded software Wi-Fi development activities of the embedded software group for various embedded products.\nIn this role, you will contribute to architecture decisions, solve complex technical challenges, and collaborate with hardware, systems, and production teams. You will support critical technical topics, provide guidance to other engineers, and help ensure our products meet global standards for quality, reliability, safety, and cybersecurity.\nOur engineering teams take on some of the most unique and exciting global challenges in climate technology. To maintain our position as a global leader, we are looking for talented, ambitious, and results-oriented engineers who thrive in a fast-paced environment and want to contribute to Carrier’s continued legacy of innovation and success.\nThis is a full-time, onsite position located in Indianapolis, IN, operating on a standard Monday through Friday, day shift schedule.\nDuties & Responsibilities\nProvide architectural documentation regarding project scope to technical design team. \nProvide cybersecurity reviews during product development, design, and implementation phases. \nProvide architectural knowledge to product owners and other leadership during scrums. \nProvide detailed workflows, project timelines, and project deliverables to eligible engineers, leadership, and stakeholders. \nCollaborate with cross-functional teams including hardware, mobile, and cloud engineers to ensure seamless end-to-end functionality. \nLead software development lifecycle from project scope to code and design to product release and implementation. \nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree. \n5+ years of experience in the design and development of Linux embedded software. \n5+ years of experience in C/C++ programming for embedded systems. \n3+ years’ experience writing RTOS and/or bare metal programming. \nPreferred Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or related technical discipline. \nExperience identifying, prompting, and implementing AI strategies and recommendations into software development. \nExperience in unit test cases on frameworks (Google test) and support CI/CD (Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery) pipelines. \nParticipate in code reviews, documentation, and system debugging. \nStrong hardware/electrical knowledge. You should know how to evaluate if your firmware is working as expected by probing the hardware (e.g., oscilloscope, logic analyzer, etc.).\nDemonstrated knowledge of firmware development best practices (Agile design, code reviews, design documentation, unit test, test driven development) \nExperience with Embedded systems’ standard design elements - bootloaders, OTA (Over-the-Air), firmware applications. \nExperience connecting embedded devices to major cloud platforms, such as AWS (Amazon Web Services) IoT (Internet of Things) Core, Azure IoT Hub, or GCP (Google Cloud Platform).\nExperience with embedded IoT (Internet of Things) protocols and architectures, including MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport), Sparkplug, HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure), device-to-cloud communication, and OTA (Over-the-Air) updates.\nExperience with one or more wireless communication technologies and protocols, including Bluetooth, BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy), Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11 standards), Zigbee/Z-Wave (IEEE 802.15.4 low-power mesh networks), LoRa (Long Range), and cellular connectivity.\nExperience with common wired messaging architectures and protocols, including UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter), RS232/RS485 (Recommended Standard 232/485), I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit), SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface), and CAN (Controller Area Network) protocols (CAN-TP, CANopen).\nExperience with one or more embedded GUI (Graphical User Interface) frameworks, such as Qt, Crank Storyboard, or LVGL (Light and Versatile Graphics Library).\nUnderstanding of Network protocols (TCP (Transmission Control Protocol), UDP Sockets (User Datagram Protocol), IPV4 (Internet Protocol version 4), IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6).\nUnderstanding of cyber security technologies and best practices (encryption, key management, certificates/exchanges, HMACs (Hash-based Message Authentication Code), PKI (Public Key Infrastructure), HSMs (Hardware Security Module), Secure Boot).\nExperience in the use of Jira/Confluence, ADO (Azure DevOps) or other software development tools \nExperience with ftp, TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) boot, NFS (Network File System).\nExperience with open-source code, communities, and licenses.\nExperience with HVAC Controls Systems and Energy Storage Systems experience.\nProficient in debugging multi-threaded applications using GDB (GNU Debugger), perf (Performance Events), and JTAG (Joint Test Action Group).\nExperience with Yocto Project or Buildroot to create and customize Linux images.\nPay Range\nThe annual salary for this position is between $79,000.00 - $158,000.00 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range include, but are not limited to, skills, education, experience, and other unique qualifications of the successful candidate. The pay range will not be below the minimum wage applicable to the jurisdiction in which the applicant is to be employed.Other Compensation\nThis position may be entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements. Benefits\nEmployees are eligible for benefits, including:\nHealth Care Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness incentives\n\nRetirement Benefits\n\nTime off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation\n\nDisability: Short-term and long-term disability\n\nLife Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment\n\nTax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account\n\nTuition Assistance\n\nTo learn more about our benefits offering, please click hereWork with us | Carrier Corporate. The specific benefits available to any employee may vary depending on state and local laws and eligibility factors, such as date of hire and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.\nCarrier EEO Statement and Accommodations Process\nCarrier is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. Carrier provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with section 503 of Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.\nIf you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, participate in an interview, or otherwise engage in the hiring process, please contact us at . 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