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Principal Embedded Software Engineer

Principal Embedded Software Engineer

  • Location United States - California - Mountain View
  • Travel required Negotiable
  • Job category IT&S Group
  • Relocation available No
  • Job type Professionals
  • Job code 143107BR
  • Experience level Senior
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Job summary

Want to be part of something Electrifying? bp pulse fleet, a wholly owned subsidiary of bp, needs you to help us on our adventure to get to an Electric Future and become NetZero. We’re looking to meet the growing global demand for safe, sustainable, and affordable energy. bp pulse fleet is passionate about redefining the commercial transportation sector by removing the challenges, surprises, and learning curves that fleet operators often face when switching to electricity as a fuel. To do this, we need to rapidly grow our phenomenal team with the best EV authorities out there. You can help us get there, we’re searching for skilled EV experts who are passionate and curious individuals to join our team to help the world electrify!

We are looking for a highly capable individual contributor, who can evolve to be a team builder/manager as we continue our accelerated growth. Someone who is an expert in C, C++, and/or Python- software that runs on microprocessor boards (e.g., Raspberry pi). Very high preference for someone who have worked on IoT-type systems and have exposure to the EV/charging industry. Knowledge of OCPP or a related protocol is also highly desired.

Key Accountabilities

  • Build and own a resiliency-focused architecture to support customer operations through outages.
  • Deliver high-quality code in a real-time embedded environment.
  • Develop Functional and Design specifications for Firmware, Embedded Software and Diagnostics
  • Collaborate with software and hardware engineers in developing the products.
  • Manage project deliverables and deadlines.
  • Lead a team of highly knowledgeable and collaborative engineers and leaders.
  • Lead functional safety architecture and processes including FMEA driven development for adherence and validation to meet UL1998 and related functional safety standards.

Essential Education

  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering

Essential Experience and Job Requirements

  • 10+ years of engineering experience with demonstrated expertise in embedded software, power electronics, communications, or EV-related software development with 7+ years’ experience in embedded programming in C or C++
  • Advanced experience with scripting language (Python, shell)
  • Experience with bus, industrial, or automotive standards such as SPI, I2C, CAN, Modbus, DNP3, and Ethernet
  • Understanding of cloud and framework-based solutions to leverage and manage deployment lifecycle.
  • Experience with Linux bootup, kernel configuration, device driver interfaces, debugging tools.
  • Knowledge of Linux internals (process scheduler, memory management, concurrency, synchronization, memory allocation, file system, networking, storage, subsystem architecture)
  • Excellent software fundamentals including architectural design, algorithm development, data structures, code modularity, and maintainability.
  • Comprehension of cybersecurity fundamentals related to OT: including network and physical attack vectors
  • Proven ability to build team depth and mentoring for staff, leadership, and firmware manager roles.
  • Demonstrated success leading software validation development (unit test, smoke tests, automated regression, simulation/HIL approaches
  • Passionately motivated to take ideas from R&D phase to a product.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Desired Qualifications

  • Familiarity with EVSE-related protocols: OCPP, OCPI, ISO15118, DIN 70121
  • Previous experience working with high frequency grid measurement and control systems, e.g., SCADA sensors, IPRs, etc.

Why join us

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.
There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are important, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, and excellent retirement benefits, among others!
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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