About us:At Locus, we’re dedicated to the proliferation of sustainable energy solutions. To that end, we’ve built a Linux/SaaS platform in AWS to monitor, analyze and manage the performance of more than one hundred thousand solar power systems. We’re a close-knit team that is greater than the sum of its parts. Our organization is mature enough to offer some structure while still leaving plenty of opportunities to make your mark. We’re not perfect but constantly improving. We value folks who offer a new perspective and play nicely with others towards achieving our common goals.
About you: You’re passionate about sustainable energy and want to play a part of pushing our society in that direction. Nothing would excite you more than wedding your engineering prowess with your dreams of clean, green energy. You are thoughtful, curious and ask questions when you don’t understand. You take ownership of your responsibilities and see them through to the entire implementation lifecycle from design to maintenance.
Our Perks at Locus:
Conveniently located in downtown SF, a one block walk from Montgomery St station
Relaxed work atmosphere. Flexible working hours and work from home policies
Health insurance, 401k
Fruits, snacks. Bagels and lunch each provided 1x a week
A spacious new office complete with a living room couch, big screen TV, PS3, darts and a kegerator
Regular company sponsored happy hours and events
This Embedded Software Engineerwill be responsible for ownership and advancement of embedded Linux firmware on over one hundred thousand (and growing) power meters and data acquisition units in the field. Firmware development experience on embedded Linux is required. Renewable energy, power metering, and data acquisition related experience is a plus.
Responsibilities:
Own and maintain firmware for solar power metering and data acquisition hardware
Be the primary contact for debugging of reported field or manufacturing issues
Implement firmware changes to support changes in hardware, new hardware models, cellular certification, feature additions, and bug fixes.
Implement firmware integrations with new external devices to increase capabilities of units in the field.
Work with hardware product manager to evolve short-term and long-term firmware roadmaps
Manage fleetwide firmware versions and over the air firmware update rollouts
Work with external hardware and firmware engineering firm to develop new products and improve current products to maintain a competitive edge for Locus
