Embedded Firmware Engineer, Kohler Ventures

Embedded Firmware Engineer, Kohler Ventures

Work Mode: Hybrid

Location: Hybrid - 3 days/week onsite, New York City, NY

Opportunity

Kohler Ventures is an independent company wholly owned by Kohler Co., global leader in the manufacture of kitchen and bath products, tile and home interiors, and an international host to award-winning hospitality and world-class golf destinations. Our mission is to build new digital businesses that empower consumers to lead healthier lives. We explore how familiar experiences can be enhanced and innovations developed through the integration of leading-edge technology, science, and design. Come join us as we build a best-in-class global multi-disciplinary team across artificial intelligence, machine learning, design, advanced software and hardware engineering, strategy, venture investments, sales, marketing, and partnerships. Our locations are Palo Alto, CA US, New York City, NY US, Kohler, WI US, Seoul, Korea, and Tel Aviv, Israel.

• Build firmware that can scale with the business growth of Kohler Ventures
• Build the forward-looking vision and lead the effort to understand and drive requirements with hardware/software teams
• Coordinate with team members product development teams to execute rollout/adoption of common libraries, services, and patterns
• Measurably improve code normalization across one or more critical code concerns throughout the codebase

Skills/Requirements

• 3+ years of professional software development experience
• 1+ years of experience in software design and development for embedded systems
• Availability to work outside of standard business hours if needed to be able to collaborate with teams across multiple time zones

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a CS/engineering or related technical discipline from a reputed academic institution. Master’s preferred
• Hands-on experience developing firmware for connected devices and other related IoT devices
• Technical experience in some of the following areas:
  • Proficient with OTA updates with Mender or Yocto
  • Experience in working with common protocols such as RS-485, RS-232, SPI, USB, BLE and WiFi
  • Expert knowledge of embedded Linux configuration, development, board support packages, bootloaders, kernel, drivers, and application development in C/C++
• Positive, can-do attitude with a high degree of ownership and self-motivation to drive change

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Why Choose Kohler?
We empower each associate to #BecomeMoreAtKohler with a competitive total rewards package to support your health and wellbeing, access to career growth and development opportunities, a diverse and inclusive workplace, and a strong culture of innovation. With more than 30,000 bold leaders across the globe, we’re driving meaningful change in our mission to help people live gracious, healthy, and sustainable lives.

About Us
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