Sr. Firmware Engineer - Kohler Ventures

Work Mode: Hybrid

Location: Hybrid, 3 days/week onsite at Palo Alto, CA or 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.

Come join Kohler Ventures as Sr. Embedded Firmware Engineer 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.

In your role as Sr. Embedded Firmware Engineer at Kohler Ventures you will

• Work directly with the Head of Software, software engineering team, and product teams

• Design firmware architecture 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 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

Required Qualifications

• You hold a bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.

• 7+ years of professional software development experience with C/C++.

• 5+ years of experience in software design and development for embedded systems.

• Hands-on experience developing firmware for IoT and/or medical devices

• Ability to travel to South Korea for approximately 2 weeks/year.

• Availability and wiliness to work outside standard business hours to be able to collaborate with teams across multiple time zones.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong technical experience with OTA update services

• Prior experience working with Yocto or other embedded Linux environments.

• 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+#LI-NR1

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We will consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this opportunity.

The approved base salary range for this position is $114,500 - $160.000. The actual base salary offered to a candidate may be higher than the approved range. This will vary depending on a variety of factors including the candidate’s experience, their education, and the work location. This position is subject to Area Salary Differential/Cost of Living Adjustment which is 16% of base salary in the NYC metro area. The approved base salary range including ASD for this position is $132,820 - 185,600. In addition, this position is eligible for a performance bonus and a special project incentive. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision and 401k.

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

It is Kohler’s policy to recruit, hire, and promote qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran. If, as an individual with a disability, you need reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact kohlerjobs@kohler.com . Kohler Co. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.