Staff Embedded Software Engineer
Description
Enphase Energy is a global energy technology company and a leading provider of solar, battery, and electric vehicle charging products. Founded in 2006, our innovative microinverter technology revolutionized solar power, making it a safer, more reliable, and scalable energy source. Today, the Enphase Energy System enables users to make, use, save, and sell their own power. Enphase is also one of the most successful and innovative clean energy companies in the world, with more than 80 million products shipped across 160 countries.
Join our dynamic teams designing and developing next-gen energy technologies and help drive a sustainable future!
This role at Enphase requires working onsite 3 days a week, with plans to transition back to a full 5 day in office schedule over time.
This role at Enphase requires working onsite 3 days a week, with plans to transition back to a full 5 day in office schedule over time.
About the Role
Enphase is seeking a Staff Embedded Software Engineer to serve as a technical authority within our Application Development team. In this high-impact role, you will architect and lead the development of mission-critical C/C++ applications that power our core energy ecosystem—including smart gateways and home energy management systems.
As a Staff Engineer, you won’t just write code; you will define the technical roadmap for our control logic, mentor senior engineers, and ensure our software architecture is scalable for global grid requirements. You will bridge the gap between complex energy management theory and high-performance, production-grade Linux software.
What You Will Be Doing
- Technical Leadership & Architecture: Define the high-level architecture for embedded Linux applications, ensuring modularity, scalability, and sub-millisecond execution for power distribution logic.
- System Design: Lead the design of complex multi-threaded frameworks, IPC mechanisms, and state machines that interface across hardware drivers, networking protocols, and cloud layers.
- Strategic Problem Solving: Drive the resolution of the most challenging system-level bugs and performance bottlenecks that span multiple engineering domains (Hardware, Power Electronics, Cloud).
- Mentorship & Standards: Establish best practices for C/C++ development, conduct deep-dive code reviews, and mentor senior and mid-level engineers to raise the bar for the entire team.
- Cross-Functional Influence: Collaborate with Product Management and System Architects to translate market requirements into technical specifications for autonomous grid connection and regulation.
- Reliability at Scale: Oversee the implementation of advanced CI/CD pipelines, automated testing strategies, and field-deployment monitoring for mission-critical systems.
Who You Are and What You Bring
- Education: BE/BTech/MS/MTech in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience: 8+ years of professional experience in Embedded C/C++ development, with a proven track record of delivering complex products to market.
- Advanced Linux Expertise: Expert-level proficiency in Linux internals (kernel-user space interfacing, memory management, real-time patches) and high-performance application development (POSIX, multi-threading, ZeroMQ/DBus).
- Architectural Depth: Strong experience in designing event-driven architectures and complex control loops for embedded devices.
- Tooling & Infrastructure: Mastery of modern C++ (C++14/17/20), CMake, Yocto Project/Buildroot, and advanced debugging tools (Valgrind, perf, gdbserver).
- System Protocols: Deep technical knowledge of communication stacks such as CAN bus, Modbus, SunSpec, Zigbee, or WiFi/Ethernet at the architectural level.
- Domain Expertise: Prior experience in Power Electronics, Smart Grids, or Renewable Energy systems is highly preferred.
- Leadership Soft Skills: Ability to influence technical decisions across global teams without direct reporting authority.