Sr Embedded Software Architect

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

We are a leading provider of technology solutions for electrical protection, thermal control, and intelligent infrastructure systems. We're building a new Software Center of Excellence to accelerate solutions to optimize efficiency, reliability, and performance of embedded controls in these systems. As we continue to expand our product portfolio and market presence, we are seeking a Senior Embedded Software Architect to lead architecture of our next-generation IoT platform, and promote thought leadership supporting our next phase of growth in applications for data centers, industrial automation, and battery energy storage.

WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION:

• Architectural Design: Own the architectural design process and executional plans, considering scalability, performance, reliability, security, cost and maintainability requirements for a segment-wide IoT platform. Work closely with peers to define new platforms and leverage existing technology where possible to ensure compatibility with product portfolios and future needs. Collaborate with team members, including product managers, engineers, and designers, to cascade architectural goals, requirements, and user needs.

• Leadership and Collaboration: Drive the decision-making process by conducting architectural reviews, providing technical mentorship, and presenting recommendations to the development team and management. Promote a clear vision, staying up to date with industry advancements and advancing innovation within the organization.

• Technology Evaluation and Integration: Identify and evaluate new technologies and industry trends, and incorporate them into the platform architecture. Work across the organization to ensure alignment and integration with complimentary systems and technologies.

• Mentorship and Guidance: Mentor and coach engineers on standard processes, design patterns, and software development methodologies critical to the team's growth and success. Identify future risks, act as the technical point of escalation when development efforts are no longer on-track for delivery, and lead mitigation efforts.

YOU HAVE:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

• Ideally 10+ years experience in embedded software development, with a focus on architecting sophisticated systems and platforms.

• Proven track record of designing and implementing firmware architectures for embedded systems

• Strong expertise in embedded programming languages, familiarity with real-time operating systems (RTOS) and deep understanding of communication protocols commonly used in IoT platforms, such as SNMP, MQTT, and HTTP.

• Strong experience with security principles and practices, including secure boot, authentication, encryption, and secure firmware updates.

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence and encourage technical teams and technically represent the product platform with multi-functional partner teams or leadership.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.

• Availability to work in overlapping time zones with the distributed team.

• Ability to travel on a regular basis including internationally on occasion.

WE HAVE:

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day

  • nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.

  • Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com.

• Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work

  • We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide

  • Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money

• Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being:

  • Innovative & adaptable

  • Dedicated to absolute integrity

  • Focused on the customer first

  • Respectful and team oriented

  • Optimistic and energizing

  • Accountable for performance

• Benefits to support the lives of our employees

Benefit Overview

At nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being.  We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for full-time employees that includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.

• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.

• Other supplemental benefits such as tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and legal & identity theft protection.

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.