Senior Embedded Software Engineer, Dandelion Energy
Office located in Somerville, MA
Geothermal installation provider
Open for applications
Geothermal installation provider
101-200 employees
Open for applications
Office located in Somerville, MA
101-200 employees
Company mission
To enable the widespread adoption of home geothermal systems.
Role
Who you are
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience with evidence of exceptional ability
- 5+ years of experience in embedded development in at least one of the following: HVAC, refrigeration, industrial or residential electromechanical equipment, real-time controls, alarms, or system software
- Fundamental knowledge of operating systems concepts, low-level firmware, and Controls software / algorithm development
- Proficiency in C, C++, and Python
- Experience using GIT, including submodules, branching, and release management
- A track record of writing clean, readable, testable, high-quality code
What the job involves
- The Senior Embedded Software Engineer will be responsible for delivering high quality embedded code and collaborating with electrical engineers to aid in the design of our system control boards which are at the heart of Dandelion’s next generation heat pumps
- Ideally, this person has heat pump or refrigeration controls experience and can define controls logic
- They will have responsibilities spanning all aspects of the product design from working with the team to craft control board specifications and selecting the sensors embedded in the heat pump to writing the firmware to run on the board to managing device connectivity
- The Embedded Firmware Engineer will be responsible for making changes and enhancements to the monitoring and controls on Dandelion’s heat pumps, and investigating and implementing new technologies for Dandelion’s next generation heat pump products
- Define the controls logic and alarms for Dandelion’s heat pump
- Deliver high-quality code in a real-time embedded environment
- Specify, design, and implement functionality and behaviors of embedded sensors
- Design the software architecture and firmware implementation on hardware through integration, test and manufacturing
- Make performance and optimization trade-offs to meet product requirements
- Bring-up hardware, debug systems, optimize code
- Able to collaborate and communicate complex technical concepts to a multidisciplinary audience
- Embodies our values of working collaboratively, showing no ego, and getting things done
Our take
Dandelion Energy aims to make geothermal heat pumps mainstream. In doing so, it offers homeowners affordable heating and cooling systems as an attractive alternative to furnace systems that rely on gas, oil and propane. It promises to cut bills in half whilst being climate conscious.
One issue taken is that whilst it offers this solution to cut the costs of bills, installation costs remain high. However there's no denying the environmental impacts heat pump usage could have. Replacing dated equipment with Dandelion's geothermal heating and cooling system could reduce a home’s CO₂ emissions by up to 75%.
Dandelion has impressive backers, unsurprising as a product incubated at Google’s Alphabet ‘X’. It has received a significant amount of funding led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the clean energy investment fund started by Bill Gates, which includes money from Jeff Bezos and Michael Bloomberg. This funding will contribute towards expanding Dandelion’s reach, getting closer to its goal of ensuring widespread adoption of geothermal heat pump technology.
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Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Sep 2024
$40m
SERIES C
Nov 2022
$70m
SERIES B
Total funding: $174.5m
Company benefits
- Medical (PPO's, POS's and HMO's), dental and vision insurance options
- Life insurance, AD&D and group disability insurance, and a Flexible Spending Account
- 401K with competitive catch-up provision
- Commuter benefits and reimbursement
- Paid parental leave
- Regular company holidays, paid vacation days and paid sick days
Company values
- Put customers first
- Be obsessed with safety
- Bring curiosity
- Make yourself, your team, the company better every day
- Build mission pride
Company HQ
Cortlandt, Peekskill, NY
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Leadership
Kathy Hannun
(President)Served as CEO until January 2020. Previously spent 7 years at Google[x] as the Product Manager. Was the Chair of the Investor Subcommittee for The California Sustainable Energy Entrepreneur Development Initiative CalSEED.
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