Intern Engineering

Generac Power Systems • Toronto, ON

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About The Position

As an Embedded Engineer, you will be responsible for helping develop the software that powers our hardware products. These devices run on a multitude of platforms from small, battery operated microcontrollers to full-blown multicore embedded Linux systems. The embedded team is in a unique position as we own a wide breadth of the technologies that get built into our devices making each day a unique challenge. You may be working on portions of the low-level software/hardware interactions, but equally important is the development of the user applications that run on device. Everything from network protocols, to control algorithms to building enticing graphic UI’s. The embedded team is also responsible for developing the test fixtures used to validate the functionality of each device manufactured. These devices are truly products on their own and no less complex considering the hardware and software systems they must interface with. Aside from the in-house technologies, the embedded team is often also responsible for integrating third-party services. For example, we developed the device software stack that allowed us to become one of the first Apple HomeKit accessories on the market as well as more recently one of the first third parties to integrate Amazon Voice Services for Alexa functionality built right into a thermostat.

Requirements

• Computer Science, Software, Computer, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering student
• C/C++ development experience.
• Object-oriented design and coding skills with knowledge of data structures and design patterns.
• Exposure to writing code in C++ and C for complex projects
• Experience creating software architecture and design documentation

Responsibilities

• Develop objected oriented software primarily in C++
• Ability to work problems ranging the entire computer stack. All the way from low level driver support and OS upgrades to high level GUI and application development
• Opportunity to work closely with Third party vendors and integration in order to bring new experiences to our platform. Examples: Spotify, Amazon Alexa, Apple Homkit, etc…
• Contribute to the hacker spirit at ecobee by taking part in quarterly hackathons
• Working closely with your mentor.
• Working closely with developers from other teams as well as our Hardware, Product Management, Manufacturing teams and third-party tech companies on integrations.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed