Senior Firmware Engineer

Senior Firmware Engineer

About Us

Daanaa is a Vancouver-based fabless power electronics and semiconductor company on a mission to build a simpler, efficient future in energy generation, storage, distribution, consumption, and management, for generations ahead. The company is in the early commercialization stages of deep tech power conversion and control technologies, offering innovative solutions to OEMs in multiple industries, including solar energy, electric vehicles, and data centers.

Daanaa's value is derived from its transformative Power Transaction Unit (PTU) that consolidates power electronic functions—from bi-directional conversion and amplification to management, transfer, diagnostics, and control—onto a single, high-power-density, high-efficiency, low-profile, scalable, reliable, and safe module. At Daanaa, we are building a world of Energy Untethered™

We are growing here at Daanaa and we’re looking to add a Senior Firmware Engineer to join our team to lead real-time control architecture and embedded firmware development for advanced power electronics systems. This role is responsible for control-loop design, hardware optimization, system bring-up, and establishing best-in-class firmware development practices.

What you’ll be doing:

Power Control Architecture:

Lead the design and implementation of real-time control loops (PID, resonant, state-space, etc.) for power converters and inverter topologies. Optimize PWM strategies and sensing architectures to ensure stable operation across all load conditions.

System Modeling & Simulation:

Develop and validate control algorithms using MATLAB/Simulink or PLECS prior to deployment. Translate theoretical models into efficient, production-grade C/C++ or HDL implementations.

Hardware Optimization & Bring-Up:

Own firmware-hardware integration, optimizing interactions with MCU peripherals, ADCs, PWMs, sensors, and actuators. Drive system bring-up, debugging, and performance tuning using electronic lab equipment.

Protection & Compliance Systems:

Design ultra-fast interrupt-driven protection mechanisms for over-voltage, over-current, and thermal events. Ensure firmware compliance with relevant industry standards and safety regulations.

Design Methodology & Quality Standards:

Establish coding standards, conduct deep technical code reviews, and implement best-in-class firmware development, validation, and deployment practices.

Mentorship & Technical Leadership:

Mentor junior engineers, lead complex debugging efforts, and set the technical bar for firmware excellence across the team.

You should apply if…

You have 6–9 years of experience designing, validating, and productizing firmware for power electronics systems, battery management systems, or inverter platforms

You have deep knowledge of switching topologies (Buck, Boost, LLC, PSFB) and inverter modulation techniques

You are an expert in discrete-time control theory, compensator design, and frequency-response analysis within embedded systems

You have expert-level proficiency in C/C++ (and assembly where needed) for real-time embedded applications

You have strong experience with MCU peripherals for power applications (high-resolution PWM, ADCs, analog subsystems)

You have experience using Verilog/VHDL to implement time-critical logic in FPGA/CPLD environments

You are highly proficient in RTOS configuration and deterministic communication stacks (CAN, Modbus, Ethernet)

You are comfortable working in high-power lab environments and debugging EMI, noise, and transient behavior using high-bandwidth instrumentation

You have practical experience designing firmware to international safety and compliance standards

You can make thoughtful technical trade-offs and clearly communicate decisions across Hardware, Product, and leadership teams

You Compensation and Benefits Package:

Daanaa’s compensation package is based on a pay-for-performance philosophy that recognizes exceptional individual and team performance. The typical salary range for this position is from $120,000 - $160,000 annually. This may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills and experience.

Our benefits include, but are not limited to:

Extended Health and Dental Benefits

Wellness and Spending Account

Professional Development Benefit

Why we’re great to work with:

We help each other succeed – we all have a part to play, and we know that our individual success influences company success. Daanaa is just as committed to your career growth as it is to achieve its own company growth. We see these as mutually inclusive.

Our work environment is filled with high-quality, driven individuals where everyone is a dedicated, engaged, and accountable decision-maker.

We love what we do and consider Daanaa a strong competitor for the all-around best start-up environment: creative, educational, challenging, and united towards the positive change that our tech can create.

We’re a diverse bunch! From our skillsets and expertise to the places that we have come from. Our expertise includes innovations in electrical and mechanical engineering disciplines, and a collection of business disciplines at varying experience levels.

Daanaa workdays begin and end by our values: curiosity, trust, hungry, accountability.

Values:

Curiosity: We are naturally curious people who believe that the answer to a question should be followed by asking "why?". Our office is often filled with enthusiastic discussions about the latest books, podcasts, or documentaries we consumed.

Hunger: We joyfully choose to be here every day because we are driven with ambition by the difference we make.

Accountability: We follow through, are precise about our aim, manage our resources wisely, bravely own our mistakes, and report honestly.

Trust: The foundation of our teamwork is trust. With trust, we communicate freely, have compassion for each other, and work and live with everyone's best interests at heart.

Daanaa is for you if:

You value professional and personal growth at all levels of an organization.

You are looking for internal advancement opportunities as a high-performing individual.

You are looking to experience working in a fast-growth start-up in Vancouver’s high-tech sector.

You desire to work alongside a team of passionate, heart-warming, and intelligent team members.

You have big goals. We aren't for the faint of heart.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $120,000.00-$160,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Casual dress

Dental care

Employee assistance program

Extended health care

Paid time off

Vision care

Application question(s):

How many years of experience do you have designing, validating, and productizing firmware for power electronics systems, battery management systems, or inverter platforms?

How many years of experience do you have using Verilog/VHDL to implement time-critical logic in FPGA/CPLD environments?

Work Location: In person