Software Engineer

Who Are We?     

The Toro Company is a homegrown, Minnesota-based company that has been in business since 1914. We pride ourselves on providing world class equipment to help maintain the environment that we love, while putting an emphasis on giving back to the communities that surround us. From residential lawns and gardens, to venues such as St. Andrews Links and Target Field, we are a company with a global footprint and a passion for helping people beautify whatever landscape they may be in. With 100 years of operation under our belt and an average employee tenure of 15 years, come find out what makes The Toro Company the best place in the Twin Cities to build a career. 

The Embedded Software Engineer will design and develop software controllers, displays, motor controllers, and traction control systems for Commercial grade lawn care and light construction vehicles.

You will work together with a team of embedded software engineers and a multi-disciplinary team in the development of these vehicles.  You will work together to develop requirements, design, and functionally safe software while supporting multiple release milestones. 

What Will You Do?  

In order to grow and build a successful career with The Toro Company, you will be responsible for:  

• Collect and analyze technical information from a variety of sources, including:

  • conversations with engineers, product managers, suppliers, etc.

  • technical documents

  • operation of equipment

  • your own tests & experiments

• Develop, debug, validate, and/or improve embedded software, desktop, and mobile applications, using firmware design techniques

• Develop design concepts for machine network architecture and communications

• Develop and de-bug prototypes to demonstrate compliance with specifications

• Define measurement techniques, tuning procedures, and special software to be used in conjunction with production test fixtures

• Develop and architect designs to comply with relevant safety and compliance standards

• Prepare compliance and production documentation

• Provide solutions to complex and challenging issues while balancing workload among multiple projects and priorities

• Meets or exceed typical expectations for creativity, productivity, quality, and safety

What Do You Need?  

To be considered for this role, an individual should meet the following minimal requirements:  

Engineer IV:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering from an accredited engineering program or closely related engineering field

• 7+ years of experience minimum developing embedded software for electrical, electronic, telematics, or controls systems 

Engineer III:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering from an accredited engineering program or closely related engineering field

• 4+ years of experience minimum developing embedded software for electrical, electronic, telematics, or controls systems 

Technology & Capabilities:

• Experience on the development of embedded firmware for 8/16/32-bit microcontrollers in C/C++

• Experience with common communications schemes such as SPI, I2C, RS232, and CAN.

• Strong understanding of relationship between electronic hardware and software including the ability to design systems that can integrate both efficiently

• Experience with development of firmware for telematics devices (i.e., cellular-enabled edge device) that includes formatting for various wireless data transmission protocols (e.g., Protobuf, JSON, etc.) is a plus

• Experience implementing the best practices required for developing and deploying firmware over the air (FOTA) to embedded devices, including tasks like updating telematics devices in the field.

• Experience with real-time operating systems (RTOS) is a plus

• Good oral and written communication skills

• Works well in a team environment

• Results-driven and action-oriented; positive and energetic

• High degree of personal and professional integrity