Hayward Holdings Inc. (NYSE HAYW ) is the largest manufacturer of residential swimming pool equipment in the world, with a significant presence in the commercial pool market that is continuously growing. Hayward designs, manufactures, and markets a full line of residential and commercial pool and spa equipment including pumps, filters, heating, cleaners, salt chlorinators, automation, lighting, safety, flow control and energy solutions at our company owned facilities. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Hayward also has facilities in Tennessee, Arizona, and Rhode Island as well as Canada, Spain, France, Australia, and China.
Responsibilities:
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship
Serve as the technical lead and architect for critical firmware and embedded software
subsystems
Design and develop complex embedded firmware systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability
Drive firmware architecture decisions, including task scheduling, communication frameworks, hardware abstraction layers, and fault management strategies
Participate in hands-on firmware development including low-level hardware integration, debugging, and performance optimization
Lead system bring-up and hardware/software integration for new embedded platforms
Coordinate firmware activities across cross-functional teams including hardware engineering, reliability engineering, product testing, compliance, and manufacturing
Work with Engineering Services to ensure products meet reliability, regulatory, and compliance requirements
Collaborate with manufacturing engineering and external suppliers to ensure successful production deployment
Communicate development progress, technical risks, and mitigation plans through concise status reporting
Qualifications:
BS or MS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
10+ years of embedded firmware development experience in a product development environment
3+ years leading firmware architecture or technical development efforts across teams
Expert-level development in C/C++ for embedded systems
Experience developing firmware on ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers or similar embedded platforms
Strong understanding of real-time embedded systems and RTOS concepts
Experience implementing and debugging embedded communication protocols, including UART, SPI, I2C, CAN and RS-485
Experience with hardware bring-up, board-level debugging, and hardware/software integration
Proficiency using embedded debugging tools such as JTAG/SWD debuggers, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers
Experience designing robust embedded systems, including fault detection and recovery, watchdog strategies, logging and diagnostics, firmware update mechanisms and bootloaders
Experience with configuration management systems (Git or equivalent) and engineering change control processes
Knowledge of safety standards, EMC requirements, and regulatory compliance for embedded products
Experience working with manufacturing engineering and production teams to transition products to high-volume manufacturing Preferred Qualifications:
Experience developing firmware for connected or IoT-enabled products
Familiarity with wireless protocols such as BLE or Wi-Fi
Experience with static analysis tools and coding standards
Experience with automated testing and firmware CI/CD pipelines
Experience designing firmware platforms used across multiple product lines At Hayward, we are committed to quality, innovation, and sustainability—delivering solutions that inspire happiness and well-being. If you’re passionate about solving complex problems and driving product excellence, we invite you to join our team! #LI-LS1