Software Engineer - Connected Battery

Northvolt has an exciting job offer for a Software Engineer in our Connected Battery team. In joining us you will play an important part from the very start in building one of the first large scale European battery factories.

As a Software Engineer at Connected Battery, you will join a small team of engineers whose mission is to leverage software, connectivity, data and machine learning to build smarter and better battery systems.

You will design, write, test and deploy the software running on the gateway computers installed in our batteries, integrated with our battery management systems.

Our software in mainly written in Go. However, previous experience with Go is not a requirement. You may have been working in C, C++, Java, Rust etc. What we do think you have, is an eye for detail and a passion for finding the simplest solution to complex problems.

Skills & Requirements

Experience/knowledge of:

• At least one statically typed programming language (like C, C++, Java, Go, Rust, etc.)
• At least one dynamically typed language (like Python, Ruby, JavaScript, etc.)
• Common algorithms and data structures
• Linux
• Networking
• HTTP
• Git
• Docker
• Submitting pull requests that are easy to review
• English (written and oral proficiency)

Interest or past experience with:

• Go
• Internet of Things
• Embedded systems
• Yocto
• Databases (like PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, MongoDB, etc.)
• SQL
• Cryptography
• API design (REST, GraphQL, Protocol Buffers, etc.)
• A cloud platform (like AWS, Google Cloud, etc.)

Specific skills/abilities:

• Passionate about finding the simplest solution to complex problems
• An eye for detail
• Ability to work well with others in a team environment, as well as independently
• Ability to work in a high profile and often high pressured international environment
• Qualities that we cherish are flexibility, sense of quality, friendliness, motivation to take on new challenges, grit and a sense of humor
• Passionate & purpose driven