Smart lighting manufacturer with embedded firmware and IoT connectivity
WAC Group operates a multi-brand lighting and fan business (WAC, Modern Forms, Schonbek) serving residential and commercial markets with an embedded-heavy tech stack: ARM Cortex, STM32, ESP32, Bluetooth, LoRa, and DMX512 alongside web frameworks (Angular, React, Next.js). Active hiring in engineering and marketing—with 11 roles posted in the last 30 days—combined with projects spanning firmware architecture, optical system design, and automated test suites signals product-line modernization toward connected lighting systems. Pain points around SAP data accuracy and scalable QA across web/mobile/IoT suggest operational scaling challenges typical of hardware-software convergence.
WAC Group is a privately held lighting and fan manufacturer headquartered in Port Washington, New York, with 201–500 employees. The company operates three brands—WAC, Modern Forms, and Schonbek—serving architects, designers, and end users across residential and commercial segments. Manufacturing, design, and specification capabilities are backed by a technology organization focused on LED optics, embedded systems, and connected device management. The organization operates in the United States and Canada.
SAP for ERP, Zemax and SPEOS for optical design, Jira for project tracking, Angular/Next.js/React for web, iOS/Android native development, and embedded systems with ARM Cortex, STM32, ESP32, Bluetooth, LoRa, and DMX512 protocols.
Optical system design for LED products, firmware architecture for smart modules and gateways, automated test suite implementation, OTA update validation, remote site management workflows, and Figma design system development.
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