
Senior Firmware Engineer
at Deep-tech company working on transformative motor technology
Do you wish to work for a Deep-tech Indian company developing path-breaking products which are set to disrupt every possible industry and domain?
Our client is building a scalable, cloud-controlled, and rare-earth free platform for designing, building, and deploying electric motors for various applications. It aims towards building transformative technology that will make the motors of the future simpler, smarter, more efficient, and easy-to-build in the long run.
The founders are veteran serial entrepreneurs, product experts, and motor technologists with more than eight decades of experience developing cutting-edge products and technologies. The company is bringing transformative motor technology to the forefront of commercial applications. The company aims to make deep fissures in the extant hydrocarbon and rare-earth-based energy economy to create a greener future.
What you need to join us
Are you a coding ninja, algorithmic genius, with a flair for control systems and a passion to create new path breaking technologies (with a green social impact to boot!)? Does working with a bleeding edge research oriented tech startup excite you? If so, please read on and apply.
Responsibilities
- Take ownership of firmware development for motor controllers
- Identify and develop real-time algorithms for controlling cutting-edge Motors and Generators
- Implement motor control algorithms in microcontrollers
- Debug and diagnose the firmware on the controller hardware
- Develop drivers and HAL firmware as needed for various peripherals
Skills and Experience
- Experience in embedded Firmware development
- In-depth knowledge of C programming knowledge
- Extensive engineering experiences in software development with proven track record of at least one product from concept to production
- Hands on experience with development and debugging of embedded systems
- Experience in working with real-time embedded systems and power electronics
- Experience in working with Microcontroller peripherals such as ADC, Timers, Comparators, Input-capture, PWM etc.
- Experience with microcontrollers from TI, NXP, STM32, PIC, Atmel (ARM based microcontroller experience is preferred)
- Ability to translate mathematical concepts to executable code in resource-constrained microcontroller environments
- Exposure to debugging using lab equipment such as Oscilloscopes, Multimeters, Logic Analyzers, signal generators etc.
- Hands-on experience in bringing up a new hardware with firmware written from scratch
- Experience with simulation software such as Matlab, Simulink etc is highly desirable
- Knowledge and experience of control systems is highly preferred
- Experience in automotive domain is preferable
Character Traits
- Proactive
- Problem solver
- Committed and motivated
- Inquisitive and eager to learn
- Clarity of thinking
- Sense of urgency
- Can-do attitude
- Team player
Education and Experience:
B.E – EE, CS, ME (or equivalent) from a reputed institution with 3 years of experience OR
ME/MS – EE, CS, ME (or equivalent) with 1-2 years of experience

Similar jobs
- Strong C/C++ programming hands on experience
- Should have work experience on firmware development with strong Linux internals.
- Very good development, design and debugging experience on embedded firmware.
- Added advantage to have experience on Systems management/Out of Band/BMC domain experience
- Good to have automation experience using Python or shell scripting
- Excellent communication and problem solving skills
- Experience on tools like JIRA, Yocto, Visual studio, etc.
Hands-on experience in Autosar methodologies and workflows.
• Sound understanding of embedded SW development using C on 32/64 bit microcontrollers.
• Experience in at least one of microcontroller architectures: Renesas RH family, Tricore or PowerPC architecture.
• Automotive Product Development Process knowledge (ASpice, ISO26262)
• Experience in one or more of Autosar BSW Modules stacks.
• Autosar based SWcs development in any domain of cluster, ADAS and IVI system.
• Com stack (FlexRay, CAN, LIN, Ethernet) / Memory Stack/ Diagnostic stack/ OS, Wdg, other services.
• Working knowledge on AUTOSAR ECU software architecture
• Understand the various features provided by AUTOSAR BSW modules and configure BSW modules in Davinci Configurator or similar tools
• Understand the AUTOSAR application (SW-C) configuration and the interaction of AUTOSAR applications (SW-C) with the underlying BSW modules
• Understand the functionality of RTE, mapping of application entities with BSW module parameters, OS scheduling concepts, ECU and BSW module state changes
• Understand the AUTOSAR methodology (ECU extract contents, import of ECU extract into configuration tool)
Understand the flow of the AUTOSAR software from application till the underlying driver.
2) Experience in protocols like UDS and CAN.
3) Experience in AUTOSAR(COM, DCM and MCAL).
4) Experience in CANoe and CAN analyzer tools.
5) Experience in Compiler and Debugging.
6) Experience in using Configuration Management.
7) Knowledge and experience in Rational Rhapsody would be advantageous.
Additional Skills:
1) Good analytical & communication skills.
2) Willingness to take up responsibility & ownership.
3) Self-learning & Self-motivated with a good learning curve.
4) Adaptive & Flexible to challenging situations.
Job Description
Embedded Software/Firmware Design and Development on OS/Non-OS based platform
Necessary system architecture development and implementation
Device, sensor and gateway selection and integration based on industry use case.
Development on Image Analytics and Cloud/Platform integration
Development or integration of Cloud/Platform communication protocol
Technical Documentation and Testing of the developed system
Desired Skills, Knowledge& Experience
B. Tech/M. Tech/MCA with 8-10 years of industry experience
Strong programming skills in C/C++ and Python development in Linux
Experience in device or sensor communication interfaces (wired/wireless, short range/long range).
Experience of microcontroller and microprocessor.
Knowledge of IoT gateway firmware development, container, and OS hardening.
Experience in device communication protocol, Edge computing and processing
Competent in application development for Image processing, transmission, and storage
Good understanding and of programming primitives, data structures, multi-threading and memory management techniques
Strong command over complex sensor and hardware control logic to work seamlessly with edge devices or gateway
Proactive and Self motivated
Strong verbal and written communication skill
Experience in programming Embedded C applications.
• Strong development experience in embedded C and RTOS
• Strong debugging skills
• Embedded development tools and methodologies
• Version Control Systems – Clear Case / RTC /GIT
Should have detailed knowledge on microcontrollers / microprocessors
Should have detailed knowledge on Battery Electric Vehicle Powertrain (BEV), Fuel Cell and H2-Motor
Should have detailed knowledge in powertrain function development for BEV, Fuel Cell and H2-Motor
Strong development experience in MATLAB for powertrain function development
Strong development experience in CAN / LIN /Flexray / UDS / KWP, SPI communication protocols
Knowledge in tools like CANalyser / CANoe, CANDiva, CANstress, CANDELA studio, Lauterbach
Experience in scripting languages like Shell / Perl / CAPL / Make etc.,
Experience in using tools like Logiscope / Function Generator / Oscilloscope, etc
Experience in configuration management & defect tracking tools
Automotive domain and powertrain systems knowledge a plus
Ability to work as part of a dedicated project team and independently
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Must be a self-starter.
- Looking for engineers with one of the below requirements:
- 3+ years of embedded development experience in a Linux environment
EDK2 experience
SCT experience
knowledge of TPMs
oWith Option2:
worked on bootloaders or uboot
- Total Experience:
- Rel Experience in Embedded development:
- Rel Experience in Linux:
- Rel Experience in C:
- CCTC:
- ECTC:
- NP:
- Company:
- Current Location:
- Reason for Job change:
- Offer:
- Open for a contract position?:
- Work directly with the other Software/Firmware Engineers and Electrical/RF/Systems Test Engineers to write needed software
- Design and implement software platform for firmware on embedded CPUs with multiple OS such as Windows, Linux, FreeRTOS, TI-RTOS and embedded Linux
- Use compliers, debuggers revision control and automated build systems.
- Design/develop components of software platform for use by other developers to extend its capabilities and build custom applications/behavior on top
- Develop build methodologies, debugging tools/utilities
- Develop and release Software using Agile methodology
- Write unit tests and support continuous integration and automated test methodology
- Brainstorm for new ideas and ways to improvement product and processes
- Consult with peers for feedback during debug/testing stages
- Document and maintain design processes






