
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

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Primary skills:
At least 3+ years of working experience on embedded firmware development
- Experience in multithreaded programming, network programming (wired and wireless protocols), real-time programming, cross-platform and cross-language development
- Hands-on experience on driver development for various sensors
- Working knowledge of communication protocols like UART, I2C, SPI, USB, Ethernet, etc
- Product development experience with range of microcontroller/microprocessor architectures, adoption of bare-metal, RTOS and Linux operating systems on new platforms
-Hands-on experience on software development in Bluetooth domain is added advantage
- Experience with hardware lab equipment such as digital scope, logic analyser and JTAG
- Understanding of embedded development constraints and system performance
- Experience with programming in C/C++ and Embedded C
- Design and implement software of embedded devices and systems from requirements to production and commercial deployment
- Design, develop, code, test and debug system software
- Review code and design
- Analyze and enhance efficiency, stability and scalability of system resources
- Integrate and validate new product designs
- Support software QA and optimize I/O performance

• Experience in system design and building IoT systems in resource and power constrained environments
• Proficient in C language on embedded platforms and familiarity with hardware design of embedded system is a plus
• Development on Linux Platform/RTOS with an emphasis on embedded device driver development, multi-threading, and firmware debugging
• Experience with mesh network or sensor network and communication
• Good understanding of multiple IoT platform components is essential
• Solid working knowledge using IoT hardware platforms, communication boards, and gateways
• Hands-on in internet protocols and software development using protocols including LoRA, Wi-Fi, BLE, ZigBee, NB-IoT, M2M,6LoWPAN, Ethernet etc.
• Expert hands-on proficiency in developing applications using one or more technology stacks
• Strong hands-on understanding of scalability, security, high availability, and operational requirements
• Sound and proven decision-making skills to influence the technology choice and implementation methodologies
• Hands-on in object-oriented programming principles, design patterns, and software architecture
• Good with rapid problem solving, a strong technical background, and passion for continuous improvement
• Must have had hands on experience with Connected smart products having Product and Application software, data and Cloud
• Must have intimate knowledge of tools and processes used for Product(firmware) and/or Application software and/or Device hardware and/or Cloud
• Must be intimately familiar with Agile and Scrum, in the creation of dashboards for Sprints. An expectation would be to implement Scrum within the organization
• Must have strong familiarity with SMAC(social media, mobile, analytics and cloud) trends and application to saleable product categories
• Must have worked closely with Mechanical/Electrical/Electronics engineering teams in the development of smart/connected products.
QUALIFICATIONS: B.E./ B.Tech. (Electronics/ Electrical/ Mechatronics/ Mechanical)
EMPLOYMENT: Permanent / Full Time
LOCATION: Ahmedabad
EXPERIENCE: 1 to 3 years within automotive industry / software development.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop, Debug simulink/stateflow models according to functional, technical requirements, MAAB guidelines.
- Derive software requirements from system level requirements and establish bi-directional traceability within the models and generated code.
- Generate Code from developed models, generate test vectors, automate tests and document code reviews, test results.
- Automate the data exchange flow between MATLAB models, excel sheets, code testing using m-scripts.
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Experience in model based development and testing using Mathwork Tools such as MATLAB/Simulink, Stateflow, autocode generation tools Embedded coder or TargetLink.
- Good understanding of the Automotive software development cycle and tool chains
- Should possess a good understanding of C coding, m-scripting, with good debugging and software testing skills.
- Experience in developing MATLAB/ Simulink models from scratch for automotive applications.
- Should have experience in requirements management, and be able to write test cases from them.
- Experience in MBD testing such as MIL/ SIL/PIL.
- Good communication skills in English and Hindi Language.
- Experience in MATLAB verification and validation toolbox like Simulink Design Verifier, Simulink Test, Simulink Coverage is advantageous.
- Basic understanding of Control System Design and Electric Vehicles is a plus.
- 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?:
Position Title: Embedded Software Developer (Linux Driver Development)
Experience: 4 - 10 Years
Mode of Hire: Permanent, Deployed at Client Location.
Work Location: Hyderabad
Notice Period: Max. 20 - 30 Days (Early Joiners will be preferable).
What we are looking for?
Must Have:
- Should have strong proficiency in C, C++ and Embedded Systems (embedded C)
- Should have 4+ years of experience in Linux Driver Development, Application development
- Excellent debugging skills at kernel and user space and exposure to different debugging tools
- High level understanding of ARM & RISC (Instructions) OR MB Processor and Assembly Programming
Good to Have:
- Any Driver development exposure in Multimedia, Exposure to any one of the Linux Kernel Framework (Display, Camera Drivers, HDMI, GPU, MIPI, DRM framework, V4L2, etc.)


MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, Roles and responsibilties:
- BS/MS in Computer Engineering or related technology field
- 10+ Years of Experience in Software Development
- Experience in writing code for embedded systems, Proficient in C/C++ coding and intel DPDK
- Understanding of network interface drivers
- Experience with VMware, AWS, MSAzure, Google Cloud Platform.
- Knowledge of micro services and containerization
- Experience in building Networking Security Products
- Knowledge of Networking, TCP/IP Protocol Suite
- Design, code embedded features/solutions for the ShieldX Product
- Design write, extend and troubleshoot datapath code for switching, routing, NAT, TCP and TLS
- Work closely with other development , Product and Test Teams
- BS/MS in Computer Engineering or related technology field
- Excellent communication and Team player skills
- Should be a self-starter and be able to adopt to dynamic fast-paced environment.
- Able to work 40 hours a week




