Technical Project Manager

We are seeking a high-caliber Firmware Lead to join our Engineering team at Gradera. In this role, you will be the technical anchor for the firmware squad, responsible for translating high-level architectural visions into robust, executable low-level designs (LLD). You will lead the design and development of firmware solutions on NXP-based hardware platforms, ensuring seamless real-time data acquisition and integration with cloud-based Machine Learning (ML) platforms. We are looking for a seasoned expert who can work independently without any supervision, taking full ownership of the firmware lifecycle from hardware abstraction to cloud-edge synchronization.

Our Core Tech Stack

Embedded & OS

• NXP SoCs/MCUs: i.MX, LPC, and Kinetis series.
• Yocto Project: Custom layers, recipes, BitBake, and kernel configuration for Linux.
• RTOS Platforms: Deterministic performance, task scheduling, and interrupt handling.

Development & Integration

• Languages: Mandatory proficiency in C/C++ and C# (.NET on embedded targets/IoT).
• Communication: MQTT, WebSockets, CAN, UART, SPI, and I2C.
• Cloud & ML: Azure IoT Hub, AWS IoT Core, and data streaming via Kafka or Kinesis.

Infrastructure & Security

• Security: Secure boot, encryption, and device authentication.
• DevOps: Containerization (Docker) and CI/CD for firmware.

Key Responsibilities

• Architectural Ownership: Convert high-level blueprints into detailed technical designs for NXP-based systems, ensuring optimal performance across hardware and software layers.
• Autonomous Execution: Lead the end-to-end development of firmware modules, making critical technical decisions and resolving complex blockers without supervision.
• ML Pipeline Leadership: Collaborate with Data Engineering and ML teams to architect streaming and batch ingestion pipelines, ensuring data is correctly structured for ML training.
• Cloud-Edge Synchronization: Design secure and reliable transmission protocols for device-to-cloud communication, focusing on edge-to-cloud integration.
• Standards Enforcement: Act as the guardian of engineering excellence, implementing security best practices (secure boot, TLS) and ensuring high code quality.
• Technical Mentoring: Act as a technical beacon for the squad, conducting rigorous code reviews and mentoring senior engineers in Yocto Linux and RTOS concepts.
• Strategic Troubleshooting: Lead the debugging of critical firmware issues across hardware and software layers, including OTA update implementations.

Preferred Qualifications

• 8 to 10 years of professional experience in embedded firmware development.
• Proven ability to work independently and lead technical squads in a fast-paced environment.
• Expert-level mastery of the Yocto Project and RTOS constraints.
• Deep proficiency in C/C++ and C# for embedded systems.
• Demonstrated track record of delivering low-level designs for edge-to-cloud ML systems.

Highly Desirable

• Industry Experience: Exposure to industrial domains such as Manufacturing, Logistics, or Transportation is highly regarded.
• Experience with Edge AI / TinyML and industrial protocols (Modbus, OPC-UA).
• Knowledge of Cybersecurity standards for secure device provisioning.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Business Analyst to join our team delivering bespoke 

software solutions to our clients. In this role, you will translate business needs into clearly written 

user stories with testable acceptance criteria that act as the contract between client intent and what 

the development team builds. You will be the bridge between Clients, Developers and the Project 

Manager — and the person accountable for ensuring that what gets delivered is what the business 

actually asked for.

Experience of documenting key projects artefacts and have a good understanding of SDLC. Basic 

understanding of the Microsoft power platform tools.

Responsibilities:

• Being part of a team with a strong sense of product ownership and commitment to build 

scalable, extensible and robust software and reports.

• Delivering outcomes that are clearly defined, using discretion over how to achieve them. 

• Making suggestions for improvements to the work of the team, based on previous 

experience and knowledge of similar situations. 

• Involved in the development of complete solutions, from initiation to handover, participating 

in a cross-functional team across requirements gathering, data analysis, process mapping, 

user-story authoring, and user acceptance testing. 

• Writing clear, testable acceptance criteria for every user story - using Given/When/Then or 

equivalent structured formats - and owning them as the definition of 'done' that the 

development team builds against and the client signs off on.

• Building and maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders/clients

Requirements:

• Proven experience in a business analyst or product analyst role delivering bespoke software 

solutions

• Demonstrable track record of writing high-quality acceptance criteria - specific, testable, and 

traceable back to business intent - using Given/When/Then or equivalent. Able to show 

examples of stories where their criteria caught gaps before development started.

• Experience of quickly building trusted stakeholder relationships at all levels of the business

• Experience of working with both waterfall, agile and hybrid methodologies

• Experience of technical writing and presentation skills using tools such as: PowerPoint, Word, 

Visio

• Strong understanding and applied knowledge of User Experience and Customer Journey 

concepts.

• Confident working with ambiguity

• Ability to work independently and be self-motivated.

• Experience in conceptual modelling; ability to see the big picture and envision possible 

solutions.

• Outstanding verbal and non-verbal communication skills

• Ability to facilitate a team to consensus on scope and requirement decisions.

• Strong grasp of definition-of-done and requirements traceability - able to demonstrate how 

each delivered feature maps back to a documented business need and its acceptance 

criteria.

• Collaborate with cross-functional systems teams to document systems requirements and 

understand their impact on other teams.

• Work with development teams to translate business operational and functional 

requirements.

• Produce comprehensive documentation for systems and processes, using Business Process 

Modelling techniques

• Experience in UML Modelling (Use Case Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, 

Class Diagrams etc.)

Other:

• Bachelor’s degree: A degree in Business studies, Information Systems or a related field is 

preferred but not essential

• Exposure to Backlog user requirement management, tools such as Jira, Azure devOps, would 

be beneficial

• Business Acumen: Ability to understand and translate business requirements into data driven solutions. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail.

• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to effectively 

communicate complex data concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Team Player: Capable of working collaboratively in a team environment. Willingness to share 

knowledge and assist colleagues.

• Time Management: Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects 

simultaneously. Proven ability to meet deadlines and deliver high-quality work.

Join our dynamic team and help drive data-centric decision-making across the organisation.

• Perform analysis, design and implementation of assigned projects using sound engineering principles and adhering to business standards, practices, processes, and product / program requirements
• Engage with global teams to effectively translate customer requirements to software requirements and identify potential solutions that are optimized to operate with in constraints of the product
• Troubleshoot variety of complex software problems
• Provide timely status updates and proactive communications on issues to the stakeholders.
• Able to interface with internal and external stake holders regarding software issues.
• Contribute as part of teams put together to meet overall organization initiatives/objectives
• Have the ability and willingness to acquire in-depth understanding of domain and existing products (beyond software) and apply that knowledge to develop new products and to deliver enhancements/ fixes for customer requirements.

• Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science/Information Science/Electronics/Electrical/Instrumentation with appropriate experience in required skills
• C#, WinForms/Wpf
• Source control tools such as ClearCase, Git
• Methodical problem-solving skills and troubleshooting skills
• Good to Have:
• REST/SOAP, Web services, ClickOnce,
• Developing custom controls,
• Image rendering
• hands-on experience using various data structures and multi-threaded programming

• At least 3 years of C++ programming experience in a Linux environment.
• Strong understanding of computer systems e.g. operating systems, networks, performance optimization, etc
• Experience in Object-Oriented design and multi threaded programming
• Experience in creating/supporting cross-platform multi threaded applications
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Ideally some experience in developing low latency systems
• Experience with trading or execution systems preferred
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or related field
• Reliable and predictable availability
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  Ideally in Mumbai Metro Area but open to anywhere for the right candidate.

Job Description:

• The Position will gather user requirements, create and maintain procedures, and assist in the configuration/customization of the system.This position requires flexibility with changing priorities.
• Generates new code and corrects, convert’s, and/or modifies existing code to meet specifications.
• Prepares detailed specifications from which code will be written.
• Writes and update’s Technical Documentation such as users' manuals, product specification’s, and Training Materials.
• Performs a variety of Testing Procedures on assigned products, analyzes test results, and correct the problems.
• Good Knowledge in Asp.Net , C# Windows application , MVC/Web API & SQL Experienced in integrating clinical Diagnostic Processes into LIS processes through software development Life-cycle test, and verification and validation. Development of instrument interfaces from LIS to Clinical Laboratory Instruments, and data interfaces with external Stakeholders. Knowledge and Experience in LIS life cycle form Implementing requirements and Design through Configuration and Development