Firmware Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Lead firmware architecture, design, implementation, integration, validation, and release activities.
• Own firmware lifecycle execution from requirements analysis through maintenance and customer support.
• Define coding standards, review practices, quality metrics, and technical governance for firmware delivery.
• Guide and mentor firmware engineers
• Frontend communication with customer, prepare and update the project status
• Provide technical estimates, risk assessments, and project execution plans.
• Present technical status, risks, and mitigation plans to management and customers
• Collaborate with hardware, system, quality, test, project management etc.
• Support functional safety deliverables such as software safety requirements, FMEA/FMEDA inputs, verification evidence, and audit responses.

Required Technical Skills

Embedded Firmware

Industrial Automation & Safety

• Embedded C/C++

• PLC/safety controller/product firmware exposure

• Device drivers, BSP, bootloaders

• IEC 61508, ISO 13849 exposure

• Static analysis, unit testing, code reviews

• SIL/PL concepts and safety lifecycle awareness

• MCU/MPU architecture and debugging

• Industrial protocols: EtherCAT, Ethernet/IP, PROFINET, Modbus, CAN/CANopen

• Verification and Validation Test plans