Job Description for Position : Technical Specialist - Firmware
Position Requirements
The right person for this position should have
6-10 years
of experience in
Industrial Embedded systems
aligning with
Industry 4.0 . He / She should be passionate, tech savvy, academically sound, have interest in embedded devices and technologies that drive the headless domain. He / She should have
excellent communication skills
to collaborate with global teams and be able to understand Pentair product domain to manage / develop products using industry best practices. He / She should have hands-on experience designing embedded systems architecture and execute projects to monitor, control and manage embedded devices.
Role & Responsibilities Understand and explore segments product portfolio. Define design / architecture for the product firmware. Firmware development & troubleshooting. Code review and quality assurance using industry standard tools. Ensure process compliance, best practices and leveraging AI in simplifying them. Mentor project team members. Manage launched products firmware lifecycle. Manage product challenges due to external factors such as market or supply chain. Collaborate with Business Unit, Cross functional and Delivery Teams to achieve Project goals for firmware.
Knowledge : Exposure to Industrial IoT equipment like
PLC (Siemens, Allen Bradley) , Edge devices and gateways Knowledge of Industrial IOT domain protocols like
Modbus, PROFINET, OPC-UA, EtherNet / IP Exposure to Microprocessor Architecture Family e.g.
Cortex, Raspberry PI, iMX series, RISC V Knowledge of
embedded linux ,
device driver concepts
and inter process communication. Knowledge of Build toolchains and framework such as Build root, Yocto Knowledge of Microcontroller peripherals and drivers e.g.
ADC, DAC, UART, RS485 , Ethernet Understanding of different types of
analog & digital sensors
and their qualification / verification process Knowledge of Wireless protocols
WI-FI ,
Bluetooth / BLE , IoT Cellular. Knowledge of networking concepts like OSI layers, embedded TCP / IP stacks and common IP protocols. Knowledge of IoT communication protocols
MQTT , COAP, AMQP DFMA and
DFMEA , Design release process Coding standards , guidelines, and compliance tools Version control
and repositories using git tools Software quality assurance and automated
testing tools
Experience / Skills : Experience of integrating and enabling products in factory environment Maintain, support & troubleshoot products already in production Documenting
Software Design
flow charts, state diagram, logic design, analysis, implementation, debugging and testing etc) Good hands-on programming in
Embedded C, Golang Programming in scripting languages such as batch, shell, python, Nodejs is a plus. Experience with AWS / Google cloud for device connectivity. Exposure to IoT cloud services. e.g. AWS IoT is a plus. Understanding of
Schematic / Hardware design
around microcontrollers like ST, TI, Atmel, Microchip, ARM core
Key Interfaces Global Project team members GEC Engineering Team External vendors and suppliers
Qualifications and Experience :
M.Tech / B.Tech in Computer Science / Electronics Engineering from a good Engineering College.
Other Requirements : Team player Good communication and presentation skills Ability to multitask Design Thinking Have passion for Design & Technology Should have a “can do” attitude Excellent interpersonal skills
Firmware Engineer • India