Principal Firmware Engineer

Position Requirements

The right person for this position should have 7+years of experience in IoT embedded systems. He / She should be passionate, tech savvy, academically sound, have interest in embedded devices and technologies that drive the headless domain.

Knowledge :

• Exposure to Microcontroller / Microprocessor Architecture / Family e.g. ARM Cortex, Microchip, Xtensa ESP32, TI CC32XX, Raspberry PI, iMX series
• Knowledge of any RTOS, FreeRTOS, uC OS, EmbOSs, VxWorks, QNX
• Knowledge of Microcontroller peripherals and drivers e.g. ADC, DAC, I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, RS485, DMA, Ethernet, SD / eMMC, SDIO, UFS
• Knowledge of embedded linux, device driver concepts and inter process communication
• Knowledge of networking concepts like OSI layers, embedded TCP / IP stacks and common IP protocols
• Knowledge of RF protocols WIFI, Zigbee, Bluetooth / BLE, IoT Cellular
• Knowledge of IoT communication protocols MQTT, COAP, AMQP
• Knowledge of Build toolchains and framework such as IAR, GCC, Keil, Mplab, Build root, Yocto
• 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 :

Embedded software design cycle

Documenting Software Design (flow charts, state diagram, logic design, analysis, implementation, debugging and testing etc)

Good hands-on programming in Embedded C, C++.

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

Software and Hardware integration testing and troubleshooting

Protocol debugging using protocol analyzer

Understanding of Schematic / Hardware design around microcontrollers like ST, TI, Atmel, Microchip, ARM core

Key Interfaces

Global Project team members

GEC Engineering Team

Local Marketing team

Project Engineer / leader from BU’s across Pentair.

External vendors and suppliers

Qualifications and Experience :

M.Tech / B.Tech in Computer Science / Electronics Engineering from a good Engineering College. Should have worked on IoT based embedded device projects.

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 s