Senior Specialist- Firmware

Position: Engineer- Embedded Software
Business Title: Sr Specialist- Firmware

Position Requirements

The right person for this position should have 6-9 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:
1. Exposure to Microcontroller/Microprocessor Architecture /Family e.g. ARM Cortex, Microchip, Xtensa ESP32, TI CC32XX, STM32
2. Knowledge of Bare metal and any RTOS (FreeRTOS, uC OS, EmbOSs, VxWorks, QNX)
3. Knowledge of Microcontroller peripherals and low level drivers e.g. ADC, DAC, I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, RS485, DMA, Ethernet, Display
4. Knowledge of networking concepts like OSI layers, embedded TCP/IP stacks and common IP protocols
5. Knowledge of RF protocols WIFI, Bluetooth/BLE, IoT Cellular
6. Knowledge of IoT communication protocols MQTT, COAP, AMQP
7. Knowledge of Build toolchains and framework such as IAR, GCC, Keil, Mplab
8. DFMA and DFMEA, Design release process
9. Coding standards, guidelines and compliance tools
10. Version control and repositories using git tools
11. Software quality assurance and automated testing tools

Experience / Skills:
1. Embedded software design cycle
2. Documenting Software Design (flow charts, state diagram, logic design, analysis, implementation, debugging and testing etc)
3. Good hands on programming in Embedded C, C++.
4. Programming in scripting languages such as batch, shell, python is a plus.
5. Experience with AWS/Google cloud for device connectivity. Exposure to IoT cloud services. e.g. AWS IoT
6. Software and Hardware integration testing and troubleshooting
7. Protocol debugging using protocol analyzer
8. Understanding of Schematic/ Hardware design around microcontrollers like ST, TI, Atmel, Microchip, ARM core

Key Interfaces
1. Global Project team members
2. GEC Engineering Team
3. Local Marketing team
4. Project Engineer / leader from BU’s across Pentair.
5. 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:
1. Team player
2. Good communication and presentation skills
3. Ability to multitask
4. Design Thinking
5. Have passion for Design & Technology
6. Should have a “can do” attitude
7. Excellent interpersonal skills