Senior Engineer II - Embedded Firmware
Hubbell Incorporated1 day ago
Chennai, IndiaSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, integrate, test, debug, and maintain embedded firmware for Protection & Control products.
- Perform board bring-up, firmware integration, hardware-software validation, and system-level troubleshooting.
- Implement device drivers, middleware, communication stacks, and application-level firmware components.
- Develop communication interfaces using protocols such as I2C, SPI, UART, Ethernet, Modbus, DNP3, and IEC 61850.
- Optimize firmware for performance, memory utilization, power consumption, reliability, and system quality.
- Develop unit tests, integration tests, and system validation activities, including static analysis and code reviews.
- Perform root-cause analysis for field and manufacturing issues and implement corrective actions.
- Participate in firmware architecture reviews, technical feasibility assessments, release management, version control, and configuration management.
- Create and maintain design specifications, test reports, user documentation, and release notes.
- Support manufacturing, customer support, and field service teams with firmware-related troubleshooting.
- Mentor junior engineers, provide technical guidance, and take ownership of assigned projects and deliverables.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Embedded Systems, or a related field.
- Three to five years of industry experience in embedded firmware design, development, testing, debugging, and validation.
- Hands-on experience with 8-, 16-, or 32-bit microcontroller firmware, board bring-up, and troubleshooting.
- Strong Embedded C programming skills; C++ knowledge is an advantage.
- Experience with embedded development environments and toolchains such as STM32CubeIDE, CodeWarrior, Keil MDK, IAR Embedded Workbench, MPLAB X, VS Code, or Code Composer Studio.
- Experience with JTAG, SWD, GDB, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and embedded debugging utilities.
- Experience with ARM Cortex-M/A architectures and ARM-based SoCs.
- Understanding of I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, RS-485, Ethernet, Modbus, and TCP/IP protocols.
- Experience with PWM, DMA, EEPROM/Flash memory, ADC, DAC, timers, RTC, and GPIO.
- Understanding of RTOS concepts including tasks, scheduling, synchronization, queues, and memory management, with FreeRTOS, ThreadX, Zephyr, or equivalent.
- Ability to read and interpret hardware schematics, datasheets, and technical specifications.
- Experience with firmware integration, system validation, and debugging across the product development lifecycle.
- Familiarity with Git and collaborative development workflows.
- Knowledge of code reviews, static analysis, coding standards, MISRA-C, and unit testing.
- Experience optimizing firmware performance, memory utilization, power consumption, and system reliability.
- Exposure to Embedded Linux development, device drivers, and Linux-based debugging tools is an advantage.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, collaboration, independence, and ownership skills.
About Hubbell Incorporated
Hubbell Incorporated designs and manufactures electrical and utility products for power utilities, industrial facilities, commercial buildings, and residential construction. Its portfolio spans grid and power transmission hardware, connectors, enclosures, wiring devices, and LED lighting, sold through distributors and direct to utilities and OEMs. Founded in 1888 by Harvey Hubbell and headquartered in Shelton, Connecticut, the company is publicly traded on the NYSE (HUBB).