Embedded Software Senior Lead Engineer
Emerson Electric Co.2 months ago
Hyderābād, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Design and develop real-time embedded software for next-generation controller products.
- Participate in all phases of software development from product definition through production release.
- Develop BSPs, device drivers, middleware, and application firmware on VxWorks and Embedded Linux.
- Perform board bring-up, firmware integration, hardware-software troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
- Implement boot architectures, startup sequences, secure boot, firmware upgrades, and system recovery processes.
- Develop and debug multithreaded and multiprocess real-time systems.
- Integrate and validate industrial communication protocol stacks in embedded firmware and control applications.
- Use debugging, trace, memory analysis, and hardware analysis tools to resolve complex system-level issues.
- Collaborate with hardware, systems, software, test, and product engineering teams.
- Support code reviews, pair programming, automated build and test activities, and firmware quality processes.
- Drive technical challenges and implementation through completion while supporting product quality.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 12–16 years of experience in embedded software or firmware development on Intel x86 and ARM-based processors or controllers.
- Strong proficiency in C and C++ for high-performance, reliable, and safety-critical embedded software.
- Experience developing BSPs, device drivers, middleware, and application firmware on VxWorks and Embedded Linux.
- Expertise in hardware board bring-up, firmware integration, performance optimization, boot architectures, startup sequences, and recovery processes.
- Experience with U-Boot, GRUB, MLO, secure boot, and firmware upgrade mechanisms.
- Experience designing real-time embedded software using multithreaded and multiprocess architectures under VxWorks or other commercial RTOS environments.
- Expertise debugging and analyzing complex real-time systems with Wind River Workbench, GDB, JTAG debuggers, trace tools, memory analyzers, and RTOS debugging utilities.
- Understanding and implementation experience with industrial communication protocols including EtherNet/IP, Modbus TCP/RTU, PROFINE, PROFIBUS, EtherCAT, and DNP3.
- Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, UDP, network diagnostics, and cybersecurity considerations for industrial control systems.
- Experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and JTAG or boundary-scan tools.
- Ability to interpret hardware schematics, processor datasheets, memory maps, FPGA interfaces, and peripheral specifications.
- Experience with Agile/Scrum development, continuous integration and deployment, automated build and test frameworks, and version control systems such as Git and SVN.
- Familiarity with industrial automation standards, reliability requirements, and firmware quality processes for mission-critical control systems.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, written communication, verbal communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Preferred: programmable logic controller firmware experience, Xilinx UltraScale SoC firmware experience, and Python scripting experience.
Benefits
- Competitive benefits plans and a variety of medical insurance plans.
- Employee Assistance Program, employee resource groups, recognition programs, mentorship, training, and leadership development opportunities.
- Flexible time-off plans including paid parental leave, vacation, and holiday leave.
- Inclusive workplace culture focused on employee well-being, collaboration, innovation, and career development.
About Emerson Electric Co.
Emerson Electric Co. builds industrial automation hardware and software for manufacturers, energy and utilities, and other process-intensive industries. Its portfolio includes Fisher control valves, DeltaV and Ovation control systems, Rosemount measurement and sensing, and lifecycle services, with software partnerships and holdings such as AspenTech. Founded in 1890 and headquartered in St. Louis, it is a public company (NYSE: EMR) serving markets like energy, chemicals, life sciences, power, and food and beverage.