Lead Firmware Engineer (Embedded Systems)

Location: Pune (Hybrid – 4 Days Work from Office, 1 Day Work from Home)

About the Role

We are looking for a hands-on Lead Firmware Engineer to lead and grow our Embedded Hardware and Embedded Firmware teams. This is a highly technical leadership role where you'll drive architecture, mentor engineers, solve complex technical challenges, and actively contribute to firmware development, hardware design reviews, and system debugging.

This is not a pure people management role. We are looking for someone who still writes embedded C code, participates in design reviews, performs debugging, and leads engineering excellence.

Products You'll Work On
- Servo Drives
- Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs)
- Motion Controllers
- Safety Drives

Key ResponsibilitiesTechnical Leadership
- Own embedded hardware and firmware architecture.
- Define technology roadmaps for MCU/SoC platforms, RTOS, firmware frameworks, and development tools.
- Drive hardware-software partitioning and architecture decisions.
- Lead technical reviews, root cause analysis,



and cross-functional problem solving.

Firmware Development
- Design and develop embedded firmware using Embedded C.
- Develop low-level drivers, bootloaders, RTOS-based firmware, and communication stacks.
- Perform code reviews and mentor firmware engineers.
- Implement secure firmware update mechanisms and secure boot concepts.

Hardware Leadership
- Review embedded hardware schematics and PCB layouts.
- Guide MCU/SoC interface design, power management, analog/digital circuitry, and component selection.
- Support hardware bring-up, prototype validation, EMC/EMI troubleshooting, and reliability improvements.

System Integration
- Collaborate with Controls, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Quality, Functional Safety, and Cybersecurity teams.
- Support product verification, customer escalations, certifications, and system validation.

Team Leadership
- Lead and mentor a team of 4–6 engineers.
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