Role Overview

- Senior Firmware Architect role within the R&D; function, responsible for defining, designing, and owning the embedded firmware architecture of industrial and embedded electronic products.

- Accountable for delivering robust, high-performance, and compliant firmware solutions from concept through mass production.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead end-to-end embedded firmware architecture and development, including requirement analysis, application study, standards review, and firmware design.

- Define and implement firmware strategies to optimize performance, reliability, efficiency, code coverage, and development timelines.

- Analyse, debug, and resolve complex firmware issues across the product lifecycle.

- Ensure firmware compliance with defined product specifications and industry standards.

- Conduct and approve firmware design reviews, DFMEA, validation methodologies, and test results prior to product release.

Project & Delivery Management

- Prepare and track firmware development plans and schedules across multiple projects.

- Supervise project execution, monitor timelines and costs, and report progress to senior management.

- Support project costing and resource planning.

Cross-Functional & Stakeholder Collaboration

- Work closely with hardware, software, PCB, testing, manufacturing, QA, and product engineering teams to ensure seamless design-to-production transition with strong DFM focus.





- Collaborate with Product Management, Sales, and Application teams to understand application requirements and define firmware specifications.

- Interface with customers, suppliers, and external test facilities for technical discussions, field issues, and validation support.

People & Performance Management

- Lead and mentor the firmware development team, including identifying resource and tooling needs.

- Define KRAs, track performance, recognize key contributions, and manage performance documentation in coordination with HR and leadership.

- Drive team capability building and continuous improvement.

Skill & Experience Expectations

- 12–15 years of experience in embedded firmware design and architecture.

- Solid expertise in embedded systems, microcontrollers, RTOS (e.g., FreeRTOS, Embedded Linux), bootloaders, device drivers, and embedded C.

- Hands-on experience with firmware development tools, debuggers, simulators, and optimization techniques.

- Solid understanding of controller peripherals (UART, SPI, I2C, ADC, etc.) and basic embedded hardware.

- Exposure to industrial communication protocols (MODBUS, Ethernet/IP, Profinet), PLC/HMI architecture, embedded cybersecurity, and use of Gen-AI tools is a plus.

- Strong leadership, project management, analytical, and communication skills.

📌 Firmware Architect (Pune)
🏢 GIC
📍 Pune