Lead Firmware Engineer

Experience:12+ Years

Employment Type:Full time

Work Location:Pune

Work Mode:Hybrid (4 Days Work from Office | 1 Day Work from Home)

About the Role

We are looking for a highly skilled and hands-on Lead Firmware Engineer to lead our Embedded Firmware and Embedded Hardware engineering teams while actively contributing to architecture, design, development, debugging, and technical problem-solving.

Key Responsibilities

- Technical Leadership & Architecture
- Lead the technical direction, architecture, and execution of embedded firmware and hardware projects.
- Own the embedded electronics architecture covering MCU/SoC hardware, firmware architecture, RTOS, drivers, middleware, and communication interfaces.
- Define technology roadmaps for embedded hardware platforms, microcontrollers, firmware frameworks, RTOS, and development toolchains.
- Drive architectural decisions by balancing performance, reliability, manufacturability, cybersecurity, quality, and cost.
- Act as the primary technical escalation point for complex cross-functional engineering challenges.

Hands-on Engineering

- Actively participate in hardware architecture, schematic, and PCB layout reviews.
- Perform firmware architecture discussions, code reviews, and contribute to critical Embedded C development when required.
- Support hardware bring-up and prototype debugging.
- Perform debugging using Oscilloscope, Logic Analyzer, JTAG, and SWD tools.
- Lead root cause analysis for hardware, firmware, EMC, reliability, and performance-related issues.
- Ensure high-quality, maintainable, and scalable firmware design.

Embedded Hardware

- Guide embedded hardware design involving MCU/SoC interfaces, analog and digital circuits, power management, monitoring, and protection.




- Review PCB layouts with emphasis on Signal Integrity (SI), Power Integrity (PI), EMC, and EMI considerations.
- Support component selection, reliability analysis, lifecycle management, and manufacturing readiness.
- Oversee hardware verification, validation, and environmental testing activities.

Embedded Firmware

- Lead development of Embedded C firmware for real-time embedded systems.
- Develop and review industrial communication stacks such as EtherCAT, CAN, PROFINET, and IO-Link.
- Implement secure boot, secure firmware update mechanisms, cryptography, and cybersecurity best practices.
- Ensure firmware quality through modular design, maintainability, and structured software engineering practices.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

- Collaborate closely with Controls, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Quality, Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, and System Architecture teams.
- Work with controls engineers on PWM, ADC timing, and real-time system requirements.
- Support product certifications, customer escalations, and technical audits.
- Ensure alignment between hardware, firmware, and system-level requirements.

Team Leadership

- Lead, mentor, and technically coach Embedded Hardware and Firmware engineers.
- Drive technical excellence through design reviews, code reviews, knowledge sharing, and engineering best practices.
- Support hiring, onboarding, capability development, and team growth.
- Build a collaborative,



high-performance engineering culture while remaining hands-on.

Process & Quality

- Establish and maintain structured development processes, documentation, configuration management, and traceability.
- Drive engineering best practices for design reviews, verification planning, and continuous improvement.
- Promote firmware and hardware verification methodologies and support industrialization activities.

Mandatory Skills

- Embedded Firmware
- 12+ years of Embedded Firmware development experience.
- Strong expertise in Embedded C programming.
- Real-Time Firmware development using RTOS or Bare-Metal architecture.
- Bootloader development and Firmware Update mechanisms.
- Strong debugging and root cause analysis skills.
- Embedded Hardware
- Hands-on experience with MCU/SoC-based hardware design.
- Strong understanding of Analog and Digital Circuits.
- Power Management and Sequencing.
- PCB Design Flow and PCB Layout Reviews.
- EMC/EMI fundamentals and debugging.
- Hardware Debugging

Hands-on experience with:

- Oscilloscope
- Logic Analyzer
- JTAG
- SWD
- Hardware Bring-up
- Prototype Debugging
- Industrial Communication Protocols

Hands-on experience with one or more of the following:

- EtherCAT
- CAN
- PROFINET
- EtherNet/IP
- IO-Link

Domain Experience

Mandatory experience in one or more of the following:

- Servo Drives
- Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs)
- Motion Controllers
- Motion Control Systems
- Power Electronics

Leadership Experience

- Currently working as a Technical Manager, Technical Lead, or System Architect.
- Managing a team of 4-6 engineers while remaining technically hands-on.
- Experience in architecture reviews, design reviews, and code reviews.
- Experience working with Eu

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