About Whirlpool India

Whirlpool of India Limited, headquartered in Gurugram, is a leading home appliances company dedicated to enhancing life at home and inspiring generations through its trusted brands. The company operates three state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Faridabad, Pune & Puducherry, each reflecting Whirlpool's commitment to providing best-in-class consumer solutions. Further driving innovation, the company has a Technology & Engineering Center, where India's world-class talent architects the next generation of home innovation. In the 2024-25 fiscal year, Whirlpool of India reported approximately INR 8110 Cr in annual revenue and employed 2193 people. The Software Engineering team designs, develops or coordinates development/troubleshooting or debugging of moderately complex software programs for enhancements and new products. Performs high-level design/modeling to convert stakeholder needs into software solutions. Develops software and tools in support of design, infrastructure and technology platforms. Determines hardware compatibility and/or influences hardware design. In this role, you will be the primary technical authority owning the end-to-end IOT architecture—from low-level appliance microcontrollers and local wireless mesh networks to cloud telemetry pipelines and mobile API interfaces. You will translate product requirements into secure, scalable, and low-latency physical-to-digital systems, ensuring our appliance fleet is built for massive global scale.

System Design: Define and document the comprehensive edge-to-cloud system architecture, defining state machines, data flow topologies, and Interface Control Documents (ICDs) across hardware, firmware, cloud, and applications.

Edge Intelligence: Architect localized data processing and edge computing strategies on the appliance to handle real-time sensor analytics, predictive maintenance, and fault-detection algorithms.

Embedded Control & Smart Home Ecosystems

OS & Bus Governance: Oversee the integration of Real-Time Operating Systems (FreeRTOS, Zephyr)



with low-level appliance application loops running on ARM Cortex-M/A or ESP32 chipsets via internal buses (I2C, SPI, UART).

Architect native support for industry-standard smart home ecosystems (Apple HomeKit, Google Home, Amazon Alexa) with a heavy focus on the deployment of the Matter protocol over Thread and Wi-Fi networks.

Define and enforce message styling and data schemas utilizing MQTT (with Device Shadows), CoAP, WebSockets, and REST APIs for appliance control and telemetry reporting.

Scalable Cloud Integration & Data Architecture

Cloud Fleet Management: Architect device-to-cloud ingestion pathways targeting AWS IoT Core, Azure IoT Hub, or Google Cloud, ensuring maximum availability and connection persistence for millions of active units.

Guide backend teams on building high-performance, containerized microservices architectures using Docker and Kubernetes running on Node.js, Python, or C#.

Telemetry Data Infrastructure: Structure scalable data streaming and ingestion pipelines capable of feeding Time-Series Databases, SQL, and NoSQL (Redis) for long-term machine performance analysis.

Fail-Safe OTA: Architect robust, dual-bank Over-the-Air (OTA) firmware update mechanisms with built-in rollback capabilities to eliminate the risk of bricking appliances in the field.

Education & Experience:

Bachelor's or Master's Degree (MS/MTech highly preferred) in Electrical Engineering (EE), Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE), Computer Engineering, or Computer Science or Internet of Things (IoT) Technologies.

Minimum 10+ years of experience in product development, with at least 7+ years specifically focused on IoT system architecture or integration for physical hardware/appliances.

Firmware/Hardware:



Master-level competency in Bare-metal C/C++, RTOS environments, and debugging using digital electronics principles (interpreting schematics, scopes, logic analyzers).

Cloud & DevOps: Deep expertise in containerized environments (Docker/K8s), serverless components, and microservices patterns.

Experience with Operational Excellence (OPEX) frameworks, continuous integration pipelines (CI/CD), and Git-based workflow models.

Preferred Skills And Experiences

Multidisciplinary Liaison: Act as the central architectural bridge aligning Hardware Engineering, Embedded Firmware, Cloud/DevOps, QA, and Product Management teams.

Drive architectural reviews, mentor senior engineering staff, and advocate for Agile/Scrum development best practices and robust version control.

Regulatory Compliance: Ensure the systemic architecture natively supports global regulatory certifications, safety standards, and energy efficiency metrics IEC 60335, BEE, GDPR.

Strong communication skills to articulate complex architectural decisions to non-technical stakeholders.

Project Management Certification;

OPEX Knowledge and Experience;

Understanding of electrical and electronic engineering principles, including circuit design, power systems, digital electronics, hardware, software and sensor technologies;

Ability to work in a fast-paced workplace with shifting priorities and tight deadlines;

Effective time management skills to ensure timely completion of tasks and projects.

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📌 Senior Technical Architect (Innovation) (Pune)
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