We're Hiring | Senior Embedded Engineer (R&D; Head) Join GFO – Green Fire Off and Lead Innovation in Smart Fire Safety Technology About GFO Founded in 2019, GFO – Green Fire Off is an innovative fire safety brand developing advanced and automatic fire detection and suppression solutions for homes, commercial spaces, vehicles and industrial applications. We are focused on making fire safety smarter through technology-driven innovation. Position Details
- Designation: Senior Embedded Engineer (R&D; Head)
- Department: Research & Development (R&D;)
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Experience:
5+ Years
- Employment Type: Full-time
- Work Mode: On-site Role Overview We are looking for an experienced Senior Embedded Engineer to lead our R&D; initiatives, drive embedded hardware and firmware development, and contribute to the design of next-generation smart fire safety and IoT-based products. The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in embedded systems, electronics, firmware development, IoT connectivity and Edge AI, along with the ability to take technical ownership of product development.

Key Responsibilities
- Lead embedded hardware, firmware and software development projects.
- Design and develop reliable embedded systems using microcontrollers and SoC platforms.
- Develop firmware using Embedded C/C++, Python and RTOS.
- Design and integrate communication protocols and IoT connectivity.
- Lead hardware bring-up, debugging, testing and performance optimisation.
- Explore and implement Edge AI and computer vision solutions for fire and smoke detection.
- Develop secure, connected and remotely manageable embedded devices.
- Take ownership of product-level system architecture and technical decisions.
- Guide the R&D; team and coordinate product development activities.
- Ensure product reliability,



scalability and performance through systematic testing. Required Technical Skills 1. Embedded Firmware & Software
- Embedded C / C++
- Python for automation, testing and tooling
- FreeRTOS, task scheduling, synchronization, queues and mutexes
- Bare-metal firmware development
- Bootloaders, OTA/FOTA and firmware updates
- Device drivers and BSP development
- Interrupts, timers, DMA, watchdogs and low-power firmware
- Memory management and multithreading
- Embedded Linux fundamentals 2. MCU & SoC Platforms
- STM32 – F0/F1/F4/G4/H7 families
- ESP32 / ESP32-S3
- Nordic nRF52 series
- ARM Cortex-M architecture
- ESP-IDF, STM32CubeIDE and PlatformIO
- JTAG / SWD debugging and programming 3. Communication Protocols
- UART, SPI, I²C
- CAN / CAN-FD
- RS-232 / RS-485
- Modbus RTU/TCP
- USB and Ethernet
- BLE / Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
- MQTT, HTTP and REST APIs
- TCP/IP networking 4. Hardware & Electronics
- Digital and analog circuit design
- Schematic and PCB design/review
- KiCad, Altium and EasyEDA
- Power supply and battery-management design
- DC-DC buck/boost converters
- Li-ion battery systems and charging
- MOSFET switching and protection circuits
- Sensor and actuator interfacing
- EMI/EMC considerations
- Hardware bring-up and debugging
- Oscilloscope, logic analyzer, DMM and other lab equipment 5. Embedded AI / Edge AI
- Edge AI / TinyML
- Computer Vision and YOLO / object detection




- AI inference on embedded platforms
- Camera-based fire and smoke detection
- Sensor fusion
- Model optimisation and deployment
- TensorFlow Lite, ONNX and OpenCV 6. IoT & Connectivity
- Wi-Fi/BLE IoT devices
- Cellular/GSM/LTE integration
- GPS/GNSS
- MQTT-based IoT architectures
- Cloud-connected embedded systems
- Device provisioning and secure authentication
- Remote diagnostics and OTA updates
- Large-scale wireless sensor networks 7. Backend & Engineering Tools
- Python
- FastAPI / Flask
- REST APIs
- Firebase
- SQL / NoSQL databases
- Git / GitHub / GitLab
- CI/CD and Docker fundamentals
- Linux and Bash/PowerShell scripting
- Automated firmware flashing and production tools Leadership & System-Level Skills
- Embedded system architecture
- Product-level technical ownership
- R&D; planning and execution
- Technical decision-making and problem-solving
- Cross-functional team coordination
- Product development and technical documentation Why Join GFO?
- Opportunity to lead cutting-edge R&D; projects.
- Work on advanced automatic fire safety and smart IoT technologies.
- Contribute to AI-powered fire detection and embedded product development.
- Take ownership of next-generation product innovation.
- Be part of a growing technology-driven organisation. Apply Now If you have the technical expertise and leadership capabilities to build innovative embedded products, we'd love to hear from you Apply now and become part of GFO's innovation journey. GFO – Green Fire Off *Building a Safer Tomorrow
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📌 Senior Embedd Engineer (India)
🏢 Green Fire Off - GFO
📍 India