Role Purpose We are looking for a hands-on Lead Firmware Engineer to lead and grow the Embedded Hardware and Embedded Firmware teams, taking end-to-end responsibility for the technical direction, architecture, execution quality, and delivery of embedded electronics used in industrial drives, servo inverters, frequency inverters, and motion and safety products.
This is not a pure people-management role. The successful candidate will actively contribute to architecture, design and code reviews, design and coding where needed, technical problem-solving, and critical debugging, while mentoring engineers, aligning teams, and ensuring disciplined engineering practices.
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Employment: Full-time
Openings: 1
Experience: 9–12+ years
Products: Servo drives, VFDs, motion controllers, and safety drives
Key Interfaces
Controls, Mechanical, System Architecture, Manufacturing, Quality, Cybersecurity, and Functional Safety.
Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership and Architecture Ownership
Own the overall embedded electronics architecture, including:
MCU/SoC hardware design
Firmware architecture covering boot, RTOS, drivers, middleware, and communications
Hardware–firmware partitioning and interfaces
Define technology roadmaps for microcontrollers/SoCs, power management, embedded hardware platforms, firmware frameworks, RTOS platforms, and toolchains.
Make design decisions balancing performance, cost, reliability, cybersecurity, and manufacturability.
Act as the technical escalation point for complex hardware–firmware–system issues.
Hands-on Engineering Contribution
Participate in hardware architecture, schematic, and PCB layout reviews, including SI/PI and EMC considerations.
Contribute to firmware architecture discussions, code reviews, and critical module design.
Support hardware bring-up and early prototype debugging involving power-up, clocks, resets, and interfaces.
Perform joint hardware–firmware debugging using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG, and SWD.
Guide root-cause analysis of field, EMC, reliability, and performance issues.
Challenge technical assumptions and contribute directly rather than only coordinating tasks.
Embedded Hardware Leadership
Guide embedded schematic design covering MCU/SoC interfaces, analog front ends, protection, and monitoring.




Lead power supply architecture involving DC/DC converters, LDOs, sequencing, and supervision.
Oversee component selection, derating, reliability, and lifecycle management.
Ensure robust EMC/EMI-aware design and troubleshooting practices.
Collaborate with PCB layout, EMS manufacturing, and test teams.
Oversee electrical, functional, and environmental hardware verification.
Embedded Firmware Leadership
Lead development of low-level drivers, peripherals, real-time firmware, RTOS/bare-metal systems, bootloaders, and firmware update mechanisms.
Guide communication stack implementation for EtherCAT, CAN, PROFINET, IO-Link, and related industrial protocols.
Guide secure boot, cryptography, key management, secure firmware updates, and rollback strategies.
Ensure compliance with secure development practices and cybersecurity requirements such as IEC 62443.
Promote modular, testable, maintainable software engineering practices.
Cross-Functional System Ownership
Work closely with controls engineers on PWM, ADC timing, and real-time constraints.
Collaborate with system architects on partitioning and performance budgets.
Align hardware, firmware, and system requirements, interfaces, and verification with functional safety and cybersecurity stakeholders.
Support certifications, audits, and customer escalations as required.
Team Leadership and People Development
Lead, mentor, and technically coach hardware and firmware engineers.
Build a high-performance engineering culture focused on design reviews, knowledge sharing, engineering discipline, and quality.
Support hiring, onboarding, and capability development.
Balance delivery pressure with long-term technical excellence.
Process, Quality, and Execution Excellence
Establish and enforce structured development processes, configuration and change management, documentation, and traceability.
Drive best practices in design reviews, verification planning, and CI concepts for firmware and hardware verification.




Ensure readiness for industrialization and series production.
Required Qualifications and Experience

- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, or a closely related discipline.
- 9–12+ years of embedded systems development experience.
- Strong background in both embedded firmware and hardware; candidates with approximately 70% firmware and 30% hardware strength may also be considered.
- Candidates with less than 1.5 years in a Technical Manager role, or recently promoted into such a role, who remain hands-on are preferred.
- Candidates currently working as System Architects or Technical Leads and technically managing teams of approximately 4–6 engineers are also suitable.
- Experience collaborating with European or US customers and stakeholders on requirements, design, and delivery.
- Experience with industrial electronics, preferably servo drives, frequency inverters, motion systems, or power electronics products.

Mandatory Technical Skills
Embedded Hardware
MCU/SoC hardware design
Analog and digital circuits
Power management and sequencing
PCB design flows and layout reviews
EMC/EMI fundamentals and debugging
Hands-on laboratory experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and power analysis equipment
Embedded Firmware
Strong embedded C expertise
Real-time firmware development using RTOS or bare metal
Debugging with JTAG, SWD, and trace tools
Bootloader and firmware update concepts
Industrial communication interfaces
System and Integration
Ability to reason across hardware, firmware, timing, power, and system constraints
Strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills
Desirable Skills
EtherCAT, CAN, PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, or IO-Link
Motor control or drive systems
Cybersecurity, including secure boot, cryptography, and IEC 62443
Functional safety exposure in SIL2/SIL3 environments
Automated testing, scripting, or CI concepts
Behavioral and Leadership Expectations
Solid technical credibility and respect among engineers
Structured and analytical problem-solving approach
Ability to lead through influence rather than hierarchy alone
Clear communication with technical and nontechnical stakeholders
Proactive, ownership-driven, and quality-oriented mindset
Comfort working in agile and evolving environments

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