Embedded Systems Team Lead

Role

Embedded Systems Team Lead

Experience

8 Years

Employment Type

C2H

Location

Hyderabad

Work Mode
Onsite

About ALIQAN Technologies

ALIQAN Technologies is a growing IT consulting and staffing company that partners with leading organizations to deliver top technology talent and innovative solutions. We offer exciting career opportunities, a collaborative work environment, and the chance to work on impactful projects with reputed clients while supporting continuous learning and professional growth.

About Ensurity Technologies Private Limited
Ensurity is a globally positioned cybersecurity firm specializing in cutting-edge authentication solutions. Its flagship hardware offering, the Biometric FIDO2 Security Key variants, is engineered to raise the bar on authentication security, enabling passwordless access to enterprise systems and applications. The solution also supports user-attributability and seamless life-cycle management. Complementing its hardware portfolio, Ensurity delivers a robust software-based Identity and Access Management (IDAM) platform, built to scale across diverse deployment models—including SaaS, on-premises, and air-gapped environments—ensuring organizations can tailor security to their operational needs.Role Overview

We are looking for a hands-on Embedded Systems Team Lead with strong experience in ARM-based embedded systems, firmware development, USB, board bring-up, hardware/firmware integration, and debugging. The candidate will lead technical decisions, mentor engineers, review designs/code, and own embedded product development from architecture to production.

Mandatory Skills

• 8+ years of hands-on Embedded Systems / Firmware Development

• Strong expertise in ARM Cortex-M and/or Cortex-A

• Strong programming skills in Embedded C/C++

• Experience with Bare-metal and RTOS-based systems

• Strong experience in Board Bring-up & Hardware/Firmware Integration

• Hands-on experience with USB 2.0, including Enumeration, Descriptors, Endpoints, Control/Bulk/Interrupt Transfers

• Experience with USB device classes – HID / CCID / CDC / Mass Storage / Composite

• Strong knowledge of Embedded Interfaces: SPI, I2C, UART, GPIO, ADC/DAC, PWM, CAN, Ethernet

• Experience with BSP, Bootloader, Device Drivers and Low-level Firmware

• Strong Hardware Debugging & Schematic Review experience

• Hands-on experience with JTAG/SWD, GDB, Oscilloscope, Logic Analyzer and Protocol Analyzer

• Experience with GCC/ARM GCC, Keil, IAR or equivalent toolchains

• Strong understanding of MCU architecture, interrupts, DMA, timers, memory, clocks, watchdogs and power modes

• Experience with Git and embedded software development/release processes

• Prior experience leading/mentoring Embedded Hardware/Firmware engineers

Key Responsibilities

• Lead embedded product development from architecture, prototype and board bring-up to validation and production.

• Design and develop ARM-based firmware, BSPs, bootloaders and device drivers.

• Lead USB and peripheral interface development and debugging.

• Review schematics, PCB designs, component selection, power, clocks and reset circuits.

• Troubleshoot complex hardware, firmware and hardware/firmware integration issues.

• Conduct design reviews and code reviews and ensure engineering best practices.

• Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance on architecture, debugging and root-cause analysis.

• Coordinate with Hardware, Firmware, Software, QA, Manufacturing and Product teams.

• Own technical planning, task allocation and delivery for the embedded engineering team.

• Support product validation, certification, manufacturing and production issues.

Good to Have

• Secure Boot, Firmware Security & Cryptography

• Secure Key Storage

• Smart Card / CCID / ISO 7816

• FIDO2 / Authentication Devices

• NFC / BLE

• Embedded Linux

• FPGA Integration

• Device Certification / Compliance Testing

• Manufacturing Test & Production Firmware

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline.

Ideal Candidate

A hands-on technical leader, not a purely people-management profile, who can independently review schematics, bring up ARM-based boards, debug USB/peripheral issues, review firmware architecture/code, and lead engineers through complex hardware–firmware problems.

Pay: ₹100,000.00 - ₹150,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person