Firmware Engineer

Role & responsibilities

Primary Responsibilities:

• Test, Qualify, and validate the firmware releases on the actual hardware solutions owned by the Embedded Systems group
• Be able to assess the nature of the test failures FW, SW or HW. Provide feedback to the team on test results
• Help define the hardware platform for testing
• Conduct thorough testing and validation of hardware products to ensure compliance with specifications, requirements and quality standards.
• Perform root cause analysis and troubleshooting of hardware defects and implement preventive measures for malfunctions to minimize future occurrences.
• Maintain and improve existing regression test suites
• Validate features using different test methodologies – white and black box testing
• The position requires excellent soft skills to be part of a cross functional team, excellent written & oral communication and presentation skills.

Mandatory Skills:

• Minimum of 3 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 1 years and a Master’s degree.
• Good knowledge of integration testing of hardware and firmware for Embedded Systems.
• Experience with various lab equipment – Oscilloscopes, Function Generators, DMMs etc.,
• Experience in design and Automation testing for Embedded Devices
• Coding experience in a high-level language - C, C++ and Python
• Exposure to Linux internals

Desirable Skills:

• Experience architecting and building hardware infrastructure for testing is preferred.
• Embedded Systems experience working on EtherCAT protocol is preferred
• Understanding of CI/CD environment using Jenkins is preferred