Embedded Software Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 400,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) invites a System Software SME to lead architecture, design and delivery of low-level software interacting with hardware, including OS components, device drivers and firmware. You will shape system performance and reliability through kernel work and hardware interfaces.

You will collaborate with HW/SW/Product teams, mentor engineers, engage customers, and drive security firmware development using TLS/mbedTLS, cryptography and secure boot concepts, plus Yocto-based

Qualifications

• Experience with Linux kernel internals, system programming and RTOS concepts.
• Bare metal programming for 32/64-bit controllers and driver development.
• Strong C/C++ skills and hardware-software integration capability.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture and technical roadmap.
• Lead design, development, and integration of embedded software.
• Ensure quality, reliability and scalability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional HW/SW/Product teams.
• Mentor engineering teams and review designs.
• Engage with customers to define solutions.
• Performance tuning using profiling tools and optimization.

Skills

System design

Architecture expertise

C/C++ programming

Linux kernel internals

RTOS concepts

Bare metal programming

Device drivers

Debugging and profiling

Secure firmware development

Tools

GDB

KGDB

Dmesg

tcpdump

perf

journalctl

valgrind

Git

SVN

GNU C/C++ build tool chain

Protocol analyzers

Logic analyzer

Wireshark

Job description

A System Software SME is responsible for Leads architecture, design and delivery for low-level software that directly interacts with hardware, including operating system components, device drivers, and firmware. They ensure efficient hardware-software integration, system performance, and reliability by working closely with kernel internals, hardware interfaces, and system architecture.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define architecture and technical roadmap
• Lead design, development, and integration
• Ensure quality, reliability, and scalability
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (HW/SW/Product)
• Mentor engineering teams and review designs
• Engage with customers and define solutions
• Performance tuning using profiling tools and optimization

Detailed Skills & Competencies:

• Strong system design and architecture expertise
• Experience in Linux kernal internals, system programming and RTOS concepts
• Bare metal programming for 32-bit/64-bit controllers, developing device drivers for Controllers
• Hardware interaction (registers, interrupts, DMA)
• Experience in memory management, Bootloaders, interrupt handlers
• Proficiency in C/C++ programming
• Debugging, profiling, and root cause analysis
• Security firmware development using library like TLS/mbedTLS, different Crypto/Hash algorithms- AES, SHA,RSA, Secure Boot
• Experience in building Embedded Linux system using Yocto

Tools & Technologies:

GDB,KGDB, Dmesg, tcpdump,profiling tools - perf, journalctl, f/s/l- trace,valgrind, Git, SVN, GNU C/C++ build tool chain, Protocol analyzers, logic analyzer, Wireshark

Domain Expertise:

Semiconductor product engineering / embedded systems / distributed systems for Storage, networking, multimedia, industrial automation/control