Firmware Engineer

FHLB Des Moines; Chennai District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Microchip Technology Inc. in Chennai, India, is seeking an embedded firmware engineer with 2+ years’ experience in C for 8/32-bit MCUs. You will work on capacitive touch products, collaborate with hardware teams, and contribute to firmware architecture and testing.

Strong communication and self-motivation are essential in a collaborative, multi-site environment. The role involves individual contribution with potential team leadership as needed, adherence to standards, and opportunities to

Qualifications

• Develop C and Assembly for 8/ and 32-bit MCUs.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering or Electrical Engineering.
• 2–3 years of firmware design and development.
• Firmware Architecture, Design, Coding.
• Experience with Firmware-Hardware co-development.
• Knowledge of DMA, ADC, I2C, SPI peripherals.
• Familiarity with Jenkins and CI/CD concepts.
• CMSIS, ISO26262, Class-B knowledge is a plus.
• Capacitive touch experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop firmware for capacitive touch controllers in embedded environments.
• Work with MCU peripherals and hardware teams.
• Collaborate with cross-site stakeholders and lead modules as needed.
• Adhere to design standards and best practices.

Skills

Embedded C

Firmware development

C programming

MCU peripherals

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering or Electrical Engineering

Tools

MPLAB

Harmony

ARM toolchains

Jenkins

Job description

Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 17,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology Inc. People come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchip’s nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our Vision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it’s won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence. Our company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over 30 years of quarterly profitability without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you.

Job Description:

Microchip Capacitive touch products include turnkey capacitive touch controllers, touch libraries for implementing touch sensing on most PIC®, AVR® and SAM microcontrollers (MCUs) and single-chip solutions for adding gesture recognition to almost any product. We offer solutions for every type of use case, from single buttons to touchpads and touchscreens to proximity detection and 3D gesture control for a huge assortment of consumer, industrial and automotive applications. Our team is involved in Firmware, Software & hardware development. The candidate should be very strong in C programming in an embedded environment In-depth work experience with microcontroller peripherals is must have Strong verbal and written communication skills Must be self-motivated and able to work in collaborative group environment. Reach out to different stake holders to solve any problem, as the situation demands To be able to work as an individual contributor & also capable of leading a team or project as required Adhere to standards, guidelines and best practices for Design and Development. Holds a bachelor’s or master’s degree in ECE with 2 to 7+ years experience in embedded domain

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Develop C and Assembly application for 8 and 32 bit microcontrollers
• Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electrical Engineering.
• 2–3 years of relevant industry experience in firmware design and development.
• Firmware Architecture, Design, Coding
• Experience with Firmware-Hardware co-development
• Knowledge on DMA, ADC, I2C,SPI peripheral
• Work with multi-site cross-functional teams
• Leading the efforts towards development of a assigned project module and delivering on the committed timelines
• Familiarity with Jenkins and basic CI/CD concepts.
• Knowledge/experience in MPLAB or Harmony and ARM tool chains is a Plus
• Experience with Capacitive touch is a Plus
• Knowledge on CMSIS, ISO26262 , CLASS-B is a big plus.
• Automation framework experience is a big plus
• Understanding of unit testing, integration testing, and frontend test automation.

Travel Time:

No Travel

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