IPP Software/Firmware Engineering Team Lead

Rockwell Automation; Pune District; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Calm premium mindfulness

Volunteer time off

Donation matching

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Rockwell Automation is seeking a seasoned IPP SW/FW Team Lead to direct Pune-based software and firmware engineering resources, including LVMCC and MVB teams. You will blend people leadership with technical direction to deliver secure, reliable embedded firmware and industrial software solutions.

You will partner with Scrum Masters and global teams, aligning product roadmaps with delivery commitments while fostering an inclusive culture and engineering excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/EE or related field.
• Minimum 7 years software/firmware engineering experience including 2+ years in leadership roles.
• Experience leading software/firmware engineers in a product development environment.
• Experience delivering industrial software, embedded firmware, or automation products.
• Working knowledge of software/firmware lifecycles, architecture, testing, release processes.
• Experience in Agile environments with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead Pune IPP software and firmware teams with clear priorities and delivery ownership.
• Provide daily leadership for LVMCC Software and MVB Firmware teams.
• Coach engineers on technical capability and career development while fostering inclusion.
• Translate roadmaps into executable software/firmware plans and staffing priorities.
• Support planning, remove impediments, and manage cross-team dependencies.
• Promote disciplined engineering practices including CI/CD and testing.
• Coordinate with global teams across hardware, cybersecurity, QA, and product management.

Skills

People leadership

Technical leadership

Embedded software

Embedded firmware

Agile

Team leadership

Software engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/EE or related

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

C/C++

RTOS

DevOps

Job description

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special.

Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

Position Summary

As the Intelligent Packaged Power (IPP) SW/FW Engineering Team Lead, you will lead the IPP software and firmware engineering resources based in Pune. Your scope will include the LVMCC Software Engineering Team and the MVB Firmware Engineering Team.

You will combine people leadership, technical direction, and execution leadership to allow secure, reliable, and high-quality embedded firmware and industrial software solutions.

You will work in partnership with the designated Scrum Masters.

You will collaborate with global teams, including engineering, product management, quality, cybersecurity, test, and operations teams.

These collaborations will align priorities, manage dependencies, and deliver integrated solutions for IPP products and platforms.

You will report to the Global Engineering Director – IPP and will work in hybrid schedule based in Pune, Hinjewadi.

Your Responsibilities

• Lead the Pune-based IPP software and firmware engineering teams, creating clear priorities, engagement, accountability, and understanding of IPP goals.
• Provide daily leadership for the LVMCC Software Engineering Team and MVB Firmware Engineering Team, balancing people leadership with hands-on technical guidance and delivery ownership.
• Coach engineers in technical capability, career development, and professional growth while building a culture of inclusion, learning, collaboration, and engineering excellence.
• Partner with global engineering leaders and product team members to translate product roadmaps and customer needs into executable software and firmware plans, staffing priorities, and delivery commitments.
• Support planning and execution, remove organisational impediments, manage cross-team dependencies, and lead predictable delivery and continuous improvement.
• Promote disciplined engineering practices across architecture, requirements, design, coding, peer review, configuration management, verification, validation, release, and lifecycle support.
• Champion quality, functional safety, product security, DevOps, automated testing, and CI/CD practices appropriate for industrial software and embedded firmware development.
• Coordinate across distributed teams, including hardware, systems, test, quality, cybersecurity, product management, and manufacturing engineering.
• Monitor project health, capacity, technical risks, defects, and delivery performance; communicate clear status, decisions, trade-offs, and escalations to stakeholders.
• Support hiring, onboarding, resource planning, succession planning, and capability development for the Pune SW/FW organization.
• Guide reuse, common architectures, tools, and engineering methods across LVMCC and MVB while respecting product-specific technical and regulatory requirements.
• Foster customer-focused innovation and identify opportunities to improve product value, engineering efficiency, maintainability, and speed to market.

The Essentials

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Electronic & Communication, Embedded Systems, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum 7 years of relevant software or firmware engineering experience, including at least 2 years in a team leadership, people leadership, technical leadership, or engineering management role.
• Experience leading, coaching, software and/or firmware engineers in a product development environment.
• Experience delivering industrial software, embedded firmware, controls, automation, power electronics, motor control, or other complex engineered products.
• Working knowledge of modern software and firmware development lifecycles, requirements management, architecture, coding practices, testing, defect management, and release processes.
• Experience working in Agile development environments with product owners and cross-functional engineering stakeholders.
• Legal authorization to work in India.

The Preferred

• Master’s degree in a relevant engineering or technical field.
• Experience leading both application software and embedded firmware teams.
• Knowledge of low-voltage motor control centers, medium-voltage products, drives, motor control, power distribution, or industrial automation systems.
• Experience with Rockwell Automation platforms, IntelliCENTER solutions, FactoryTalk software, Logix-based systems, or connected industrial products.
• Experience with embedded C/C++, real-time operating systems, industrial communications, desktop or web application development, and software integration.
• Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, automated build and test environments, source control, static analysis, and engineering metrics.
• Knowledge of product cybersecurity, secure development lifecycle practices, functional safety, or relevant industrial standards.
• Experience managing external partners, contractors, or globally distributed development teams.
• Agile, project management, or engineering leadership certification.

What We Offer

• Comprehensive mindfulness programs with a premium membership to Calm.
• Volunteer Paid Time off available after 6 months of employment for eligible employees.
• Company volunteer and donation matching programme - Your volunteer hours or personal cash donations to an eligible charity can be matched with a charitable donation.
• Employee Assistance Program Personalised wellbeing programmes through our OnTrack programme On-demand digital course library for professional development ... and other local benefits!

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this or other roles.

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Rockwell Automation’s hybrid policy aligns that employees are expected to work at a Rockwell location at least Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays unless they have a business obligation out of the office.

Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), is a global leader in industrial automation and digital transformation. We connect the imaginations of people with the potential of technology to expand what is humanly possible, making the world more productive and more sustainable.

To learn more about how we are bringing the Connected Enterprise to life across industrial enterprises, visit www.rockwellautomation.com.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!