Senior Engineer II, Firmware Engineering

Schneider Electric; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Schneider Electric in Bengaluru seeks a senior control firmware engineer with 10+ years of embedded communication experience. You will design, implement, and test real-time firmware for solar/grid-tie inverters and gateways, focusing on secure, reliable communications.

The role covers Bootloader work, RTOS platforms, and integration with TCP/IP, MODBUS/CAN, and web interfaces, while aligning with QMS and lean development practices. A global context and cross-team collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in embedded communication firmware for 32-bit MCUs and RTOS environments.
• Hands-on coding, debugging, development and testing of firmware and gateways.
• Knowledge of security-focused firmware development and threat modeling.
• Proficiency with MODBUS/CAN, USB, TCP/IP, and embedded webservers.
• Exposure to WiFi/Bluetooth interfaces and related standards.
• Familiarity with bootloaders, firmware upgrades, and test automation.

Responsibilities

• Understand product requirements and firmware architecture for renewable energy inverters and gateways.
• Implement, debug, and test real-time communication firmware.
• Develop state machines, monitoring and communication functions for products.
• Comply with QMS, PMP and lean development requirements.
• Participate in subsystem and system-level design verification planning and testing.

Skills

C/C++ programming

RTOS development

Bootloader development

Real-time firmware debugging

Cyber security in firmware

TCP/IP networking

Scripting (Python/Lua)

Serial protocols (MODBUS/CAN)

Embedded web servers

Wireless interfaces (WiFi/Bluetooth)

Web technologies basics (HTML/JS)

Threat modeling concepts

Authentication/Authorization concepts

Code testing and test automation

Tools

Emulators

J-Trace

Logic analyzers

Time/performance profiling tools

Version control software

Job description

Lead- Communication Firmware

Description

We are looking for a control firmware engineer with 10+ years of experience in embedded communication firmware development with expertise in

Description

• Understand product requirements / Firmware specifications / communications firmware architecture for Solar Energy Grid Tie / Off Grid Inverters /Back-up systems / Auxiliary Products like communication Gateways and Operator/service Interfaces applications.

• Hands on Code Implementation / debugging / development and testing of systems

• Development of real time state machine, monitoring and communications functions for the above referred renewable energy products.

• Understand and comply with QMS, PMP and lean development requirements

• Participate in subsystem and system level design verification planning and testing

Essential Functions:

• Programming language C/C++ for 32 bit microcontrollers,

• RTOS environments like uC OS-II/QNX/embedded Linux or other platforms.
• Experience in Bootloader development and reliable firmware upgrade mechanisms.

• Familiarity with embedded testing ,test automation scripting for embedded products, development tools, including emulators and version control software.
• Exposure to advanced real time firmware debugging tools like J-Trace, logic analyzers, time/performance profiling techniques etc..
• Experience Cyber security complained firmware development, System level/sub system level Threat modeling, good understanding on TCP/IP based communication stacks, various encryption techniques,

Authentication/ authorization algorithms/models.

• Scripting languages like Python and Lua.

• Experience in industrial field buscommunication protocols like MODBUS / CAN and protocols like USB, TCP/IP and embedded webservers.
• Exposure in WIFI/Bluetooth based communication interface development.
• Exposure to Web technologies like HTML, JavaScript is preferred.

• Good interpersonal communication skills and experience in working with global teams

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