Embedded Engineer (1-year contract)

Capgemini Engineering; Singapore; On-site; SGD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini Singapore is seeking an experienced embedded firmware engineer to maintain and enhance released products. You will work with ARM-based MCUs, RTOS, and low-level drivers to deliver robust, testable solutions.

Join a collaborative team across hardware, software, QA and manufacturing, contributing to design specs, test plans, and documentation while supporting production and field issues.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in embedded systems or firmware engineering.
• Proven experience in developing and supporting real-time embedded systems.
• Experience in product sustenance, customer issue resolution, or continuation engineering is highly desirable.
• Experience in industrial automation, industrial communication products, or control systems is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Support the lifecycle maintenance and continuous improvement of released embedded products.
• Investigate customer-reported issues and field failures through systematic root-cause analysis and debugging.
• Develop, implement, and validate firmware enhancements, defect fixes, and product updates.
• Analyze product impacts and risks associated with design changes, component substitutions, and firmware modifications.
• Support component obsolescence, resiliency, and product cost-reduction initiatives.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, quality, manufacturing, and product management teams to deliver sustainable solutions.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, including design specifications, test plans, and engineering reports.
• Support manufacturing, qualification, and production-related engineering activities when required.

Skills

C/C++

ARM-based MCU

RTOS

Device drivers

Debugging

Git

Agile

Unit testing

TCP/IP

Ethernet

CAN

USB

Serial protocols

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline

Job description

About Capgemini

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organizations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of over 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2025 global revenues of €22.5 billion.

Job Description

• Support the lifecycle maintenance and continuous improvement of released embedded products.
• Investigate customer-reported issues and field failures through systematic root-cause analysis and debugging.
• Develop, implement, and validate firmware enhancements, defect fixes, and product updates.
• Analyze product impacts and risks associated with design changes, component substitutions, and firmware modifications.
• Support component obsolescence, resiliency, and product cost-reduction initiatives.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, quality, manufacturing, and product management teams to deliver sustainable solutions.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, including design specifications, test plans, and engineering reports.
• Support manufacturing, qualification, and production-related engineering activities when required.

Job Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in embedded systems or firmware engineering.
• Proven experience in developing and supporting real-time embedded systems.
• Experience in product sustenance, customer issue resolution, or continuation engineering is highly desirable.
• Experience in industrial automation, industrial communication products, or control systems is an advantage.

Technical Skills

• Strong programming skills in C and C++.
• Experience with 32-bit microcontrollers (preferably ARM-based platforms).
• Strong understanding of RTOS-based embedded applications.
• Experience developing low-level device drivers and board support software.
• Experience with debugging embedded hardware and software issues.
• Familiarity with version control systems (Git), static analysis tools, and Agile development practices.
• Knowledge of communication protocols below is a plus
• TCP/IP
• Ethernet
• CAN
• USB
• Serial communication protocols
• Experience with automated testing and unit testing frameworks is a plus.

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you!
Passionate people are Capgemini's Ace of Spades - join us to discover a career that will challenge, support and inspire you. Working at Capgemini you'll find the rewards are more than just financial. You will work alongside some very smart and inspiring people on exciting projects and you will also enjoy incredible benefits. We offer flexible work practices and 40 hours of self-development every year with a huge selection of learning opportunities to choose from.

As 'Architects of Positive Futures', Capgemini actively supports the community in 3 ways:

Diversity and Inclusion - we believe diversity of thought fuels excellence and innovation, which is why we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of their gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, ability, intersex status or age. To support our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we celebrate special events and days of significance that are important to our employees such as Diwali, Bastille Day, Pride, IDAHOBIT, IWD and International day of people with Disabilities. Our Employee Resource Groups Women@Capgemini and OutFront support the grassroots passion of employees to drive our diversity agenda and effect change.

Digital inclusion - at Capgemini we are using our skills to drive social impact initiatives focusing on helping society address the impact of the digital and automation revolution. We also provide employees with opportunities to give back to the community through charity projects and volunteer days.

Environmental Sustainability - Capgemini joined the CDP's (Carbon Disclosure Project) prestigious 'A list' for its commitment to the Net-Zero economy. We are focusing on helping our clients transform towards more sustainable business models and committing to reduce our own carbon emissions (GHG) by 20% per employee by 2020.

Recognised by Ethisphere as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the last 8 years in a row, ethics and values are at the heart of Capgemini's corporate culture and business. Embedded in our DNA, our seven values - Honesty, Boldness, Trust, Team Spirit, Freedom, Fun and Modesty - have remained the same since company inception in 1967. To see how we bring these values to life, click here to listen to some of our employee’s stories.

Come join us, bring your whole self to work, create new possibilities for you, your customers and your community and help us to be Architects of Positive Futures.