Embedded Firmware Engineer – Robotics

TYSON JAY MANAGEMENT PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 65,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Tyson Jay Management Pte Ltd is seeking an experienced firmware engineer to design, develop and test real-time C/C++ code for controllers, sensors and power-management systems in Singapore.

You will build embedded Linux components, support board bring-up, integrate sensors, implement safety and fault handling, and diagnose hardware-software issues with standard debug tools; prior RTOS, Yocto/Buildroot, and ROS 2 experience is valued.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years hands-on firmware or embedded software experience.
• Strong C/C++ skills in real-time or resource-constrained systems; Python for tooling is advantageous.
• Experience with device drivers, cross-compilation and Yocto/Buildroot.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and test real-time firmware in C/C++ for controllers, sensors and power-management systems.
• Develop and maintain embedded Linux components including kernel configuration, device drivers, device trees and BSPs.
• Support new board bring-up from initial power-on through subsystem validation and integration.
• Develop communication interfaces between embedded controllers and higher-level compute systems with proper timing.
• Build and maintain bootloader, flashing and firmware-update processes across embedded hardware.
• Integrate sensors and interfaces such as IMUs, encoders, force-torque sensors and cameras with reliable timing.
• Implement safety, monitoring and fault-handling mechanisms including watchdogs and graceful failure.
• Diagnose hardware-software issues using oscillosopes, logic analyzers, JTAG/SWD and automated firmware testing.

Skills

C/C++

Real-time / embedded

Python (tooling)

Hardware integration

Tools

Embedded Linux

Device drivers

Device trees

Yocto / Buildroot

Cross-compilation

SPI / I2C / CAN / UART

ROS 2

RTOS (Zephyr/FreeRTOS)

JTAG / SWD debugging

Job description

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and test real-time firmware in C/C++ for controllers, sensors and power-management systems.


• Develop and maintain embedded Linux components including kernel configuration, device drivers, device trees and board support packages.


• Support new board bring-up from initial power-on through subsystem validation and integration.


• Develop communication interfaces between embedded controllers and higher-level compute systems, including bus scheduling and time synchronisation.


• Build and maintain bootloader, flashing and firmware-update processes across embedded hardware.


• Integrate sensors and interfaces such as IMUs, encoders, force-torque sensors and camera systems with reliable timing and data handling.


• Implement safety, monitoring and fault-handling mechanisms including watchdogs, limits and graceful failure behaviour.


• Diagnose hardware-software issues using oscilloscopes, logic analysers, JTAG/SWD and bus analysers while developing automated firmware testing.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of hands-on firmware or embedded software engineering experience working with production or real-world hardware.


• Strong C/C++ skills in real-time or resource-constrained systems, with Python experience for tooling, testing or automation advantageous.


• Hands-on embedded Linux experience covering areas such as device drivers, device trees, cross-compilation, BSP development, Yocto or Buildroot.


• Strong hardware-integration fundamentals including interfaces such as SPI, I2C, CAN and UART, with confidence reading schematics and debugging embedded systems.

Experience with robotics, motor-control firmware, RTOS platforms such as Zephyr or FreeRTOS, ROS 2, hardware-in-the-loop testing, secure boot or firmware-update infrastructure would be advantageous.

Tyson Jay Management Pte Ltd | EA Licence No. 24C2479
Ivan Lim | EA Personnel Reg No. R1109856