Embedded Firmware Engineer – Robotics

Tyson Jay Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Tyson Jay Group is seeking an experienced firmware engineer to design, develop and test real-time C/C++ software for controllers, sensors and power-management systems in production hardware. You will implement reliable timing, safety checks and firmware update flows.

You will maintain embedded Linux components, including kernel config, device drivers, device trees and BSPs, and support board bring-up from power-on to subsystem validation, while collaborating with hardware teams.

Qualifications

• 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.

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.

Skills

C/C++

Real-time systems

Python

Embedded Linux

Device drivers

Device trees

Cross-compilation

Yocto

Buildroot

SPI/I2C/UART

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.