Senior Engineer - Firmware

What you'll do:

What you'll do:
Embedded Software Developer will develop embedded software/firmware for high performance, real-time controls and protective relays used for smart grid applications in the electrical power distribution industry. Embedded Software Developer will collaborate with a multi-discipline engineering team (software, hardware, and test) to define requirements between hardware and software subsystems. The position will be part of a multi-disciplined new product engineering team at Eaton India Innovation Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

• Design and implement features for power system intelligent electronic devices, including power system protection algorithms, system diagnostics/prognostics, communication protocols, cybersecurity, and other relay, control and monitoring functions using C and C++.
• Lead system interface design activities and lead the resolution of integration issues.
• Lead tasks related to feature development including planning, task estimation, design, programming, unit testing, peer review, integration and release.
• Lead tasks related to product sustenance, resolve customer reported issues and deliver product maintenance releases.
• Collaborate with external and internal customers, such as Marketing, Service, Operations and other engineering teams throughout the product development life cycle.
• Design and implement unit test in support of developer testing activities and integration with Continuous Integration (CI) pipelines.
• Lead requirement definition, design and code reviews.
• Plans and executes tasks in collaboration with the product team to ensure project objectives are met.
• Evaluates and recommends software development process improvements in collaboration with engineering management.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer Science with 6 to 8 years of related experience.

• Experience with embedded C and C++.
• Experience in Microsoft Foundation class is must have.
• Ability to work effectively in an Agile Scrum (or other iterative development) environment.
• Understanding of real-time operating system (RTOS) concept
• Experience with PowerPC architecture and RISC assembly language.
• Experience with GreenHills Multi IDE environment.
• Self-starter with the ability to operate effectively with minimal supervision.
• Experience using SDLC management tools in a team environment (e.g. Jira, Git, etc.)
• Knowledge of power systems, switchgear and regulator controls products/applications is an added advantage.
• Experience with Object Oriented Design (OOD) and C++ will be a plus.
• Experience with Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) will be a plus.
• Experience in Embedded Linux will be an added advantage.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.