Firmware Engineering (High Tech) - Senior Professional

Lauritz Knudsen Electrical and Automation

Lauritz Knudsen Electrical and Automation (A unit of Schneider Electric India Pvt. Ltd.) is a pioneering electrical and automation brand with a rich legacy of over 70 years in India. We offer comprehensive portfolio of low-voltage switchgear, medium-voltage switchgear, automation solutions, software, and services catering to diverse segments, including homes, agriculture, buildings, infrastructure, and industry.

Position: Senior Manager - Power Electronics

Qualifications - MTech in Control systems, Power systems, Power Electronics

Work location - Mahape, Navi Mumbai

Experience - 6 - 15 years.

Critical Skills - Experience in Development of Ac drive and Power Quality system with

1. Extensive Experience in C & C++.Embedded RTOS experience with exposure to threads/tasks, synchronization, scheduling, message queues, semaphores, mutexes and events
2. Debugging experience Like J-Link debugger with ARM of STM32, C2000 of TI, NXP.
3. Experience with Communication Protocols (ModBus-RTU/TCP, TCP/IP, CAN, USB, RS232/485, SPI, 12C, IOT).
4. Experience with Peripherals (DMA, LCD, FLASH, RAM, ADC, DAC, PWM, voltage/current/temp sensors). Ability to read schematics and interpret the behaviour of electronic systems.
5. Familiar with JIRA and GitHUB, SVN or similar. Code coverage and analysis. Basic knowledge of power electronics products.
6. Experience in design of complex state machines. Experience with Model-based state machine design. Experience and knowledge of developing PC Software with .net/C#/Python
7. Support the NPD team in the design of schematic and printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) using Altium/PAD/OrCAD.
8. Selection of components for PCBs and BOM creation. Symbol & footprint creation for new electrical components. Component placement/positioning in PCB as defined by mechanical & electrical engineers.
9. Experience in creating mixed signal high speed PCBs with EMI/EMC Compliance. Perform routing and follow stack-up for PCB's typically used in Power Electronics products with 2- 6 layers PCBs with high[1]speed signal.
10. Knowledge of IPC, IEC, EMI/EMC and Environmental standards and compliance. Must coordinate with NABL accreditation government/private labs for Product testing to compliance with various Industrial std. like IEC/CE/UL/BIS/ISI etc.
11. Extensive experience and knowledge in embedded firmware development for power electronics products. Ability to adapt & learn. Should be able to execute task independent. Problem solving skills Prepare test cases and handle functional testing of firmware. Act like owners.

• Architect, develop, and maintain firmware for STM32 and Texas Instruments (TI) microcontroller platforms.
• Design and implement low‑level drivers and application layers for peripherals including ADC, PWM, GPIO, CAN/CAN‑FD, I²C, SPI, EEPROM, and timers.
• Develop and optimize advanced control algorithms such as PID, Field‑Oriented Control (FOC), and digital compensators.
• Simulate, evaluate, and validate control strategies using MATLAB/Simulink.
• Integrate firmware with power electronics hardware and conduct real‑time debugging, tuning, and closed‑loop performance optimization.
• Design and implement Power Factor Correction (PFC) and harmonic mitigation control algorithms for grid-connected power electronics systems, ensuring low THD and high power factor compliance.

• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge embedded systems and innovative electronic devices
• Autonomy to propose and develop solutions in a technical domain
• Professional growth through exposure to complex technical challenges
• Collaborative environment working with cross-functional engineering teams
• Platform to establish yourself as a technical thought leader in firmware development