As a firmware engineer working in the new product development group you will be responsible for a broad range of engineering tasks. Our mission is to deliver to the market highly reliable products for which Emerson is well known and our customers demand.
In support of that mission you will be responsible for rapid familiarization with embedded products, designing and development of new features, developing firmware for wireless communication like Bluetooth. This role requires a well-rounded skillset with the ability to work within an already defined architecture and the ability to design new architectures. You will be expected to document your work thoroughly and support our commitment to software quality by adhering to company best practices for software development. Design documentation using unambiguous tools such as UML are expected. Your code will be subjected to code reviews and will be required to conform to company coding standards. Unit testing and static analysis are also expected. Your development tasks will span feature design, implementation, verification and release.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone that likes to be continually challenged by working with new and unfamiliar hardware and tools.
Essential Job Functions:
- Analyze, design, and implement solutions to requirements
- Propose improvements to identified software inefficiencies and deficiencies
- Utilize scopes, meters, power sources etc. as necessary to complete the task
- Plan and implement the required product feature and own the overall development life cycle of feature
- Participate in sprint planning sessions.
- Identifies test cases necessary for verifying firmware requirements & implementation.
- Firmware testing of the implemented feature
- Manage code changes using version control tools.
- Participate in code reviews.
- Execute or manage the execution of test cases
- Log defects in project defined defect tracking tool
- Read and follow relevant project engineering practice and engineering standards documents.
Education / Experience Required:
- Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering or Equivalent Engineering with a focus on programming
- Prior embedded development experience is a must with ability to understand hardware interfaces and work with hardware engineering team to analyze, troubleshoot technical challenges.
- Ability to work in a global engineering environment
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:
- Knowledge and experience with 8, 16, and 32 bit Micro-controllers
- Knowledge and experience with agile development methodologies
- Knowledge and experience with distributed version control such as (GIT, Mercurial)
- Expert programming skills in C
- Standalone and RTOS based firmware development experience.
- Experience developing low level driver interfaces for I2C/SPI/UART/Display/
- 4-6 years of embedded firmware development experience for an embedded product
- Strong analytical and debugging skills
- Knowledge or ability to learn requirements management database tools such as (Jama)
- Ability to participate in a team environment
- Must have a commitment to quality
- Methodical problem-solving skills are needed
Skills Required
- Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering or an equivalent engineering degree with a programming focus
- Prior embedded development experience
- 4–6 years of embedded firmware development experience for an embedded product
- Expert programming skills in C
- Experience with 8-, 16-, and 32-bit microcontrollers
- Standalone and RTOS-based firmware development experience
- Experience developing low-level driver interfaces using I2C, SPI, UART, and display interfaces
- Ability to understand hardware interfaces and troubleshoot technical challenges with hardware engineering teams
- Knowledge of agile development methodologies
- Experience with distributed version control tools such as Git or Mercurial
- Strong analytical, debugging, and methodical problem-solving skills
- Ability to work in a global engineering environment and team setting
- Ability to learn requirements management tools such as Jama
- Commitment to software and product quality
Emerson Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Emerson and has not been reviewed or approved by Emerson.
-
Retirement Support — Retirement programs have been strengthened with a 401(k) plus company-supported contributions such as profit sharing and a recent cash-balance transition for certain participants. These features are positioned as differentiators among large industrial peers.
-
Equity Value & Accessibility — An employee stock purchase plan introduced in 2026 enables discounted share purchases via payroll deductions. This adds an accessible ownership element to the total rewards mix.
-
Leave & Time Off Breadth — The package includes PTO, holidays, sick leave, and parental leave within a broad benefits suite. Coverage breadth aligns with large-employer norms across locations, though specifics vary.
Emerson Insights
What We Do
At Emerson, we’re passionate about what we do. By fusing decades of technology and engineering expertise, Emerson continues to solve some of the world’s most complex challenges with innovative solutions for customers in industrial, commercial, and residential markets. We recruit the greatest talent and apply the best technologies to benefit our customers worldwide. Automation Solutions is a leader in helping process and discrete manufacturers automate and optimize production processes through our best-in-class technologies and industry expertise. Commercial & Residential Solutions develops technologies and services that improve human comfort, safeguard food, protect the environment, enable sustainable food waste disposal, and support efficient construction and maintenance of buildings and municipal infrastructure. Emerson has a wide range of industry knowledge, manufacturing expertise, and technological innovation around the world. Join our next generation of leaders today.
