Support the Reliability of Life-Saving Technology!
Join our R&D team in Brno and play a key role in sustaining the performance and quality of fire alarm hardware used in buildings worldwide. This is your chance to work in a truly global environment, collaborating with international teams to keep our products robust, compliant, and continuously improving.
What We Offer
- Competitive Compensation: Motivating salary, quarterly 13th salary, and annual 14th salary bonus
- Sign-on bonus CZK 100,000
- Flexibility: Home office options based on project needs
- Great Benefits: Cafeteria allowance (18,000 CZK/year), meal vouchers, pension and life insurance contributions
- Modern Workplace: Impactful projects in a global technology company with state-of-the-art facilities
Your Impact
As a Hardware Sustaining Engineer, you’ll maintain and enhance existing fire detection hardware — including control panels, detectors, and notification devices. Your work ensures long-term reliability, regulatory compliance, and customer trust.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyze and resolve hardware issues in existing products
- Collaborate with global engineering, customer support, and compliance teams
- Implement design improvements and cost optimizations
- Support product lifecycle activities (component obsolescence, redesigns)
- Maintain documentation and ensure regulatory alignment
What You Bring
- Degree in Electrical Engineering
- Experience in embedded hardware troubleshooting
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Proficiency with debugging tools (oscilloscope, logic analyzer)
Preferred Skills
- Low-power analog circuit design
- Knowledge of AC/DC and DC/DC converters
- Familiarity with microcontrollers and embedded systems
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Skills Required
- Degree in Electrical Engineering
- Experience in embedded hardware troubleshooting
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Proficiency with debugging tools (oscilloscope, logic analyzer)
Johnson Controls Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Johnson Controls and has not been reviewed or approved by Johnson Controls.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a meaningful part of the package through employer 401(k) matching, repeatedly framed as a strong pillar of the overall rewards mix. The matching contribution is described with specific match levels in multiple places, reinforcing perceived value for long-term saving.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is presented as comparatively robust, with multiple paid holiday categories, vacation time, and sick time described as generous or “amazing” in places. Paid time off breadth appears to be a consistent contributor to total rewards attractiveness beyond base pay.
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Flexible Benefits — Benefits are described as broad and customizable, spanning standard medical/dental/vision plus optional add-ons like pet insurance, identity protection, and legal support. Tuition reimbursement is repeatedly highlighted as a high-value option supporting professional development.
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What We Do
At Johnson Controls, we transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play. From optimizing building performance to improving safety and enhancing comfort, we drive the outcomes that matter most. Dedicated to protecting the environment, we deliver our promise in industries such as healthcare, education, data centers and manufacturing. With a global team of 100,000 experts in more than 150 countries and over 130 years of innovation, we are the power behind our customers’ mission. Our leading portfolio of building technology and solutions includes some of the most trusted names in the industry, such as Tyco®, York®, Metasys®, Ruskin®, Titus®, Frick®, Penn®, Sabroe®, Simplex®, Ansul® and Grinnell®.
