Technical Leader – Embedded Software Development

.Essential Job Responsibilities: 

• Design/implement embedded real-time systems that meet rigorous functional safety and cybersecurity requirements

• Work in an agile development environment that uses Azure DevOps or similar tools

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams located in multiple geographical locations

• System/product architecture, system requirements, user interface requirements

• Allocation of system requirements to technical areas subsystems and requirements

• Plan and execute software development activities to address features planned in sprints

• Performing Object-Oriented Design and coding of real-time embedded software

• Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement and retrospective sessions. 

• Conduct code reviews and ensure the code quality meets the standard coding guidelines

• Manage code changes using version control tools such as Git

• Creation and execution of unit and integration tests for verifying firmware requirements 

• Debugging software and hardware/software integration issues

• Prototyping software on custom hardware and performing low-level board bring-up

• Propose improvements using code optimization, refactoring and enhancement of real time performance

• Use scopes, meters, power sources, logic analyzers, sniffing tools etc. to debug issues on the target hardware boards

• Follow secure coding practices and perform static and dynamic code analysis to uncover vulnerabilities

• Understand cyber security requirements for the product driven by EU-CRA or similar cyber security product certifications and ensure those are addressed throughout the SDLC process.

Technical Skills:

1. Must Have Skills / Competencies

• Minimum of 15+ years of embedded software development experience preferably on Embedded Linux platform

• Expert programming skills in C / C++ and shell scripting  

• Hands-on experience in Device Driver development, building YOCTO image and device tree development

• Experience working on boot loaders (U-boot preferred) and a good understanding of Linux kernel internals will be an advantage

• Familiarity working with ARM or PowerPC processor architectures, FLASH memory, ADCs and RTC devices used in embedded systems

• Experience using communication protocols such I2C, SPI, CAN, RS-232/RS-485 or Modbus

• Understanding database management using Sqlite, JSON or similar methods

• Experience in developing and conducting unit testing using manual or automation method

• Experience in debugging software using GDB debugger or similar tools on simulated environment as well as hardware boards.

• Experience with tools such as JTAG or J-Link for board programming

• Hands-on experience in secure coding practices and understanding of open-source software licensing for cyber security compliance

• Knowledge and experience with agile development methodologies

• Experience working on Virtual environments such as VMWare or similar tools for code development

• Experience on DevOps using Azure and implementing CI/CD

• Experience in implementing data encryption to secure critical data and firmware residing inside the product

• Ability to identify security vulnerabilities in software by developing a deeper understanding of architecture as well as tools such as Blackduck and address EU-CRA requirements

   

1. Good to have Skills / Competencies

• Experience working on embedded products used for temperature, pressure, electricity or gas measurement will be an added advantage.

• Experience in UML or similar modeling languages for software design and architecture development

• Knowledge and experience with RTOS as well as developing UI using QT framework

• Knowledge and experience with distributed version control such as (GIT, SVN etc) 

• Knowledge and experience with static code analysis tools such as PC-Lint, Coverity or MISRA - C Std.

• Knowledge and experience with VS Code or similar IDEs for code development

• Experience in software build automation using QBS for cross-platform development

• Experience in developing multi-threaded, modular design on single/multi-core processors

• Experience implementing cybersecurity features and exposure to IEC62443 or EU-CRA compliance

• Hands-on experience using copilot tools for code development or unit testing to enhance productivity 

• Experience in threat modeling using Microsoft Azure or similar tools will be an advantage 

• Experience working in geographically distributed teams

Education: B.E/B. Tech in Instrumentation, Electronics & Telecommunication

Additional Competencies

• Strong verbal & written English communication

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Strong learning ability and experience in handling ambiguity

• Guide and act as a technical mentor for other members within the team