What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Engineer position at Kidde-Fenwal LLC?
Lead Firmware Engineer
Kiddel Technologies India Private Limited
Flat 2A, 7th Floor, Maximus Towers 2A
Raheja Mindspace, Huda Techno Enclave
Madhapur, Hyderabad, TS 500081
Company Overview
KiddeFenwal is the global market leader in designing and manufacturing innovative industrial and commercial fire suppression systems and safety controls. Our proprietary, fully certified offerings save lives, protect property, and minimize business interruption.
Our brands—Kidde Fire Systems and Kidde Fire Protection—deliver highly engineered fire suppression, detection, and control systems across industrial, commercial, and marine sectors. Fenwal Controls supports OEMs with gas ignition, temperature control, and overheat detection products.
Headquartered in Ashland, Massachusetts, KiddeFenwal operates globally, with facilities in the U.S., United Kingdom (KFI-UK), and India (KTI-India). Learn more at www.kiddefenwal.com
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Embedded Firmware design and development for Fire Detection and Alarm. Individual must have the ability to understand system requirements, understand system architecture, prepare design & code using C, C , perform unit and system testing. The selected candidate must have a background in embedded firmware development, design and code review, devices/system interaction and troubleshooting ( Debugging capabilities), and will be involved in all aspects of the system software development process (concept, design, reviews, coding, and validation). The selected candidate shall have an understanding of schematics. The selected candidate shall be able to work individually and with team – hardware and software both locally and globally. Need to work with teams at global locations across different time zones. Having exposure to Embedded Linux ( System Programming ) and IOT will added advantage.
EDUCATION PREFERRED:
Degree in Electronics & Communication /Electrical Engineering
EXPERIENCE PREFERRED:
Minimum 8~10 years firmware development experience required as below:
Essential Competencies:
- Strong in Embedded C oriented software development.
- Experience on 16 / 32 bit micro controllers.
- Strong in Microcontroller bare metal programming and board up capabilities.
- Experience in working on protocols like I2C,SPI , RS485, MODBUS and BACNET.
- Must have experience debugging, troubleshooting embedded systems using emulators, JTAG\BDM debuggers etc, Static code analysis
- Must have experience with software version control(ex:SVN/GIT) and defect tracking software
- Passionate to learn new technologies and tools quickly and work in a highly collaborative team-oriented environment.
- Having work experience in IOT Cloud connectivity is added advantage.
- Having work experience in Embedded Linux is added advantage.
Desirable Competencies:
- Exposure to Google Test framework/CPP unit testing Framework
- Experience with JIRA (Atlassian tools)
- Able to understand hardware design and schematics is Plus
- Exposure to Model based design
- Cybersecurity
- Knowledge in IOT and Connected Solutions applications
OTHER COMPETENCIES:
- Understanding of the entire system development process.
- Strong English communication skills - oral and written.
- Ability to adapt quickly to an existing, complex environment.
- Ability to quickly learn new concepts and software is necessary.
- Passionate about building high-quality systems with software implementation best practices.
- Passionate to work on POC’s for technology research efforts that result in prototypes for concept evaluation
- Working experience in product-based companies.
- Understanding and responding quickly to customer issues.