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FTE: Firmware Senior Design Engineer

AT Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric

FTE: Firmware Senior Design Engineer

Bangalore, India

Job Description:

Deep decarbonization of electricity generation together with the electrification of several end-use applications is necessary to address the climate crisis. Energy Storage Systems (ESS), such as batteries, are a key enabler for deep decarbonization to balance supply and demand. Schneider Electric's Energy Storage Center of Excellence enables deep decarbonization through the development of innovative energy storage products that are battery technology-agnostic, scalable, cost-effective, and manufacturable

Schneider Electric is looking for a Senior Design Engineer - Embedded Firmware for Battery Management Systems (BMS) & Battery Packs for its Energy Storage Center of Excellence (CoE). SE's Energy Storage CoE enables company's growth through the development of innovative energy storage products that are battery technology-agnostic, scalable, cost-effective, and manufacturable.

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Incumbent will be responsible for:
  • Embedded Firmware design and development for Battery Management Systems for UPS and Storage applications...including Module Level, Rack Level and System level.
  • Design, development, testing, debugging, documenting and launch to mass production BMS & Battery Packs that meet regulatory and safety standards, and reliability requirements.

Competencies

Responsibilities:
  • Execute firmware related activities for the product which covers (but not limited to) following aspects:
    • Requirement elicitation and documentation
    • Document firmware designs using Flowcharts, State Machine diagrams, Sequence Diagrams and others
    • Implementation of code related to identified design
    • Unit testing of the developed code
    • Integration testing of FW with HW on bench/ battery pack
    • Analysis and issue resolution of defects detected as part of unit testing, DVT, production and/ or field
    • Documentation of FW test specification and reports
    • Reviews
  • Work closely with peer FW engineers, FW architect and HW engineers to bring up boards or support in HW validation
  • Derive and review test plans/ test cases for DVP, integration tests

Must-have requirements:
  • Good understanding of the FW design and development process and methodology
  • Strong understanding of hardware and software functions specific to embedded systems
  • Experience with embedded systems product lifecycle development
  • 5+ years of experience in the embedded product development (specifically FW), preferably in industrial/ automotive domain
  • Experience in development on ARM Cortex M0/M4F/M7 32-bit MCU (STM/ NXP/ TI/...)
  • Deep understanding of firmware concepts:
    • Startup code
    • Schedulers/ RTOS
    • Interrupts
    • Commuication protocols: CAN, SPI, I2C, MODBUS, UART
    • Peripherals: Timers, ADC, DAC, WDOG, DMA
    • Memories: Serial Flash, SD card, e-MMC, RAM (Stack, Heap)
    • Bootloader concepts
  • Design experience in layered architecture like AUTOSAR
  • Well versed in design concepts of modularity, scalability, configurablity
  • Ability to visualize and dissect FW requirements to FW design/ architecture
  • Strong programming skills in C
  • Strong debugging skills

Nice-to have requirements:
  • Has worked on design of Battery Management Systems (HW/ FW)
  • Knowledge of cybersecurity standards e.g. IEC62443
  • Experience with FW signing, cryptographic algo usage
  • Scripting experience using Python/ Shell/ others
  • Knowledge/ Practical experience with Functional Safety design and implementation (ISO26262/ IEC61508)
  • Familiar with typical firmware development environment: IDE, code editors, configuration management, unit testing, debuggers
  • Preferable with a master's degree in embedded systems or related field
  • Detail-oriented, organized, deadline-driven
  • Demonstrated excellence in analytic, strategic and critical thinking
  • Strong communication skills
  • Being able to "think out of the box"
  • Demonstrated ability to drive issue resolution with speed
  • Able to manage competing priorities and deadlines
  • Experience working with diverse global team members.

Whom do you work with
  • FW and HW leads/ team members
  • V&V engineers
  • Project Manager
  • External teams (customers/ vendors/ validation agencies)

KEY CONSIDERATIONS :
  • Customer first attitude
  • Act with Speed
  • Obsessed with Innovation
  • Learn Everyday

Qualifications
  • BS or higher in Electronics/ Electrical/ Computer Science Engineering, with practical experience
  • Strong software fundamentals including architectural design, algorithm development, data structures, code modularity, maintainability, debugging
  • 5+ years of experience in embedded product development (specifically FW)

Qualifications

Job Description:

Deep decarbonization of electricity generation together with the electrification of several end-use applications is necessary to address the climate crisis. Energy Storage Systems (ESS), such as batteries, are a key enabler for deep decarbonization to balance supply and demand. Schneider Electric's Energy Storage Center of Excellence enables deep decarbonization through the development of innovative energy storage products that are battery technology-agnostic, scalable, cost-effective, and manufacturable

Schneider Electric is looking for a Senior Design Engineer - Embedded Firmware for Battery Management Systems (BMS) & Battery Packs for its Energy Storage Center of Excellence (CoE). SE's Energy Storage CoE enables company's growth through the development of innovative energy storage products that are battery technology-agnostic, scalable, cost-effective, and manufacturable.

Incumbent will be responsible for:
  • Embedded Firmware design and development for Battery Management Systems for UPS and Storage applications...including Module Level, Rack Level and System level.
  • Design, development, testing, debugging, documenting and launch to mass production BMS & Battery Packs that meet regulatory and safety standards, and reliability requirements.

Competencies

Responsibilities:
  • Execute firmware related activities for the product which covers (but not limited to) following aspects:
    • Requirement elicitation and documentation
    • Document firmware designs using Flowcharts, State Machine diagrams, Sequence Diagrams and others
    • Implementation of code related to identified design
    • Unit testing of the developed code
    • Integration testing of FW with HW on bench/ battery pack
    • Analysis and issue resolution of defects detected as part of unit testing, DVT, production and/ or field
    • Documentation of FW test specification and reports
    • Reviews
  • Work closely with peer FW engineers, FW architect and HW engineers to bring up boards or support in HW validation
  • Derive and review test plans/ test cases for DVP, integration tests

Must-have requirements:
  • Good understanding of the FW design and development process and methodology
  • Strong understanding of hardware and software functions specific to embedded systems
  • Experience with embedded systems product lifecycle development
  • 5+ years of experience in the embedded product development (specifically FW), preferably in industrial/ automotive domain
  • Experience in development on ARM Cortex M0/M4F/M7 32-bit MCU (STM/ NXP/ TI/...)
  • Deep understanding of firmware concepts:
    • Startup code
    • Schedulers/ RTOS
    • Interrupts
    • Commuication protocols: CAN, SPI, I2C, MODBUS, UART
    • Peripherals: Timers, ADC, DAC, WDOG, DMA
    • Memories: Serial Flash, SD card, e-MMC, RAM (Stack, Heap)
    • Bootloader concepts
  • Design experience in layered architecture like AUTOSAR
  • Well versed in design concepts of modularity, scalability, configurablity
  • Ability to visualize and dissect FW requirements to FW design/ architecture
  • Strong programming skills in C
  • Strong debugging skills

Nice-to have requirements:
  • Has worked on design of Battery Management Systems (HW/ FW)
  • Knowledge of cybersecurity standards e.g. IEC62443
  • Experience with FW signing, cryptographic algo usage
  • Scripting experience using Python/ Shell/ others
  • Knowledge/ Practical experience with Functional Safety design and implementation (ISO26262/ IEC61508)
  • Familiar with typical firmware development environment: IDE, code editors, configuration management, unit testing, debuggers
  • Preferable with a master's degree in embedded systems or related field
  • Detail-oriented, organized, deadline-driven
  • Demonstrated excellence in analytic, strategic and critical thinking
  • Strong communication skills
  • Being able to "think out of the box"
  • Demonstrated ability to drive issue resolution with speed
  • Able to manage competing priorities and deadlines
  • Experience working with diverse global team members.

Whom do you work with
  • FW and HW leads/ team members
  • V&V engineers
  • Project Manager
  • External teams (customers/ vendors/ validation agencies)

KEY CONSIDERATIONS :
  • Customer first attitude
  • Act with Speed
  • Obsessed with Innovation
  • Learn Everyday

Qualifications
  • BS or higher in Electronics/ Electrical/ Computer Science Engineering, with practical experience
  • Strong software fundamentals including architectural design, algorithm development, data structures, code modularity, maintainability, debugging
  • 5+ years of experience in embedded product development (specifically FW)

Schedule: Full-time
Req: 0097TN

Client-provided location(s): Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Job ID: Schneider_Electric-https://careers.se.com/jobs/0097TN?lang=en-us
Employment Type: Full Time