Senior Firmware Engineer (Communication Protocol)

About the role

Rockwell Automation is hiring a few Senior Firmware Engineers (Communication Protocol) in Singapore as part of its development engineering expansion. The engineer maximizes reuse of existing internal or external firmware components, frameworks and communication protocol libraries to shorten the product development cycle, and reviews subsystem and system designs for implications. The position reports to the Power Motion Business (PMB) Singapore Engineering Manager and works within a globally distributed team.

Key responsibilities

• Analyze, design, program, debug and modify firmware, troubleshooting code and involving analog and digital hardware and firmware operating systems.
• Work on embedded firmware for drive products: developing features, improving and managing firmware, testing and compliance.
• Design, develop and test firmware for protocols such as Ethernet/IP, BacNet, Profibus, Profinet, SNMP, serial communication and Modbus TCP.
• Develop and improve engineering processes, and keep the link between requirements and testing strong.
• Investigate and debug firmware anomalies with the functional test, customer support or other teams.
• Stay current on embedded firmware and cybersecurity methods through research, training and seminars.
• Work in Agile and Scrum frameworks and collaborate in a matrixed, globally distributed team.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering (with a focus on firmware), or equivalent.
• Experience in communication protocol development, analyzing, designing, programming and testing real-time firmware systems in C/C++.
• Proven ability to build high-quality, maintainable firmware subsystems at a high rate of productivity.
• Ability to organize and direct other employees and communicate with a globally distributed team.
• Preferred: at least 5 years of communication protocol development experience, a Master's degree, cybersecurity training or certification, familiarity with Scrum/SAFe and CIP/CIP Security protocols.

Required skills

• C/C++ (or another middle-to-high-level language); object-oriented analysis and design; real-time development.
• Desired: Python, Green Hills Integrity OS and Multi IDE, TCP/IP networking, Git, security tools such as Achilles and Burp Suite, and Jira and Jama.

What we offer

• Hybrid work: at least three days per week in the office (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday).
• Mindfulness programs with a premium Calm membership, paid volunteer time off after 6 months, and employee assistance and wellbeing programs.
• Volunteer and donation matching, and an on-demand digital course library.