Senior Firmware Engineer (Communication Protocol)

About the role

Rockwell Automation is hiring a few Senior Firmware Engineers (Communication Protocol) as part of its development engineering expansion in Singapore. 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 of others for design implications. The position reports to the Power Motion Business (PMB) Singapore Engineering Manager and receives functional support from the global development engineering 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 firmware features, improving and managing firmware, testing and compliance standards.
• Design, develop and test firmware for protocols such as Ethernet/IP, BacNet, Profibus, Profinet, SNMP, serial communication and Modbus TCP.
• Participate in improving engineering processes and best practices, and keep the link between requirements and testing strong.
• Investigate firmware anomalies with the functional test, customer support or other teams and resolve them.
• Stay current on embedded firmware and cybersecurity methods through research, training and seminars.
• Work in diverse frameworks including Agile and Scrum, and function in a 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++ (or another middle-to-high-level language).
• Proven ability to build high-quality, maintainable firmware subsystems at a high rate of productivity.
• Ability to organize and direct the activities of others and communicate with a globally distributed team.
• Strong collaborator in a matrixed organization, able to explain complex technical information clearly in writing and verbally.
• Customer-centric approach.

Required skills

• C/C++ (required); Python, Green Hills Integrity OS and Multi IDE, TCP/IP networking, Git or similar version control, and tools such as Achilles and Burp Suite are desired.
• Jira and Jama are desired.
• Preferred: 5+ years of communication protocol development, a Master's degree, cybersecurity training or certification, familiarity with Scrum, SAFe and CIP/CIP Security protocols.

What we offer

• Mindfulness programs with a premium membership to Calm.
• Paid volunteer time off after 6 months for eligible employees, plus company volunteer and donation matching.
• Employee Assistance Program and personalized wellbeing programs through OnTrack.
• On-demand digital course library for professional development and other local benefits.
• Hybrid work: at least Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at a Rockwell location unless there is a business reason to be out of the office.