Senior Firmware System Engineer

About the role

Rockwell Automation is expanding its development engineering footprint and is hiring a few Senior Firmware System Engineers for its global Power Motion Business (PMB) development organisation at the Singapore campus. The role reports to the Firmware Security Manager and is hybrid, based in the Singapore office.

Key responsibilities

• Design embedded firmware solutions for industrial automation products and firmware subsystems that improve performance, memory use, reliability, maintainability, security and scalability.
• Develop firmware using modern engineering practices and coding standards, and maximise reuse of existing components, frameworks, RTOS services, middleware and device drivers.
• Take part in firmware architecture, design reviews and technical discussions, and create unit tests, integration tests and system verification activities.
• Ensure quality through requirements traceability, design validation and continuous improvement, and investigate and resolve firmware defects and field anomalies.
• Collaborate with hardware, systems, quality, cybersecurity and product management teams, and support cybersecurity-by-design and secure firmware development.
• Participate in Agile processes (Sprint Planning, Reviews, Retrospectives) and CI/CD, mentor junior engineers and lead 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.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in embedded system firmware development, including real-time firmware, device drivers and testing with C/C++ (other middle-to-high level languages and Python and scripting also required).
• Candidates with more than 4 years of experience may be offered a Senior Engineer position.
• Preferred: Master's degree, familiarity with Scrum and SAFe, CIP and CIP Security protocols, and experience delivering high-quality firmware at a high productivity rate.

Required skills

• C/C++ and Python and scripting languages.
• Green Hills Integrity OS and Multi IDE, TCP/IP networking, Git or similar version control, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Jira and Jama.
• Real-time operating systems (required); FreeRTOS or Zephyr preferred.
• Ability to organise and direct other employees and work in a matrixed, globally distributed team.

What we offer

• Mindfulness programmes with a premium Calm membership.
• Paid volunteer time off after 6 months for eligible employees, plus volunteer and donation matching.
• Employee Assistance Program and personalised wellbeing programmes.
• On-demand digital course library and other local benefits.