Staff / Senior Firmware Test Engineer

About the role

Rockwell Automation is hiring a Staff / Senior Firmware Test Engineer for its global Power Motion Business (PMB) development organization at the Singapore campus. Embedded in the firmware development team, the engineer works with firmware architects, developers, product owners and system engineers throughout the product lifecycle, planning, designing, automating and executing firmware verification to ensure quality, reliability and compliance. The role reports to the Firmware Engineering Manager.

Key responsibilities

• Develop firmware test strategies, test plans and test cases based on product requirements and software architecture.
• Execute functional, integration, system, regression and performance testing of embedded firmware.
• Design, develop and maintain automated test frameworks and tools, and HIL, SIL and simulation test environments where applicable.
• Take part in requirements, architecture, design and code reviews, and collaborate with developers to resolve defects.
• Verify implementation against requirements and ensure bidirectional traceability between requirements, test cases and validation results.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and build test metrics, coverage reports and quality dashboards.
• Investigate firmware anomalies and field issues, take part in risk assessments, and mentor junior engineers.
• Work in Agile, Scrum or SAFe environments and with globally distributed teams.

Required profile

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering (software concentration) or equivalent.
• Typically 5+ years of experience in embedded software testing, firmware validation, test automation or firmware development.
• Experience with firmware debugging tools, automated test development, defect tracking and requirements management tools, and familiarity with Git, Agile/Scrum/SAFe, and version control.

Preferred skills

• Embedded systems, microcontrollers, RTOS and communication protocols.
• Firmware debugging with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers and protocol analyzers.
• Automated test solutions in Python, C/C++ or similar.

What we offer

• Mindfulness programs with a premium Calm membership.
• Paid volunteer time off after 6 months and a volunteer and donation matching program.
• Employee Assistance Program and personalized wellbeing programs.
• Digital course library for professional development and other local benefits.