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 for 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 FW features, improving and managing FW, testing, and process and standards compliance.
• 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.
• Preferred: minimum 5 years of communication protocol development experience, a Master's degree, cybersecurity training or certification, familiarity with Scrum and SAFe, and knowledge of CIP and CIP Security protocols.

Required skills

• C/C++ and real-time firmware development.
• Desired: Python, Green Hills Integrity OS and Multi IDE, TCP/IP networking, Git or similar version control, security tools such as Achilles and Burp Suite, and Jira and Jama.
• Object-oriented analysis and design.

What we offer

• Mindfulness programs with a premium membership to Calm.
• Paid volunteer time off after 6 months of employment, 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.