Embedded Software Manager

Job Function, Roles & Responsibilities: Lead technology initiatives for strategizing and owning Industry 4.0 and related business practices, with relevant experience in Industry 4.0 & IIoT Overall responsibility of end-to-end project execution & delivery within planned schedule for multiple projects simultaneously Project requirements understanding, dissemination into individual tasks, effort estimation and planning Upholding customer satisfaction through value-based delivery Interface with global customers for project status accounting, task planning and delivery Defining and managing daily tasks and responsibilities of the project team, with an ability to lead 10-15 team members spread across multiple projects Stakeholder management from cross-functional teams within organization and external vendors/partners Escalation management from customers or internal stakeholders Understand business pipeline through sales and senior management, define hiring plans and conduct interviews Manage compliance to Quality Management System (QMS), and participate in project audits by SEPG group Responsible for conducting annual appraisals, providing regular developmental feedback to team, and identifying skill gaps to plan internal and external training Foster an open work-culture to instill confidence in the team, and encourage diversity of perspectives and sharing of knowledge Area of expertise: Expertise in industrial projects with manufacturing applications, controls, and analytics, with good exposure to PLC, DCS and SCADA systems Expertise in working with industrial interfaces and protocols such as MODBUS, PROFIBUS, FIELDBUS, OPC UA Overall project management & delivery Risk management (risk identification, tracking, mitigation and contingency planning) Customer communication (US and Europe based customers) Strategic account management and long-term growth Embedded firmware architecture development for Industrial IoT (IIoT) domain Expertise in various processor and microcontroller architecture Expertise in bare metal, RTOS and device driver development Expertise in Linux Kernel programming, device driver development, multi-threaded applications Expertise in different distributions such as Yocto and openWRT Expertise in C and OOPS Programming languages, data structure, and design patterns in C++ Expertise in bootloader (U-Boot) development for embedded systems Experience in wireless technologies such as Zigbee, Z-Wave, Matter, BLE, Threads, WiFi, and Sub-GHz Experience with debugging tools such as KGDB, GDB, Valgrind, and static code analyzers Experience in networking protocols such as TCP/IP, UDP, MQTT, GSM, GPRS Experience in serial communication interfaces such as RS-232, RS-485, I2C, SPI, MODBUS and CAN Experience in Embedded GUI Development, particularly with QT or similar frameworks, is advantageous Skills: Programming Languages: C, C++, and Python Hands-on BSP, board bring up development experience Linux kernel development with low-level driver experience, BSP, the board bring-up SDK development knowledge Write high-quality, efficient, extensible, and maintainable code in a fast-paced Agile environment Interfaces: PCIE, USB, I2C, SPI, MDIO, MQTT, Rest API Wireless: Z Wave/ZigBee/Matter/Thread/BLE/WIFI Hardware schematics review and PCB debugging Microcontroller/Microprocessors: 16/32-bit Debugging applications using debugging tools. Debugging Hardware and low-level firmware using schematics Debugging tools: like logic analyzer, digital oscilloscope, JTAG, KGDB, JDB Expert in USB, AUDIO/VIDEO, RF protocols Cloud communication: AWS or Azure or customer cloud Build system: Yocto, OpenWRT, Makefiles etc Embedded GUI Development – QT or similar Expertise in at least one technology - Wi-Fi, audio/video, display, camera Experienced with SCRUM-based project management tools such as JIRA, DOORS, Agile Embedded GUI Development – QT or similar Working experience in security algorithms encryption and decryption Debugging Hardware and low-level firmware using schematics Debugging tools: like logic analyzer, digital oscilloscope Complete SDLC life cycle understanding Scrum master certifications in team management