Firmware Engineering

Job Description:

Schneider Electric is looking for a Principal Technical Expert – Embedded Firmware for Battery Management Systems

(BMS) & Battery Packs for its Energy Storage Center of Excellence (CoE). SE's Energy Storage CoE enables

company's growth through the development of innovative energy storage products that are battery technology-agnostic,

scalable, cost-effective, and manufacturable.

Incumbent will be responsible for:

• Embedded Firmware design and development for Battery Management Systems for UPS and Storage applications.
• Design, development, testing, debugging, documenting and launch to mass production BMS & Battery Packs that meet

regulatory and safety standards, and reliability requirements.

• Play the role of technical lead for given project scope and thus coordinate with different stakeholders (both technical and

project management)

• Technically lead the project in terms of requirement clarifications, prioritization of technical activities, design reviews, code

reviews, test plan reviews and guidance for testing

• Handle the release activities (configuration management, issue tracking and closure)
• Act as technical SPOC for project specific reviews (safety, cybersecurity, stage gate, regulatory,…)
• Work with respective hardware lead(s) and other sub-system technical leads to ensure proper integration and

functionality

Competencies

Responsibilities:

• Execute firmware related activities for the product which covers (but not limited to) following aspects:
• Requirement elicitation and documentation
• Document firmware designs using Flowcharts, State Machine diagrams, Sequence Diagrams and others
• Implementation of code related to identified design
• Unit testing of the developed code
• Integration testing of FW with HW on bench/ battery pack
• Analysis and issue resolution of defects detected as part of unit testing, DVT, production and/ or field
• Documentation of FW test specification and reports
• Reviews
• Work closely with peer FW engineers, FW architect and HW engineers to bring up boards or support in HW validation
• Derive and review test plans/ test cases for DVP, integration tests
• Follow AGILE principles for fast and efficient firmware development
• Ensure firmware configuration management and issue tracking/ closure
• Technical reviews: architecture/ design, code, test plan, test reports, release notes
• Bring out the best practices for firmware development and adapt continuous improvement processes

Whom do you work with

• FW and HW leads/ team members
• V&V engineers
• Project Manager
• External teams (customers/ vendors/ validation agencies)

KEY CONSIDERATIONS:

• Customer first attitude
• Act with Speed
• Obsessed with Innovation
• Learn Everyday

Qualifications

• BS or higher in Electronics/ Electrical/ Computer Science Engineering, with practical experience
• Strong software fundamentals including architectural design, algorithm development, data structures, code modularity,

maintainability, debugging

• 15+ years of experience in embedded product development (specifically FW)

Qualifications:

Responsibilities:

• Execute firmware related activities for the product which covers (but not limited to) following aspects:
• Requirement elicitation and documentation
• Document firmware designs using Flowcharts, State Machine diagrams, Sequence Diagrams and others
• Implementation of code related to identified design
• Unit testing of the developed code
• Integration testing of FW with HW on bench/ battery pack
• Analysis and issue resolution of defects detected as part of unit testing, DVT, production and/ or field
• Documentation of FW test specification and reports
• Reviews
• Work closely with peer FW engineers, FW architect and HW engineers to bring up boards or support in HW validation
• Derive and review test plans/ test cases for DVP, integration tests
• Follow AGILE principles for fast and efficient firmware development
• Ensure firmware configuration management and issue tracking/ closure
• Technical reviews: architecture/ design, code, test plan, test reports, release notes
• Bring out the best practices for firmware development and adapt continuous improvement processes

Nice-to-have requirements:

• Has worked on the design of Battery Management Systems (HW/ FW)
• Knowledge of cybersecurity standards e.g. IEC62443
• Experience with FW signing, cryptographic algorithm usage
• Scripting experience using Python/ Shell/ others
• Knowledge/ Practical experience with Functional Safety design and implementation (ISO26262/ IEC61508)
• Familiar with typical firmware development environment: IDE, code editors, configuration management, unit testing,

debuggers

• Preferable with a master's degree in embedded systems or related field
• Detail-oriented, organized, deadline-driven
• Demonstrated excellence in analytic, strategic and critical thinking
• Strong communication skills
• Being able to "think out of the box"
• Demonstrated ability to drive issue resolution with speed
• Able to manage competing priorities and deadlines
• Experience working with diverse global team members.
• Any prior experience as Technical Lead (leading at least 2/3 members technically).

About Our Company:

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