Firmware Engineer

About the Company

Creating Peace of Mind by Pioneering Safety and Security At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 12,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond, everything from Residential and Commercial Locks, Door Closer and Exit Devices, Steel Doors and Frames to Access Control and workforce productivity systems.

About the Role

Allegion is looking for a highly motivated Senior Firmware Engineer who will be responsible for Firmware development of assigned modules within a larger system. Responsibilities include participation in firmware specification development, firmware architecture, design, code development, debugging, and participation in code reviews, documentation, unit/integration/system testing and other assigned engineering tasks. Individual will be responsible to deliver to objectives including meeting deadlines and schedule.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and debug firmware for electronic products and systems
• Should be able to design embedded modules meeting design attributes
• Maintain and improve existing designs and source code to help attain goal of having a modular structure
• Work with a team to produce full documentation of design and unit test cases. Utilize systems approach tools such as functional block diagrams, flow diagrams, simulations, fault tree analysis, state-diagrams, and others as required in product development
• Perform the validation of the design, implementation and integration of components to ensure the required functionality is developed as per the specified requirements.
• Work across multiple sites/teams domestically and internationally
• Must be able to work under a situation of changing requirements. Ability to quickly adapt to new feature requests from Marketing
• Must have leadership skills, should be able to guide and mentor the junior resources.

Qualifications

• BE or M Tech in Electronics and communication/ Computer Science Engineering
• 3 - 5 Years embedded electronics experience in Firmware design and development.

Required Skills

• Extensive experience working on firmware development and embedded systems
• Very good C programming skills including understanding of assembly language is a plus
• Experience in leading and mentoring teams
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Must be able to work with global stakeholders across regions
• Good in project management skills like estimation, planning, execution and tracking.
• Must have worked with various Software Development Life Cycles such as waterfall, V model, agile methodologies, etc.
• Must have experience in working on various micro controllers and SoCs from different chip manufacturers.
• Must have experience in integrating SDKs for various Wireless SoCs delivered from chip manufacturers.
• Must have written low level device drivers for micro controllers and SoC - I2C, SPI, UART, ADC, PWM, etc.
• Must be agile to work under a situation of changing requirements, ability to quickly adapt to new feature request from product management.
• Good knowledge on any of the widely used embedded RTOS is required - like FreeRTOS, uCOS, VxWorks, etc.
• Worked on products that involve optimal usage of on-board battery, understanding of battery life management.

We Celebrate Who We Are!

Allegion is committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace. Together, we embrace all differences and similarities among colleagues, as well as the differences and similarities within the relationships that we foster with customers, suppliers and the communities where we live and work. Whatever your background, experience, race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, disability status, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law, we will make sure that you have every opportunity to impress us in your application and the opportunity to give your best at work, not because we’re required to, but because it’s the right thing to do. We are also committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If for any reason you cannot apply through our career site and require an accommodation or assistance, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team.