Staff Engineer Embedded Firmware

Chennai, India. Posted 7 months ago

The role

This engineer will develop embedded Linux application firmware, middleware services, and backend features for Intelligent PDUs. The role involves building customer-facing functionality like outlet scheduling, monitoring, and network management services.

What you will do

Develop embedded C/C++ applications and middleware services on Linux-based PDU platforms
Implement customer-facing features such as outlet scheduling, grouping, and power event monitoring
Design and maintain backend service architecture for long-running embedded applications
Integrate and utilize BSP/HAL APIs for hardware operations
Implement and maintain SNMP, Modbus TCP, MQTT, HTTPS/REST APIs, and WebSocket interfaces
Develop network configuration and management features
Collaborate with frontend/UI teams to integrate embedded web interfaces with backend services
Support OTA/FOTA firmware update workflows and rollback mechanisms
Implement event logging, diagnostics, and fault/alarm reporting
Integrate environmental and external sensors using UART, I2C, SPI, RS485, or Ethernet

Required qualifications

10+ years of relevant experience
Strong proficiency in C/C++ for embedded systems
Strong Linux/Embedded Linux development experience
Experience with embedded application or middleware development
Experience with networking protocols: TCP/IP, MQTT, HTTP/HTTPS, SNMP, Modbus
Experience with multithreading, IPC, synchronization, and long-running services
Experience debugging embedded systems using logs, gdb, logic analyzers, or oscilloscopes
Experience with UART, SPI, I2C, Ethernet, or RS485 interfaces
Familiarity with OTA/FOTA update mechanisms and persistent storage management
Experience with Git and Linux development environments

Nice to have

Experience with embedded web servers or embedded web UI integration
Experience with Yocto or Buildroot
Experience with device management platforms or remote monitoring systems
Experience with power infrastructure products, industrial devices, or networked appliances
Experience with REST APIs

About the company

NETGEAR is on a mission to unleash the full potential of connectivity with intelligent solutions. They are a performance-driven team that turns ideas into innovative networking products.