Job Description

The Next Level of Fire & Life Safety Leadership
With more than two centuries of combined history, brands like Kidde, Kidde Commercial, Edwards, GST, Badger, Gloria and Aritech have been leading the way in protecting people and property around the world. Now, we’re taking that leadership to the next level. Kidde Global Solutions brings together the most trusted and iconic brands in safety, building upon our shared experience and expertise to address the needs and challenges of more customers in more places. With an unmatched portfolio of solutions and services, and a commitment to constant innovation we’re elevating the standards for an entire industry – and establishing the next level of fire and life safety leadership.
At Kidde Global Solutions, you’re joining a global technology leader in fire and life safety solutions and our employees are the heart of it all. With industry-defining brands in life safety and security, you’ll be part of a legacy of leadership working with cutting-edge technologies that protect lives and property worldwide. As a leading fire safety brand, our mission is to provide solutions that protect people and property from the effects of fire and related hazards. We’re committed to expanding our impact and providing dynamic opportunities for growth within our team. You’ll be part of a company that prioritizes quality, integrity, collaboration, and customer care, with the resources, training, and incentives to ensure your success every step of the way.

About this role

Firmware developer role to design, develop and test embedded firmware for life safety products. Capable to work independently and collaborate across global teams

Key Responsibilities

• Design real-time firmware using rigorous design techniques for life safety devices such as smoke / Heat/ CO detectors
• Develop unit test case and Test Plans to test and validate design limits of the system.
• Hands-on development experience on Wi-Fi, BLE, BT, Sub Ghz, Matter, Thread.
• Hands-on development experience on wireless communications protocols MQTT, sockets, HTTP/S etc.
• Expertise in MCU peripherals : ADC, DAC, PWM, Timers, UART, I2C, Interrupts.
• Should own and individually handle the product firmware development.
• Understand system firmware design and hands-on experience in using Multimeter, CRO , logic analyzer rtc.
• Participate in design reviews for system specifications, electronics design, firmware design documents, and source code
• Define firmware design requirements and specifications to meet product and customer needs
• Develop overall firmware system architectures along with those of firmware subsystems and modules.
• Pro-actively work with global teams on daily bais to resolve any quality/firmware issues/defects.
• Should adapt to agile work flow and accustomized to Jira, confluence and sprint wise development and deliverables

Basic Qualifications

• Graduate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Electronics.
• 6-10 years of experience in below:
• Experience in the design and development of embedded firmware
• Experience C & C++ programming skills
• Experience using debugging tools

Preferred Experience:

• Hands-on experience with full-stack MCU firmware development, RTOS (emBos, FreeRTOS etc.)
• Expertise with device drivers and other low-level HW interfaces such as SPI, I2C, DMA, ADC, DAC, Ethernet, PWM, Hardware timers, IO handling, bit banging, PWM, IO Interrupt handling
• Strong hardware/electrical know-how. You should know how to test firmware is working as expected by probing the hardware (e.g., oscilloscope, logic analyzer, etc.)
• Demonstrated knowledge of firmware development best practices (code reviews test, SCM, Git, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience with typical lab equipment such as O-Scopes, logic analyzers, DMM’s, Frequency generators, and Spectrum/network analyzers.
• Experience working in a regulated environment, e.g., UL, FCC, EN
• Firmware development on STM32, ESP32, TI CC13xx CC32xx
• Full lifecycle product development experience (from concept through production and support)

World Leaders in Fire and Life Safety
Kidde Global Solutions is a world leader in fire & life safety solutions tailored for complex commercial facilities to homes. Through iconic, industry-defining brands including Kidde, Kidde Commercial, Edwards, GST, Badger, Gloria and Aritech, we provide residential and commercial customers with advanced solutions and services to protect people and property in a wide range of applications, all around the globe.