Engineer III, Firmware

Work Schedule

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Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
 

Position Summary

We are seeking anEngineer III – Firmware to join a growing R&D team in Hyderabad supporting sustaining engineering, VAVE, and lifecycle management for theKingFisher sample preparation systems andDetection instruments.

In this role, you will be akey individual contributor, owning firmware components and embedded software functionality across instrument platforms. You will develop, debug, and optimize firmware, support system integration, and resolve technical issues, while contributing to product performance, reliability, and cost optimization initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Firmware Development

• Design, develop, and maintainembedded firmware for instrument control systems (microcontrollers, processors, and peripheral interfaces).
• Ownfirmware modules and features, including implementation, testing, and documentation.
• Develop and optimize code inC/C++, ensuring performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Implement and supportcommunication protocols (e.g., I2C, SPI, UART, USB, Ethernet as applicable).

Sustaining Engineering & Lifecycle Support

• Execute sustaining activities includingbug fixes, feature updates, and firmware enhancements.
• Performroot cause analysis of field and production issues and implement corrective actions.
• Supportfirmware validation, verification, and release processes.

Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VAVE)

• Contribute tocost optimization initiatives, including firmware-driven efficiencies and hardware-software trade-offs.
• Support evaluation ofalternative components and architectures in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Assist in improvingsystem performance and resource utilization.

System Integration & Technical Contribution

• Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, and systems teams to supportsystem integration and debugging.
• Contribute torequirements definition, interface development, and test planning.
• Participate indesign and code reviews, providing data-driven technical input.

Global & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work withglobal R&D teams (Finland, US, Singapore) to support knowledge transfer and ongoing product support.
• Partner withmanufacturing, quality, and service teams to troubleshoot and resolve field issues.
• Collaborate withBusiness Unit Product Management to support execution aligned with product priorities.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience inembedded firmware development.
• Strong programming skills inC/C++ for embedded systems.
• Experience withmicrocontrollers, real-time systems, and hardware-software integration.
• Strong skills indebugging, root cause analysis, and problem solving.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience withRTOS, device drivers, and low-level hardware interfaces.
• Experience withlife sciences or analytical instrumentation.
• Familiarity withfirmware development tools, version control systems, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience withcommunication protocols (I2C, SPI, UART, USB, Ethernet).
• Exposure toregulated product development environments.

Impact

• Owns and deliversfirmware modules and embedded software solutions.
• Drives execution ofbug fixes, enhancements, and validation activities.
• Contributes tosystem performance, reliability, and product quality.
• Supports the growth ofR&D capability in Hyderabad.