Research & Development
Software Development Engineer
Job Description

Do you want to take part in developing the most innovative pumps in the world? Are you ready to work with the best-in-class colleagues within embedded industrial products? 

 

We are taking platform development and continuous integration to the next level in Grundfos. Want to join us and help build our team, working with the latest technologies in advanced controller products? If you wish to develop your skills, this is your chance to challenge the organization to apply broad subject matter expert knowledge with a high degree of technical/business insight across product/solutions development and digital offerings.

 

What is the job about?

 

Develop and enhance the features in the Grundfos pumps and drives to ensure that we continue having the world best products by developing embedded software in close colaboration with the other developers using our common software platform. Have a holistic view of team delivery and dependencies. We work in an agile environment where flexibility is a natual thing as well as the ability to plan your own.

 

Your main tasks will be:

  • Design and development of different embedded SW applications as a part of Product development team and ensure that it is working as expected.
  • Define solutions from a system perspective and support System integration
  • Ensure alignment with the SW architecture and platform.

SW architecture & Governance

  • Contribute to enhancements of existing reference architecture and framework
  • Contribute to architecture  process & governance
  • Identify and implement best practices with respect to architecture 
  • Unit test development and test of new software and products to the full value chain
  • Quality improvement on existing software, bug fixing and test
  • Proactive to build and share knowledge (agile, process, technical) to team to improve together.
  • Reach out to colleagues, guide them so the development process is enhanced as well as the products are becoming more innovative

“Specific for a “t”

Test architecture & governance

 

  • Contribute to enhancements of existing test architecture and framework
  • Contribute to test governance
  • Identify tools based on application domain complexity and needs
  • Process implementation
  • Identify and implement best practices in the team with respect to test

 

Product/System Development

  • Support test set-up and maintenance.
  • Test plan / test case / test environment preparation
  • Drive and develop re-usable test scripts
  • End-to-end System Testing
  • Field issues support 
  • Test automation
  • Configuration management
  • Ensure test beds are operational in line with CI framework     

 

Your background

 

  • Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree  in Engineering (Electronics Background) with minimum 4 to maximum 12 years of relevant experience

Expert in developing embedded SW applications in Embedded C

  • Embedded concepts at SW as well HW levels.
  • Experience in High& low level design of product applications.
  • Strong theoretical and practical on complex /difficult design (e.g. advanced features from Technology innovation)
  • Experience in developing PID control algorithms to regulate temperature, pressure and other process variables  for industrial applications
  • Experience in MATLAB
  • Experience in usage and integration of sensors like temperature, pressure, etc
  • Structured, modularized development and testing at all levels for different embedded software components like -
    • RTOS (eCos, Threadx), memory, etc.
    • Communication drivers and protocols e.g. RS232, RS485, I2C, SPI etc.
    • MCU architectures – 16 & 32 bit Preferably – Renesas
    • Exposure to fieldbus protocols like Modbus, Bacnet, CAN, etc
  • Embedded environment - IAR
  • Knowledge & work exposure to wireless technologies e.g. Wifi, Bluetooth.
  • Emulators, OCD and other tools.
  • Hardware debugging and testing (Peripherals, schematic reading, oscilloscope, Multi-meter etc).
  • Documentation.

User level understanding and knowledge with hands on work experience.

  • SW testing tools at unit level. Preferably – CPPUnit.
  • Any continuous integration tool. Preferably – Jenkins.
  • Any version control tool. Preferably – GIT

Specific for a “t”

    • Test principles, test driven development, test automation and writing test cases.
    • Experience in using the protocol testing/analyzer tools for testing protocols (Wireshark, Modscan, Modbus Conformance Tool, Bacnet …).
    • Knowledge of scripting languages like Python, Java

Nice to have

    • ISQTB certification
    • Exposure to IOT based applications)

 

Do you want to learn more?

 

This position is based out of Chennai. If this sounds appealing to you, please upload your CV/resume and cover letter today via our Careers portal.

 

We look forward to hearing from you. 

 

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Information at a Glance

Job details

Workplace:  Hybrid (office and home-working)
Job Location:  Chennai, Tamil Nādu, India
Contract Type:  Full-Time
Employment Type:  Regular

About Grundfos

Grundfos is one of the world’s leading water technology companies with more than 19.000 employees in 60+ countries all over the world. Our skills commit us to pioneering solutions to the world’s water and climate challenges and improve the quality of life for people. We dare to do things that others cannot or dare not do, as we believe innovation is not only a business opportunity, but an obligation. And what really matters to us is not short term profit, but the impact we make. By becoming part of our united powerful team, you too can drive this change no matter your role.

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