Lead Firmware Engineer

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, 11,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond.

Lead Firmware Engineer - Indianapolis, IN

Here at Allegion, we have mapped a strong future and growth potential in intelligent security access control systems. We help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 11,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. To continue our momentum and drive greater customer satisfaction, we are looking for top-qualified candidates to join the team and make a significant contribution to enhance our product portfolio.

The Lead Firmware Engineer, located in Indianapolis, IN, is a part of a growing embedded systems product engineering organization headquartered in Carmel, Indiana. Primary products of responsibility include design and development of electronic locking systems, access control and security to support residential and commercial markets.

What You Will Do :

• Lead a global team of firmware engineers that are responsible for new product development, product improvements and technical production support.
• Provide leadership to the firmware engineering team, which includes assessing, coaching, mentoring, motivating, and developing talent
• Work in collaboration with Engineering Product Line Managers to manage performance of firmware engineering team on various projects/products
• Provide firmware architectural support of the new product development products
• Define and document the definition/scope and requirements of firmware, designing and documenting the architecture and approach of firmware solution; coding, unit testing and integration of modules and subsystems
• Develop firmware for 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.
• Provide a proactive technical leadership position, with ability to think "big picture" for future growth, and successfully implement firmware engineering projects.
• Institutionalize firmware engineering process/tools standards to ensure high quality consistent output
• Manage third party vendors for development and maintenance done off-shore
• Manage project resource allocation
• Ensure that formal project management & tracking disciplines are used
• Provide clear communications to engineering leadership and others outside of engineering
• Work with and support manufacturing & operations in creating test code development to support in-line functional testing.
• Work with validation lab in supporting firmware engineering validation test code and product validation code testing

What You Need to Succeed:

• Demonstrated experience in firmware design, analysis and development from concept to production
• Bachelor's Degree required, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering focus preferred
• Min. Years Experience: 7 years preferred
• High proficiency in C-programming language
• Significant experience in embedded microcontroller system design
• Industry experience in access controls is beneficial
• Experience working very closely with hardware engineers to debug hardware issues and implement hardware test functions
• Expert in design & code analysis, utilizing appropriate tools.
• Experience with microprocessors and microcontrollers including PICxx, NXP Kinetis K-Series M-4 Cortex ARM, MC68xx, ATMEGA, MSP430, etc, and their associated IDE and tools
• Ability to use programming tools including Flash Programmer/EPROM Burner, Emulator/Debugger (ICE)
• Experience in Wireless firmware design and development compatible 802.15.4/802.11x radio systems, including Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Bluetooth, Z-wave and proprietary radios
• Linux experience with kernel development and Yocto on embedded solutions
• Strong leadership, motivational and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated experience leading project teams to deliver programs on time and on budget
• Ability to work across multiple sites/teams domestically and internationally
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Self-motivated and self-directed with strong continuing aspirations to take on larger roles.
• Ability to maintain and improve existing designs and source code to help attain goal of having a modular structure
• Familiar with full documentation of design and test cases. Ability to utilize systems approach tools such as functional block diagrams, flow diagrams, simulations, fault tree analysis, state-diagrams, and others as required in product development.
• Expert in assessing hardware & firmware trade-offs to insure lowest overall cost, highest reliability and best performance in the intended application.
• Open to travel as necessary, approx 10% annually

Allegion is a Great Place to Grow your Career if:

• You're seeking a rewarding opportunity that allows you to truly help others. With thousands of employees and customers around the world, there's plenty of room to make an impact. As our values state, "this is your business, run with it".
• You value personal well-being and balance, because we do too!
• You're looking for a company that will invest in your professional development. As we grow, we want you to grow with us.
• You want a culture that promotes work-life balance. Our employees enjoy generous paid time off, because at Allegion we recognize that you have a full life outside of work!

What You'll Get from Us:

• Health, dental and vision insurance coverage, helping you "be safe, be healthy"
• A commitment to your future with a 401K plan, offering a 6% company match and no vesting period
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Discounts through Perks at Work
• Community involvement and opportunities to give back so you can "serve others, not yourself"
• Opportunities to leverage your unique strengths through CliftonStrengths testing and coaching

Apply Today!

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