Senior Engineer, Software Development

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 25,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

Position Summary

Rockwell Automation’s Sensing, Safety and Industrial Components Business is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to be a significant contributor to a next generation new product development responsible for the design, analysis, and integration of software Add-on Profiles for embedded communication and control modules. The position requires the proven ability to work with product management, hardware engineering, and firmware developers to create project specifications and execute through the entire development cycle. Accepted candidates will become part of the newly created engineering team in Pune.

Our Offer
• Innovative and interesting projects
• Professional work environment with a high emphasis on product quality
• Opportunities for training and development of professional skills
• Competitive benefits package
• Multinational work environment

Principal Responsibilities
• Develop software visualization/configuration modules to support new devices within RA’s software ecosystem
• Participate in the design and development of new architectures and frameworks for scalable product platforms.
• Interact and collaborate on products and projects with a team of engineers located in the US, Europe, and Asia.
• Participate in code and requirements reviews and play a lead role in defining and maintaining the core software development process.
• Provide technical and project leadership between Engineering, Product Management and Manufacturing with the goal of total customer satisfaction. This will require knowledge of core technologies, current trends in software development, as well as reliability and/or architectural specifications of the devices and systems.
• Author architecture level design documents

Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or another field
• 5+ years of experience in software design and development
• Capable of delivering high-quality C++ code
• Proven ability to analyze and solve complex problems
• Hands-on experience in software development in Microsoft tool ecosystem
• Experience in code collaboration tools and design reviews
• Ability and wiliness to travel internationally 1-2 weeks per visit

Desired Qualifications
• 7+ years of experience in software design and development
• Experience developing software communicating with external devices.
• Ability to quickly understand existing codebases and refactor when required
• Experience developing products that are Functional Safety certified
• Knowledge of safety standard IEC 61508
• Excellent design, debugging and optimization skills
• Ability and/or willingness to work with emulators and hardware tools.
• Understanding of RS-232, USB, Ethernet and packet-based communication protocols
• Experience with typical embedded control peripherals such as A/D, D/A, timers & general purpose I/O
• Experience with standard version control systems
• Familiarity with Rockwell Automation controllers and software tools
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines