Lead Engineer - Embedded SW Development

Hyderabad April 15, 2026 Full Time Workday

Job Description Summary

Lead Firmware Engineer will participate in embedded firmware development for the MarkVIe platforms.
You will work in a global environment with a skilled cross functional team of engineers creating and improving state-of-the-art platform for use in every kind of power generation application.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

Understand high level system requirements to define the architecture and low-level design requirements and do the implementation.
Designing, developing, coding, testing and debugging system software.
Analyzing and enhancing efficiency, stability and scalability of system resources
Integrate and validate new product designs
Lead and perform high quality reviews. (Example: detailed design, source code, unit test code, requirements etc.).
Interface with hardware design and development teams
Work with the FW Test engineers to develop formal design verification and validation plans and perform or oversee testing.
Assess third party and open source software
Automated unit and regression testing.
Experience in Agile development methodology.
Maintain high quality documentation of the design, code reviews and the unit test results
Experience working on multiple stages of the product development lifecycle (project initiation, design completion, release, and maintenance)
Able to work in cross-functional and global teams

Qualifications/Requirements

Bachelors / masters in Computer Science/ Electronics Engineering / Electrical Engineering or related field of study.
6 - 10 years of working experience in embedded software programming
Experience in hands on development and troubleshooting on embedded targets
Experience in C/C++ programming and good understanding of different Microprocessor architectures.
Hands on experience in embedded systems design with preemptive, multitasking real-time operating systems (preferably QNX RTOS)
Experience in doing automated unit test for C/C++ applications.
Familiarity with software configuration management tools, defect tracking tools, and peer review.
Exposure to C# development will be an added advantage.

Desired Characteristics

Experience with Control Systems firmware development for MarkVIe.
Experience working with Industry protocols like MODBUS, Profibus, Profinet, FF, CAN, Ethernet
Demonstrated experience working with global teams on global programs.
Self-starter, able to work with multi-functional teams (Hardware, Software, System Test. etc.)
Knowledge of software design for cybersecurity.
Good interpersonal skills.

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GE Vernova is a newly independent energy company with ~80,000 employees, offering the scale of a global enterprise with a focused mission on the energy transition — tailor your application to reflect this unique positioning.
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