Are you eager to take your career to the next level? If yes, we encourage your application for Lead Firmware Engineer role!

In this role you will own the design of embedded software used for Biffi's electric actuator products, ensuring high performance, reliability, and compliance with industrial standards. To support our mission, this role requires rapid familiarization with our embedded products, product design, and technological needs. A strong exposure to Embedded Product Development Life Cycle processes, tools & Agile methodologies is crucial to ensure process driven product development.

By joining us as an Lead Firmware Engineer in Fiorenzuola, this role can be a strong foundation for your future career within Emerson. We encourage advancement and offer tangible development opportunities!

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Lead a global engineering team (2-4 people) of Firmware Engineers located in different Emerson sites
• Provide leadership in technical reviews and issue resolution for the team.
• Design, implement, and improve firmware, embedded solutions for industrial actuators.
• Analysing and optimizing firmware performance.
• Drive code reviews to ensure code quality and maintainability for self and others in the team.
• Fixing and performing Root Cause Analysis of the issues.
• Consistency to standard processes for code development, reuse, and portability.
• Maintain documentation, bug tracking, and records related to software development.
• Lead the product backlog, define product requirements and User Stories and facilitate sprint planning, supervise the sprint progress & lead the partners.
• Lead firmware development projects, including planning, scheduling, and coordinating with other team members to meet project deadlines

Who You Are:

You have proven ability to guide teams in the right direction when faced with technical difficulties. You make sound decisions, even in the absence of complete information. You keep up with current and possible future policies, practices, and trends in the organization, with the competition, and in the marketplace.

For This Role, You Will Need:

• Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering or equivalent job experience
• 5+ years of experience in embedded firmware design, development and troubleshooting
• 2+ years coordinating small teams
• Fluency in Italian
• Good knowledge of English language
• Experience working in 16/32-bit Microcontrollers/Microprocessors.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as C/C++ for embedded systems.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with global teams.
• Willingness to travel on short assignments
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word and PowerPoint)

Preferred Qualifications that Set You Apart:

• Master's degree or equivalent experience in Electronics engineering, Electrical engineering, or a related field.
• Low level firmware development for peripherals like Ethernet/USB/I2C/SPI/UART/Display etc.
• Experience with implementing industrial protocols such as HART, Modbus, Profibus, etc
• Problem solving techniques using six sigma methodologies
• Experience developing firmware based on RTOS.
• Experience with firmware development tools and IDEs (e.g., Keil, IAR Embedded Workbench)
• Communication Protocols -Bluetooth, Modbus TCP/IP, Ethernet/IP will be advantageous.
• Agile software delivery using Azure DevOps and Microsoft Team Foundation Server.
• Prior experience in the industrial automation or control systems industry.
• Working experience in developing products with Cybersecurity as per IEC62443

Our Culture and Commitment to You

At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives-because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams, working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.