Senior Engineer, Firmware

Overview

At Landis+Gyr, we don’t just manage energy—we lead the transformation toward a smarter and more sustainable energy future.

With a net revenue of USD 1.73 billion in FY 2024
, and a presence in over 30 countries across five continents, Landis+Gyr empowers utilities and consumers to optimize energy usage through advanced metering, grid-edge intelligence, and powerful data analytics.

Today, our global team of about 6,300 professionals is shaping the digital energy era—developing innovative technologies that support decarbonization, grid modernization, and real-time energy insights. Our record USD 4.6 billion order backlog and strong book-to-bill ratio reflect long-term confidence in our mission and solutions.

Join us at Landis+Gyr,
where we manage energy better!

Responsibilities

• Analyzes, designs, programs, debugs, and modifies firmware.
• Troubleshoots code for firmware (IC embedded code) applications.
• Work often involves analog and digital hardware and software operating systems.
• Position requires knowledge of and exposure to hardware design.
• Typically, programs in assembly language and high-level languages.
• Handles complicated R&D hardware, firmware, software, and completes solutions projects as part of a cross-functional team.
• Collaborates with Product Management, Project management and other R&D teams in design, development, and validation of complete Smart Grid solutions.
• Collaborates with SMEs and business partners on component and system design.

Quality, Health, Safety & Environmental Policy

Landis+Gyr is committed to providing its customers with quality services and products. Our Quality Health Safety & Environmental Policy is to integrate quality, health, safety, environmental and security aspects into the scope of our business. All managers will ensure adherence to health and safety standards in their area and communicate this responsibility to staff, contractors and visitors. All staff, contractors and visitors have a responsibility to adhere to these communicated standards.

Key

Performance Indicators / Dimension of Function

• Timely completion of design and documentation for manufacture
• Successful performance of design
• Control and monitor objectives of hardware design team

Core Actions / Area of Responsibility

• Research, specify, design, code, and test firmware for new products
• Existing product repair and enhancement resulting from customer feedback or other issues
• Creation of tools to assist in performing main duties (testing, debugging, programming, etc.)
• Technical support resource for present and past meter functionality
• Lead in component and/or solution design, development, documentation, and validation
• Work on agile development teams, collaborating with multiple cross-discipline architecture teams to develop hardware and software components as part of L+G Smart Grid solutions
• Participate in recruitment, development and mentoring of junior engineers
• Lead functional area-specific continuous improvement initiatives
• Lead in innovative technology and solutions development and/or validation
• Willingness to travel internationally

Authority Levels

• Responsibility for product safety
• Responsible for signing off all project schedules, cost estimates, product cost targets, and technical design authority

Professional experience

• Design of full lifecycle of Electronics systems
• Customer interaction
• Experience of working with flow measurement
• Experience of product development for high volume manufacture
• Understanding of Product Development Processes
• Team membership
• Effective communication within team and business stakeholders

Intercultural experience

• Experience with in a multi-national/cultural environment

Education / Additional Qualification

• Proficiency with development processes, tools, and related frameworks
• Proficiency with relevant development and/or validation methodologies
• Deep knowledge of AMI and Smart Grid Systems and Solutions
• Advanced design, development, or validation skills in functional area
• Strong technical skillset related to functional area
• Good written and oral communication
• Creative problem solving
• Ability to understand data effectively to solve problems and support ideas
• Ability to design, breakdown, and complete a…