Firmware Development Engineer
Pubblicato il 12-09-2026 - Carlo Gavazzi Automation in Roma
Firmware Development Engineer
Location: Lainate, Italy
About the job
Do you want to help build tomorrow's world? Welcome to Carlo Gavazzi, where we are designing, manufacturing, and marketing electronic equipment. Our Group's products (sensors, monitoring relays, timers, energy management systems, solid state-relays, safety devices) provide automation solutions for the global markets of industrial and building automation across Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific through a network of 23 own sales companies and through more than 60 independent national distributors.
Are you passionate about writing C code that brings products to life, and find it exciting to define new architecture? Then you can have a day in a versatile development team at Carlo Gavazzi.
We design, manufacture and market sensors for the industrial automation industry; challenging applications like automation and protection of automatic doors, gates and accesses are currently being tackled with the development of the next generation of intelligent sensors.
You will contribute to the development of the next generation of intelligent sensors, combining advanced sensing technologies with Embedded AI and Machine Learning capabilities deployed directly at the edge.
As an Electronic Firmware Developer, you will work within the project team on new developments from A to Z, as member of an international team and in strong cooperation with our Competence Center in Denmark.
What does this mean?
Your task will be to design structured embedded software for our sensors. You will work in an interdisciplinary team developing innovative sensing solutions across multiple technologies, including Time-of-Flight (ToF)/LiDAR, photoelectric and capacitive sensing. Your tasks are primarily coding and establishing optimal software architecture, where you can simultaneously help expand our software toolchain.
Your tasks will include
Embedded software development, primarily in C for 32-bit ARM
Development and optimization of intelligent sensing algorithms,
including AI and Machine Learning-based solutions, for embedded sensor platforms
Helping to further develop our software architecture
Taking a driving role in expanding our software toolchain
Collaboration with hardware designers on system design and optimization
Actively participating in all project phases: specification, design, implementation, testing and debugging
Collaboration with Product Management on determining product requirements to ensure an optimal technical solution
Who you are
You are a qualified engineer with at least 3 years of experience in firmware design
You are strong in C programming, and you have delivered software projects that are now running in the market
You have interest and experience in projects with the implementation of structured software architecture
You are interested in the borderland between software and hardware, as well as knowledge of different microprocessor types, typically 32-bit ARM
You have knowledge of, and/or interest in, other high-level coding languages, platforms, etc. e.g. Python, Linux, C#, Android, App development or similar
You have knowledge of implementing communication protocols, among others IO Link, Zigbee, MODBUS and dedicated industrial networks
You speak and write both Italian and English fluently, as we are part of an international group
You are a team player, motivated and thrive in a dynamic environment
You dare to take the lead and focus on the goal, so that we complete the projects to the delight of our customers
Why should you apply?
You will be joining an international team of enthusiastic and passionate colleagues.
You will be working on the design and development of truly unique products, end-to-end. Yes, you can be an inventor! There is nothing more thrilling than seeing your work out there on the market.
Carlo Gavazzi is a fast-growing company, so you can grow with us and grow in your area of expertise or interest.
And yes, Carlo Gavazzi is an award-winning company! We want to excel in what we do, it's no walk in the park but our hard work pays off.
Interested in finding our more?
( www.carlogavazzi.com
) or visit our Linkedin Page