Senior Firmware Engineer – Motion Control & Servodrives

About the position

Fortil is an engineering company founded in 2009. We support our partners in the success of their technical projects in various fields such as Industry, IT or Healthcare.
Today we are more than 2,700 employees spread over 13 countries. Working with us means working in an ambitious team, within a multicultural and international context!

Our ambition is to contribute to building a more responsible, communal and inclusive world for our employees and clients.

We are currently looking for Senior Firmware Engineer – Motion Control & Servodrives to support one of our prestigious projects close to Como.

Job Description

📌 Position: Senior Firmware Engineer – Motion Control & Servodrives

Department: R&D – Drives and Motors Division
Location: Como, Italy
Contract Type: Permanent / Full-time

Working mode: hybrid

🎯 Role Description

As part of CLIENT ’s R&D team, the candidate will be involved in the development of embedded firmware for servodrives used in advanced industrial applications (packaging, robotics, and automation). The role includes designing, implementing, and testing software that integrates with both proprietary and third-party motion control systems.

🔧 Main Responsibilities

• Develop firmware in C for ARM-based microcontrollers (RenClients, STM32)
• Configure and manage microcontroller peripherals (ADC, PWM, encoder acquisition)
• Design software architecture, manage tasks and real-time operating systems (RTOS)
• Integrate and manage industrial fieldbus protocols (EtherCAT, Profinet, Profidrive, DS402)
• Model multi-domain systems (Load/Motor/Drive) using tools like Matlab/Simulink
• Develop and implement control and estimation algorithms
• Implement PLCOpen motion control functions and multi-axis synchronization

📚 Required Qualifications

• Degree in Electronic Engineering, Automation Engineering, or related fields
• Minimum 3 years of experience in embedded firmware development
• Strong proficiency in C programming
• Hands-on experience with ARM microcontrollers, preferably STM32 or RenClients
• Familiarity with industrial communication protocols (EtherCAT, Profinet)
• Understanding of software design and simulation environments (preferred)
• Good knowledge of technical English

Next Steps

1. Someone from the Talent Acquisition department will contact you to schedule an initial HR interview.
2. If successful, a second interview will be conducted to validate your technical knowledge.
3. In case of a positive outcome from the technical interview, there will be a last qualification meeting with the Client.
4. If the final outcome is positive, we will discuss our proposal with you. Alternatively, if the outcome is negative, we will share our sincere feedback!
    

Why Fortil?

Although we currently find ourselves in a significant phase of expansion, the high standards of our projects and recruitments remain as demanding as ever. Quality will always take precedence over quantity, as we prefer excellence to ease!

We hope to become the largest independent engineering group in Europe, working to serve future generations. To do so, our operational model is based on four fundamental aspects:

• Profitable performance
• Expert engineers
• Efficient organisation
• Social responsibility

Apply and join us to become part of a model that is out of the ordinary!

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