Embedded Firmware / Software Engineer

Roles & Responsibilities

• Develop, debug, and maintain embedded firmware for microcontroller-based embedded systems.
• Support board bring-up, hardware debugging, firmware integration, and system-level troubleshooting.
• Work closely with electrical engineers to verify hardware functionality and develop firmware to support product operation.
• Develop firmware interfaces for sensors, communication buses, memory devices, power systems, safety logic, and test equipment.
• Support development of production programming, automated test fixtures, and acceptance test tools.
• Contribute to firmware architecture, code organization, revision control, development processes, and documentation standards.
• Write and maintain test scripts, diagnostic utilities, and automation tools as needed.
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, test readiness reviews, and failure investigations.
• Support requirements decomposition and verification activities in coordination with systems and test engineers.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 2+ years of experience developing embedded firmware or software.
• Proficiency in C and/or C++ for embedded systems.
• Experience with microcontrollers, interrupt-driven firmware, peripheral drivers, timers, DMA, and MCU-based board bring-up/debugging.
• Familiarity with common embedded communication protocols such as SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, or similar.
• Experience using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, debuggers, or related tools to troubleshoot embedded systems.
• Ability to read schematics, datasheets, and reference manuals to support firmware development and hardware troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with Git or other version control systems.
• Ability to work closely with hardware engineers and contribute in a hands-on lab environment.
• Strong ownership mindset, attention to detail, and ability to work under compressed development timelines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers such as PIC32, STM32, or similar embedded platforms.
• Experience with safety-critical firmware, firmware verification, or regulated product development.
• Familiarity with both bare-metal and RTOS concepts, watchdogs, fault handling, or secure firmware practices.
• Experience setting up or maintaining CI/CD pipelines for embedded firmware, including automated builds, unit tests, static analysis, or release artifact generation.
• Experience supporting production test systems or manufacturing acceptance test.
• Background in defense, aerospace, robotics, autonomous systems, or high-reliability embedded products.
• Experience using MCU peripherals, including DMA, hardware CRC engines, and communication interfaces.
• Experience with Python or other scripting languages for test automation.
• Experience contributing to firmware development processes, code review standards, or configuration management practices.

Security Requirement

• US Citizen
• Security Statement: This position requires special access to U.S. government information. You must be a U.S. citizen for consideration

Benefits included

• Generous PTO policy
• Comprehensive medical coverage (80% company-paid for employee + dependents).
• Vision & dental (100% company-paid)
• Short and long-term disability coverage (100% company-paid)
• Generous 401(k) retirement plan
• Company-paid life insurance
• Great teammates and well stocked snacks

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