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Firmware Engineer

USA💼 Full-time💰 $90,000–$90,000🗓 2026-09-04 → 2026-10-04

Core

Develop low-level firmware for custom boards and embedded systems, operating close to hardware for defense and commercial applications.

Role type

Senior Firmware Engineer (Embedded Systems)

Builds

Custom communication links for telemetry and embedded sonar systems

Domain

Defense electronics and embedded computing

Required skills

C, C++, microcontroller software development, interrupt-driven software, hardware interfacing at register level, embedded Linux/RTOS application development, Linux device drivers, reading schematics and component datasheets

Preferred skills

Yocto/Buildroot customization, digital communication protocols (UART, I2C, SPI, SMBus, PWM, CAN bus), Windows device drivers, multiprocess/multithreaded software, algorithm and data-flow design, Nvidia Jetson modules, TCP/IP/UDP programming, Matlab/Python, signal processing, high performance computing, GPU computing, sonar/radar systems, USB/PCI bus technologies

Technologies

Embedded Firmware, Linux, Matlab, Python, Sonar, TCP/IP, Windows, C++, Hardware

Responsibilities

Develop low-level firmware for custom boards and systems, create software operating close to hardware, build solutions involving custom communication links for telemetry and embedded sonar systems, take products from initial system architecture through prototyping, implement final firmware and carry design through lab testing and verification, read and interpret requirements, design and implement software, debug software written by other engineers, perform engineering analyses, participate in design reviews, contribute across the full product engineering process, coordinate with multiple disciplines

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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