Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer – Contractor

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +2 more locations.

📋 Description

• Design, create, troubleshoot, and maintain embedded firmware for IoT and video streaming solutions.

• Take ownership of significant firmware components and functionalities throughout the entire product development process, from initial design to final production.

• Work collaboratively with Hardware, Cloud, Mobile, QA, and ODM partners on system integration and product deployment.

• Develop and integrate device drivers, communication protocols, RTOS components, and platform firmware.

• Diagnose and resolve intricate firmware, hardware, and system-level challenges.

• Enhance firmware for optimal performance, memory efficiency, power consumption, and system reliability.

• Review board schematics, component datasheets, and hardware documentation thoroughly.

• Engage in design reviews, code evaluations, and root-cause analysis sessions.

• Assess new SoCs, image sensors, wireless modules, and various hardware components.

• Guide junior engineers and contribute to engineering best practices and process enhancements.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline; equivalent industry experience will be considered.

• Over 7 years of experience in embedded firmware development, ideally in IoT, networking, or video streaming products.

• Proficient programming skills in Embedded C and C++.

• Familiarity with RTOS and Embedded Linux environments.

• Knowledge of real-time multimedia applications, including video/audio processing, compression, and streaming technologies such as H.264/H.265.

• Experience in developing multithreaded and multitasking embedded software.

• Proven track record in creating and troubleshooting embedded device drivers.

• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis capabilities in embedded systems.

• Experience optimizing embedded software for performance and resource utilization.

• Working understanding of TCP, UDP, HTTP/HTTPS, RTP, RTSP, SIP, and WebRTC.

• Experience with Wi-Fi, BLE, and LTE technologies.

• Familiarity with IoT communication architectures and cloud-connected devices.

• Practical experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and protocol analyzers.

• Proficient in using Git or comparable source control systems.

• Ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams.

• Preferred: experience in firmware development for consumer IoT or smart home devices.

• Preferred: knowledge of Zigbee, Z-Wave, Thread, and Matter.

• Preferred: understanding of Linux memory management, file systems, and U-Boot.

• Preferred: familiarity with Python, Perl, or Lua.

• Preferred: experience supporting products through manufacturing and production stages.

🏝️ Benefits

• Performance bonus.

• Equity options.

• Comprehensive benefits package (details provided upon offer).

• Reasonable accommodations available for applicants and employees with disabilities, pregnancy-related medical conditions, or sincerely held religious beliefs, observances, and practices.