Staff Firmware Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Develop software that operates on millions of devices utilized by industrial and enterprise clients.

• Assess and choose hardware components.

• Initiate new hardware platforms, boards, prototypes, and sensors.

• Create systems to collect data and identify significant events.

• Organize recorded data for effective analysis across thousands of devices.

• Influence hardware decisions, including SoC, flash/RAM, and sensor selections.

• Configure I/O and establish SPI, I2C, UART, and BLE communications.

• Troubleshoot system initialization and validate hardware designs.

• Oversee peripheral drivers, secure bootloaders, device firmware updates, power management, and connectivity layers.

• Design protocols and hardware management for battery-operated sensors and gateways.

• Collaborate with product, full-stack, mobile, and quality engineers.

• Generate firmware data that is reliable and beneficial for dispatchers, fleet managers, and technicians.

• Lead design efforts, reviews, and engineering practices as a Staff-level force multiplier.

• Foster consensus among teams and deliver iteratively on a global scale.

⛳️ Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in developing firmware for resource-constrained systems delivered to actual customers.

• Proficiency in C.

• Extensive bare-metal and RTOS experience, such as Zephyr or FreeRTOS.

• Experience in making scheduling, memory, and timing decisions.

• Experience in bringing up new boards and untested hardware.

• Proficiency in SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, and ADC.

• Ability to debug hardware-software interfaces.

• Experience utilizing oscilloscopes, network analyzers, or RF spectrum analyzers.

• Staff-level experience leading efforts across hardware, firmware, cloud, and quality from concept to final product.

• Ability to achieve consensus among teams.

• Capability to draft actionable design documents, review feedback, and conduct post-mortems.

• Ability to iterate rapidly with automated testing and maintainable code.

• Experience incorporating AI into daily workflows.

• Expertise in BLE, cellular IoT, embedded security, OTA/device firmware updates, Embedded Linux, CAN/J1939, Python, Bash, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and electronics manufacturing is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Initial RSU grant without a vesting cliff.

• Continuous refresh opportunities linked to performance.

• Performance-based bonus/variable pay.

• Equity available for eligible positions.

• Flexible, employee-led remote work model.

• Professional development stipend.

• Comprehensive health plans.

• Parental leave policies.

• Flexible working arrangements.

• Office spaces available for employees who prefer an in-person work environment.