Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer
HP IQ•San Francisco, CA
•$140,000 - $225,000•Hybrid
About The Position
HP IQ's Connectivity team is seeking an Embedded Firmware Engineer with strong hands-on experience across RTOS and embedded Linux platforms. You'll bring up new hardware, develop and support firmware across core device subsystems, and help scale products from prototype to fleet deployment. A key part of this role is enabling on-device intelligence — bringing AI models, sensing algorithms, and local processing to lightweight, power-constrained devices at the edge.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of embedded firmware development experience spanning RTOS and embedded Linux.
- Strong C/C++ programming skills with solid grounding in embedded fundamentals (drivers, interrupts, memory/power constraints, bootloaders).
- Board-level debugging experience using tools such as JTAG, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers.
- Familiarity with OTA update mechanisms, field telemetry, and firmware versioning.
- Ability to work independently across hardware/software boundaries and communicate findings clearly to partners and leadership.
Nice To Haves
- Experience running AI/ML inference on resource-constrained devices (quantized models, on-device runtimes).
- Background in sensor fusion or proximity/localization algorithms.
- Experience working directly with silicon vendors on bring-up and optimization.
- Familiarity with low-power design and battery-constrained firmware architecture.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and debug firmware across RTOS and embedded Linux platforms.
- Lead hardware bring-up — board bring-up, driver integration, and firmware support through to production.
- Develop and maintain firmware for subsystems such as connectivity, power and other sensors.
- Integrate lightweight model inference and sensing/proximity algorithms within tight compute, memory, and power budgets.
- Support fleet-scale deployment: OTA updates, field diagnostics, and post-launch sustainment.
- Collaborate with hardware, systems, and QA teams to troubleshoot system-level issues and drive root-cause fixes to closure.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Long term/short term disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Life insurance
- Generous time off policies
- 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
- 11 paid holidays
- Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
