Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer – Laser Systems
About The Position
This is a firmware-first role at the heart of a growing laser systems business unit. You'll own the embedded software for a portfolio of fiber laser systems and laser instrumentation — bare-metal and RTOS firmware running on the microcontrollers that control real photonics hardware. The software/firmware group is the newest discipline within the unit, alongside well-established mechanical, electrical, and laser engineering teams. You'll step into the senior seat, with one junior engineer reporting to you, and a clear path to lead and grow the group as the product line expands. This is lab-bench engineering, not remote code delivery. You'll flash your own boards, probe them with a scope, and work out whether the bug lives in your firmware or in the hardware.
Requirements
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science (MS a plus)
- 5+ years of hands-on firmware development experience
- Bare-metal and RTOS firmware development in C/C++ for microcontroller-based instruments
- Genuine hardware fluency — you can look at a schematic and understand what the circuit is doing
- Lab-bench debugging with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and multimeters — comfortable probing real boards, not just simulating
- Firmware for instruments and systems: scientific, industrial, medical, or semiconductor equipment
- Sound software engineering practice: version control, documentation, structured releases
- Must be authorized to work in the US without current or future employer sponsorship
Nice To Haves
- GUI development with C# and/or Qt
- C++ (genuinely optional — the team covers this)
- Analog/digital electronics depth beyond schematic reading
- Experience mentoring or supervising junior engineers
- Prior work on laser systems, photonics, or precision instrumentation
Responsibilities
- Design and develop bare-metal and RTOS firmware for microcontroller-based laser systems
- Bring up new boards in the lab: flash, probe, debug, and validate firmware against real hardware
- Work directly with electrical and laser engineers — reading schematics, chasing signals, resolving hardware/firmware interactions
- Own firmware architecture across multiple concurrent product programs
- Mentor a junior software engineer and shape the group's engineering practices (version control, documentation, release management)
- Support products through NPI into production, including test and manufacturing support
- Contribute to GUI/application software as needed (support available — this is not the core of the role)
Benefits
- Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401K, company-wide success share (bonus) program, strong annual merit review structure
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
