Senior Firmware Engineer

Chefman•Mahwah, NJ

4d•$150,000 - $170,000

About The Position

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Firmware Engineer to help design, build, and scale the embedded systems that power Chefman’s connected kitchen products. This role sits at the intersection of hardware, firmware, cloud, and user experience, working closely with UX, Culinary, Video, Software, and Hardware Engineering teams to deliver reliable, high-quality products from concept through production and beyond. The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on experience with embedded firmware development, strong architectural judgment, and a passion for building scalable, maintainable systems in a fast-paced consumer product environment. You will play a key role in technical decision-making, code quality, system performance, and the evolution of our embedded platform as we continue to expand our connected product ecosystem.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or equivalent degrees
10+ years of experience in electronic product development involving analog and digital circuit designs with 32-bit ARM microcontrollers
10+ years of experience with C/C++
Experience in wired (UART, SPI, I2C) and wireless communication
Experience working and collaborating in a team setting using version control systems such as Git and following Software Development best practices (SDLC) using tools like Jira and Confluence
Ability to troubleshoot hardware using tools such as scope, logic analyzer, spectrum analyzer, JTAG, etc.
Excellent written and oral communication skills

Nice To Haves

Good understanding of application bootloader and over the air firmware update
Experience architecting and designing systems for embedded applications
Experience with real-time operating system (RTOS), Wi-Fi/Bluetooth communication, and a good understanding of the network stack such as TCP/IP protocol
Familiar with implementing IOT products using ESP module and LCD display is a plus
Experience working in an agile environment within the scrum framework
High level knowledge of software engineering and cloud environments
Ability to work with minimal supervision and to participate and contribute positively when working with different teams
Demonstrated initiative and ability to complete projects, document work and communicate clearly both in writing and verbally

Responsibilities

Collaborate with UX, Culinary, Video, Software, and Hardware Engineering Teams to review requirements, design and implement features for our kitchen product assortment
Produce well designed, high quality and reusable code by applying design patterns and best practices in software development for agility, reliability, and scalability of the application
Refactor code base from time to time to improve performance, reliability and maintainability of the application
Contribute to architecture, instrumentation and performance design decisions
Write unit and integration tests
Participate in code reviews
Carry out testing and debugging
Improve efficiency of deployment and testing via CI/CD processes
Triage and resolve issues reported by QE or other users
Participate in daily standups and weekly sync-up meetings with stakeholders
Participate in sprint planning sessions by reviewing goals and grooming stories
Scale architecture with modern technologies such as Docker while leveraging the AWS platform and Atlassian software (Bitbucket pipelines, Jira automation, etc.)
Effectively connecting to a culture of delivering high quality content around the brand vision