Senior Firmware Engineer
About The Position
The System Software team is responsible for firmware, operating system software, hardware-accelerated algorithms, and core developer frameworks supporting our products. We serve as the glue between our hardware teams and our higher-level software teams, and delight in finding creative solutions to complex, interdisciplinary problems as we bring our product visions to life. As a firmware engineer on our team, you will develop firmware for low-power embedded microcontrollers to coordinate sensors, ensure security and privacy, manage power subsystems, and more. You will also have plenty of opportunity to develop and grow your own management and leadership skills as you coordinate development efforts with vendors, consultants, and manufacturing partners.
Requirements
- 8+ years experience developing firmware for embedded microcontrollers
- Deep experience in embedded firmware with demonstrable knowledge in radio stacks (BT, BLE, Wi-Fi), sensor and audio pipelines, ARM MCU architecture.
- Passionate about low‑power (<1mW sleep) systems, audio subsystem integration, and cloud‑connected embedded devices.
- Proficient in FreeRTOS or Zephyr, Embedded C, C++, protocols, and unit test frameworks
- Comfortable working in large multi-developer codebases
- Ability to collaborate in a psychologically safe and healthy team environment
Nice To Haves
- Experience developing and debugging Qualcomm, STM32, Cypress/Infineon PSoC, or Nordic
- Experience shipping high-reliability production code
- Comfortable with low-level hardware debugging tools and techniques
Responsibilities
- Design and develop firmware and embedded system architecture for leading-edge ARM-based MCUs in our prototypes and products
- Collaborate with the EE, RF, Security, Cloud Services, and AI models team to build high-performance, secure, reliable systems
- Bring up and debug new hardware in the lab and support builds at remote production sites
- Establish and manage performance metrics including code size, model performance, memory footprint, power consumption, latency.
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, including;
- 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
- 11 paid holidays
- Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
