Senior Firmware Engineer

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the electrical engineering and instrument software teams to write code that connects hardware to the outside world
• Design, develop, and maintain firmware to interface with data converters, sensors, and other peripheral devices on our custom PCBs
• Use standard electrical lab equipment to test and debug interfaces to hardware subsystems, creating hardware test stands and software testing tools as needed
• Create processes and tools to bring up, boot, and field upgrade firmware on the system’s microcontrollers
• Understand circuit designs and electrical schematics of instrument subsystems
• Assist the electrical engineering team in selecting microcontrollers and processors to ensure they are appropriately sized
• Proactively identify technical risks and devise mitigation strategies
• Communicate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders and build alignment toward specific solutions.

Qualifications

• 6+ years hands-on experience with designing and developing driver and application-level firmware, bootloaders, and related low-level functionality using C/C++ in bare-metal and modern RTOS environments.
• Proven ability to program ARM microcontrollers and communication interfaces like UART, SPI, I2C, GPIO, USB
• Extensive experience with lab instrumentation like logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, etc., to debug at the hardware level
• Ability to understand circuit designs and electrical schematics of instrument subsystems. Ability to design simple PCBs is a plus
• A "get it done" mindset, willing to step outside the usual job role to ensure project success
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with ambiguous requirements and evolving priorities
• BS or higher in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a similar field, or equivalent experience