Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer
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Washington D.C., DC - USA
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Job Summary
Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer (Safety-Critical Systems)
Location: San Francisco CA Los Angeles CA Washington DC
Training Requirement: Candidates must complete an initial 1-month onsite training program in Kearneysville WV before transitioning to their assigned office location.
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer to develop firmware for a safety-critical embedded system integrated with advanced aerospace and defense hardware. This role offers end-to-end ownership of firmware development from board bring-up and driver implementation through qualification testing and deployment.
Youll work closely with hardware engineers in a highly collaborative hands-on environment where rapid iteration reliability and testability are essential.
Responsibilities
- Design develop and maintain embedded firmware for ARM Cortex-M or comparable microcontroller platforms
- Own firmware architecture including device drivers state machines communication interfaces command handling and programming workflows
- Create host-testable firmware and simulation frameworks that enable validation without requiring target hardware
- Collaborate with hardware engineers on board bring-up peripheral integration timing analysis and debugging
- Implement and validate communication protocols and peripheral interfaces
- Support environmental qualification activities including thermal EMC and vibration testing
- Define and maintain firmware safety requirements verification strategies and supporting documentation
- Contribute to firmware reliability security maintainability and performance improvements
Required Qualifications
- 5 years of professional embedded firmware development experience
- Strong experience with ARM Cortex-M or similar embedded platforms
- Advanced proficiency in C C or Rust
- Experience with:
- Interrupts DMA clocks timers memory maps linker scripts and low-power modes
- I²C SPI UART and USB communications
- Hardware debugging using oscilloscopes and logic analyzers
- State machine design for real-world embedded systems
- Board bring-up and low-level hardware integration
- Host-based testing and firmware validation methodologies
- Professional written and verbal English communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Embedded Rust experience including Embassy embedded-hal RTIC defmt probe-rs or nostd development
- Modern embedded C (C17/C20)
- Experience with FreeRTOS Zephyr or asynchronous embedded architectures
- Safety-critical firmware development experience (ISO 26262 DO-178C IEC 61508 or similar)
- Bootloader DFU secure boot or OTA update implementation
- UAV drone FPV MAVLink INAV or related aerospace systems experience
- Experience with C FFI or SDK integration
Work Environment
- Collaborative hardware-focused engineering culture
- Frequent interaction with real hardware and rapid development cycles
- High degree of technical ownership and responsibility
- Focus on quality reliability testability and safety
Additional Requirements
- Ability to complete a mandatory 1-month onsite training period in Kearneysville West Virginia
- Ability to work onsite from San Francisco Los Angeles or Washington DC following training
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States
Embedded Firmware Engineer Senior Firmware Engineer Embedded Software Engineer ARM Cortex-M C C Rust Embedded Systems Board Bring-Up Device Drivers Real-Time Systems FreeRTOS Zephyr Embedded Rust Safety-Critical Software Aerospace Defense Technology UART SPI I2C USB Bootloader Secure Boot OTA Updates Hardware Debugging.
