Senior Embedded Systems Engineer

AssetWatch serves global manufacturers by powering manufacturing uptime through the delivery of an unparalleled condition monitoring experience with a passion to care about the assets our customers care for every day. We are a devoted and capable team that includes world-renowned engineers and distinguished business leaders united by a common goal To build the future of predictive maintenance. As we enter the next phase of rapid growth we are seeking people to help lead the journey.

AboutAssetWatch

AssetWatchhelps industrial teamsmonitorthe health of critical equipment through connected hardware sensing analytics and condition-monitoring workflows. Our products include battery-powered sensors edge hubs and gateways wireless communication systems wired networking interfaces and factory/test infrastructure designed for demanding industrial environments.

About the Role

As a Firmware Engineer on theAssetWatchHardware Team you will develop production embedded firmware while contributing directly to electrical design hardware bring-up validation and product launch. This is a hands-on multi-functional role for an engineer who can move comfortably from code to the bench through network and gateway diagnostics and into manufacturing and field support.

What You Will Do

Firmware Networking & Gateway Systems

• Develop andmaintainproduction embedded firmware in C/C for sensors hubs gateways and related connected hardware.
• Design and debug features for device communication scheduling data collection configuration diagnostics logging and OTA/FOTA updates.
• Develop and troubleshoot connectivity across BLE Wi-Fi Ethernet and cellular paths including TCP/IP DNS/DHCP TLS MQTT/HTTP provisioning reconnection signal quality and network diagnostics.
• Support embedded Linux and/or RTOS components peripheral interfaces and edge services that connect device firmware and hardware to backend/cloud systems.

Electrical Design Bring-Up & Validation

• Contribute to schematic and PCB reviewscomponentselection power and interface design design-for-manufacture and design-for-test decisions.
• Bring up and debug new hardware using oscilloscopes logic analyzers DMMs power profilers debug probes serial logs packet captures and other lab tools.
• Develop and execute test plans; support fixtures regression and hardware-in-the-loop testing failure analysis and environmental or compliance pre-screening.

Product Delivery & Cross-Functional Ownership

• Support the full product lifecycle from prototype and EVT/DVT/PVT through manufacturing test production ramp launch readiness field deployment and sustaining engineering.
• Own work across firmware hardware validation documentation manufacturing support and field issue resolution while collaborating with electrical mechanical test cloud product cybersecurity support and contract-manufacturing partners.
• Maintaindisciplined release practices including Git workflows pull requests code reviews repeatable builds versioning changelogs release notes and controlled deployment artifacts.
• Create clear technical specifications interface references test procedures troubleshooting guides and launch documentation that help teams move faster and reducerisk.

What You Will Bring

Required Qualifications

• Must be based in the Columbus Ohio areaand able to work from the office at least three days each week.
• Demonstratedexperience developing debugging releasing and sustaining production embedded firmware in C or C.
• Practical electrical engineering experience including reading schematics reviewing PCB layouts supporting board bring-up and troubleshooting analog digital power and embedded interface issues.
• Experience with network-connected devices edge gateways or hubs using technologies such as BLE Wi-Fi Ethernet cellular TCP/IP UDP DNS DHCP TLS MQTT HTTP/HTTPS or VPNs.
• Experience with embedded Linux and/or RTOS-based systems device state machines diagnostics logging fault handling and common interfaces such as I2C SPI UART or CAN.
• Hands-onproficiencywith firmware and hardware debug tools including oscilloscopes logic analyzers DMMs debug probes serial logs packet captures or equivalent equipment.
• Experience supporting product launches from prototype through qualification manufacturing readiness production ramp and post-launch field support.
• Success in a multi-functional engineering role spanning firmware hardware test and validation documentation manufacturing support and root-cause problem solving.
• Working knowledge of secure connected-device practices including authentication authorization encrypted transport credential handling signed firmware secure boot or secure update flows.
• Experience with Git-based development pull requests code review branching release control and clear technical documentation.
• Strong written and verbal communication sound engineering judgment and comfort working through ambiguous cross-disciplinary problems.
• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science or a related field - or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with industrial IoT condition monitoring vibration sensing ruggedized electronics or other connected products used in demanding environments.
• Experience with low-power battery devices sleep states current measurement power optimization and long-term field reliability.
• Familiarity with Nordic/nRFplatforms BLE GATT embedded Linux servicessystemd shell scripting Python Make/CMake or device-side daemons.
• Experience with automated test fixtures HIL frameworks CI/CD pipelines build automation semantic versioning package management or vulnerability tracking.
• Exposure to DFM/DFTcomponentlifecycle management contract manufacturers end-of-line test and regulatory pre-compliance activities such as FCC CE UL ESD or EMC.
• Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools to improve firmware development documentation test coverage or engineering productivity.

How We Work

We value engineers who are hands-on curious structured and accountable. The right candidate can move from firmware architecture to bench debugging to network diagnostics without losing sight of product reliability security manufacturability or the customer experience.

This role works closely with hardware test product backend/cloud cybersecurity support and manufacturing teams. Success requires clear ownership from design through validation and release practical documentation and a willingness to solve problems wherever firmware and hardware meet.