Sr Firmware Engineer

Job Title : Senior Firmware Engineer

Job Summary : GTT is seeking an experience firmware engineer for our established client in the DoD industry for over 40 years. This role is responsible for supporting new product development initiatives while providing technical oversight across multiple projects. The individual will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams and serve as the technical authority for hardware development while working to deliver best in class products.



Responsibilities :
Advanced Firmware Development & Architecture :
• Leads end-to-end design and implementation of large-scale or highly complex firmware projects (e.g., multi-processor systems, advanced RTOS, or bare-metal architectures).
• Establishes standards for firmware modularity, reuse, and maintainability.
• Champions best practices for debugging, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and overall embedded development life cycle.
• Guides cross-team technical strategies (e.g., firmware build pipelines, release management). Aligns firmware tasks with product requirements, collaborating with Hardware, Software, QA, Systems Engineering, and Program Management teams.
• Interact with external vendors or third-party engineering teams to evaluate components, SDKs, or toolchains.
• Influences firmware release processes and helps evaluate tools/technologies for continuous improvement.
Documentation & Communication :
• Aligns firmware tasks with product requirements, collaborating with Hardware, Software, QA, Systems Engineering, and Program Management teams.
• Coaches engineers across the organization; shapes career development plans for junior and mid-level firmware engineers.
• Leads design reviews, fosters knowledge-sharing sessions, and institutes continuous improvement initiatives.



Qualifications :
• 5+ years of experience in a firmware engineering role, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Expert with Object-Oriented modular coding styles in either C or C++.
• Experience with ARM processor designs and development.
• Proficiency in using code management and defect tracking tools (e.g., JIRA, SVN, GIT,)..
• Experience with experimental driver development, developing firmware modules



Preferred Skills :
• Proficient implementing of SPI, I2C, UART, Synchronous/Asynchronous memory interfaces, RTC, PWM, GPIO.
• Experience with virtual environments, specifically Docker.
• Experience with audio/video data stream processing.

Benefits:

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund