Senior Firmware Engineer

Responsibilities

• Develop and extend firmware for sensor boards, motor controllers, and power and monitoring hardware.
• Build specialized projects on the existing firmware baselayer while avoiding regressions in fielded towers.
• Harden firmware security through authenticated and verified updates and protection of physically accessible interfaces.
• Own firmware updates, including updates that can be safely applied to units already deployed in the field.
• Collaborate with tower software engineers to diagnose failures across the firmware and service boundary.
• Work with hardware engineers on board bring-up, debugging, and production validation.

Requirements

• 4+ years of firmware development experience using C.
• Strong understanding of ARM and RISC-V microcontroller architectures.
• Proficiency with TCP/IP, CAN, SPI, and I2C networking or communication protocols.
• Experience with RTOS and bare-metal programming.
• Familiarity with JTAG, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers.
• Understanding of computer architecture and memory management.
• US person status and eligibility to obtain and maintain a US security clearance are required.
• Preferred qualifications include kernel development, device-driver implementation, cryptography, secure boot, DMA, interrupt handling, power management, Git, CI/CD pipelines, and a background in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

Benefits

• Full-time employees receive comprehensive benefits available at little to no cost.
• The role is based in Irvine.