Senior Firmware Engineer, Manufacturing Test

Responsibilities

• Develop low-level firmware and software for microcontroller platforms, robots, and commercial-off-the-shelf data-acquisition tools.
• Build host/client verification and automated manufacturing-test systems for form, fit, and function.
• Create device-side validation capabilities using SSH, gRPC, and existing or new debugging tools.
• Debug electrical, firmware, and software issues and translate solutions into automated tests and production failure-analysis procedures.
• Improve test automation, throughput, user interfaces, and data analytics.
• Participate in DFT/DFM reviews with electrical engineering and product firmware teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or electrical engineering, or equivalent industry experience.
• 8+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Strong C coding ability for embedded systems.
• Experience integrating microcontrollers with analog and digital sensors.
• Experience developing firmware in bare-metal, RTOS, and embedded Linux environments.
• Understanding and application of coding best practices, board bring-up, and debugging.
• Familiarity with USB, SPI, I2C, CAN, RS232, RS485, and Ethernet bus protocols.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
• Preferred: 10+ years of relevant experience, bring-up and debugging expertise, low- and high-speed interface experience, data-acquisition and analysis fundamentals, microcontroller-core experience, embedded Linux deployment experience, and debugging with JTAG, SWD, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers.

Benefits

• Full-time employees receive comprehensive benefits available at little to no cost, including health and recovery support.
• The role offers a stated base salary range of $146,000–$194,000 USD and may include equity grants; compensation figures are excluded from benefit details.