Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer

Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer

Location: Waukesha, WI-USA

Job Description: Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer with strong experience in embedded Linux, wireless drivers, and firmware development. The ideal candidate will have hands-on expertise in Wi-Fi driver development, Linux kernel customization, and Yocto-based embedded systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and optimize wireless driver solutions (primarily Wi-Fi) for embedded Linux platforms.
• Customize and enhance Linux kernel and device drivers for performance, reliability, and security.
• Integrate wireless stacks into Yocto-based Linux distributions.
• Collaborate with hardware, system, and application teams to define requirements and interfaces.
• Debug and resolve complex issues across kernel, driver, and user-space layers.
• Maintain and contribute improvements to wireless driver codebases.
• Evaluate and integrate new wireless technologies and standards.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in embedded systems and firmware development.
• Strong expertise in Embedded Linux kernel development.
• Hands-on experience with Wi-Fi driver stacks including mac80211 and cfg80211 .
• Experience with Yocto Project and custom Linux distributions.
• Strong programming skills in C/C++ and Python scripting .
• Good understanding of networking protocols such as TCP/IP, DHCP, WPA/WPA2 .
• Experience with debugging tools including JTAG, logic analyzers, and kernel tracing tools .

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with Bluetooth and other wireless communication protocols.
• Knowledge of open-source wireless projects and upstream contributions.
• Experience with secure boot, OTA updates, and embedded security.
• Exposure to RTOS and multi-core embedded architectures.
• Familiarity with wireless certifications and regulatory standards (FCC, CE).

Interested candidates with relevant embedded Linux and wireless driver experience are encouraged to apply immediately.