Senior Firmware Engineer

Strategic Employment Partners (SEP) 

📍 United States, United States 🇺🇸

full-time
senior
150000
remote
Posted —

Key Skills

EmbeddedC++RTOSWi-FiGit

Industry

Consumer ElectronicsTelecommunications

Job Description

A fast-growing smart home hardware company is looking for a Senior or Staff Embedded Firmware Engineer to help build and architect the firmware powering their next generation of connected IoT devices. You'll work deep in either the video/streaming stack or the networking/connectivity stack, owning features independently or driving architecture and mentoring engineers depending on level.


If this sounds like a fit for your next career move, apply now!


Title: Senior / Staff Embedded Firmware Engineer

Location: Remote in the United States

Compensation: $150–200K base (level-dependent) + 20% bonus + RSU


Must-Haves:

  • 7+ years of embedded firmware development experience
  • Embedded C and C++
  • RTOS and/or Embedded Linux platform experience
  • Deep expertise in at least one of: video/audio streaming (H.264/H.265, RTSP/RTP/WebRTC) OR networking/connectivity protocols (Wi-Fi, BLE, LTE, TCP/UDP)
  • Git/source control
  • Hands-on hardware debugging (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers)
  • Device driver development/debugging


Strong Pluses:

  • Consumer IoT / smart home product experience
  • Zigbee, Z-Wave, Thread, or Matter protocol experience
  • Linux memory management, bootloaders (U-Boot), kernel internals
  • Python/Perl/Lua scripting
  • Manufacturing/production support experience
  • Demonstrated technical leadership (design reviews, mentoring, driving architecture) — a plus at any level, required for Staff-track placement
  • Master's degree


**US Citizens and Permanent Residents are welcome to apply. Unable to provide sponsorship at this time.**