Staff Embedded Firmware Engineer
📌San Diego, United States 🇺🇸
⏱︎ full-time
🧙♂️ senior
💰 125000
on-site
We are seeking a S taff Embedded Firmware Engineer who will play a pivotal role in the development of our high-performance instrument platform. This is an incredible opportunity for someone who is passionate about electronic system development . We are looking for candidates with a solid background in embedded system SW/FW development. Experience with C/C++ programming on MCU/MPU/SoC is a must. This role will report to Director of Embedded Systems and will be a San Diego based role .
If you possess the following and want to make a meaningful impact, we invite you to explore this role.
Essential Functions And Responsibilities
- Gather requirements and system-level specifications for embedded platform and applications
- Design, implement and bare-metal C firmware running on Cortex-M cores for hardware communication and control
- Design, implement and embedded Linux application software with real-time communication and processing functionalities according to requirements of system specs
- Integrate Linux Kernel, BSP, bootloader, hardware drivers for required functionality
- Define embedded SW/FW test plans based on system specification and functionality requirements
- Design and implement FW test-benches for electronic communication and control features
- Lead bring-up activities for sub-systems controlled by SoC/MCU. Lead SW/FW functionality debugging in system
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Communicate, collaborate with external vendor / development partner on certain feature development or component integration.
- Minimum bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering or computer sciences
- At least 10 years’ industry experience in embedded firmware or embedded system development
- Proficient in coding with embedded C and C++; have deep experience with corresponding debugging tools / methodology
- Strong hands-on experience with embedded system prototype bring-up
- Strong hands-on experience on developing with usual communication protocols including UART, I2C, SPI, CAN
- Strong experience of leading FW/HW bring-up and troubleshooting activities
- Robust knowledge of electronic hardware components including embedded processors/SoCs and associated peripheral ICs
- Practical experience in development on DMA-based data stream management
- Good system level understanding for FW reliability and sustainability
- Motivated team member with good logical thinking and efficient communication skills
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Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment and quickly adjust to rapidly evolving technology and priorities
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Ability to lift up to 20 pounds
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San Diego, CA – On-site
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Up to 5%
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Full-time/Exempt
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$125,000 - $165,000
Please Note: Base compensation will depend on multiple factors, including geographic location, qualifications, and experience.
We foster an environment such that all people are afforded the freedom to pursue their passions without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law.
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
@ Embedd 
What we're looking for
At embedd.it, we power hardware-software integration in embedded devices. We turn fragmented semiconductor chip data into configurable digital twins, then deterministically generate code, tests, and documentation – making integration faster, cheaper, and resilient to supply chain shocks.
We’re looking for a true legend – someone with abstract thinking and deep expertise in low-level software development. You’ll build vendor-agnostic tooling for MCU and peripheral integration to solve hardware-software integration once and for all. We work at the intersection of embedded systems, code generation, compilers, and machine learning. It’s your chance to help redefine how low-level development is done.
Responsibilities
- Drive the architecture of the driver structures and system layout
- Define scalable patterns for cross-architectural integration across bare-metal, Zephyr, Linux, and other environments
- Deconstruct complex SoC device trees and translate hardware descriptions into structured internal models for automated reasoning
- Partner with the ML team to shape data and annotation models for AI-driven data-extraction tooling
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in embedded systems development, including bare-metal and RTOS-based systems
- Proficiency in C/C++
- Familiarity with firmware configuration, SoC bring-up, and system-level debugging
- Hands-on experience with code generation tools, or low-level compiler/decompiler/emulator technologies
- Strong background in embedded toolchains: compilers, linkers, debuggers, and build systems
- Python or scripting for automation and tooling is a plus
- Experience with functional-safety standards is a plus
Why embedd.it?
- Dynamic, venture-backed team of engineers challenging the status quo 🚀
- Work at the intersection of embedded systems, code generators, compilers, and ML 🤖
- Unusual challenges requiring out-of-the-box abstract thinking 🧠
- Competitive compensation: cash + equity 💰
- Remote work possible 🌍
About Us
embedd.it is a UK-based startup reinventing embedded development. Our platform transforms unstructured semiconductor data into structured digital twins, enabling automatic generation of drivers, tests, and documentation. We're building a single, traceable source of truth to make integration fast, vendor-agnostic, and future-proof.
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