Job Description
Lead a small team of firmware engineers supercharging devices that protect both planet and people
Build a future-proofed firmware environment to enable global growth
Drive engineering excellence by leading from the front
Lead Firmware Engineer
Central Sydney location
$160-180k super
Flexible hybrid working rhythm
What if there was a way for infrastructure to evolve and thrive without costing the Earth
Our client has dedicated their existence to this thesis building unique devices that:
- Monitor site safety and environmental impact
- Enable customers to tackle threats to both in real time
- Maintain and measure an inventory of related data
The problem
- A peerless product. Rapid growth. Well funded. Decades of living as the customer. Hardly problematic you say. Im getting to it:
- These folks are poised to go global but cant get there without advancements across their product line
- The team is sharp future-forward and diversely skilled
- They need a leader to
- Set the direction for firmware projects
- Lead from the front
- Steward the engineers personal growth journeys
- Architect for the future
Why should that be interesting to you
- Youve been there done that when it comes to performant firmware environments that evolve not just cope with scale
- Youre motivated by encouraging junior engineers to forge their own growth path with your guidance
- Youre ready for that move that you look back on as pivotal in your careers upward trajectory
- Youve thought Ive got ideas but lacked the kind of scope to voice them
- Youve thrived influencing a range of stakeholders and you want more of it
- You cant explain why but youre intrinsically drawn to growing these areas alongside your engineering chops
- Youve added more features than youve had hot dinners and youre ready for greener/browner-looking opportunities to put your name to
The likely solution to the problem
A meeting of minds one mind being our clients and the other mind likely resembling:
- Seasoned firmware engineer first. Think:
- Skills built in scaling embedded IoT environments
- C/C Python (Free) RTOS - the usual suspects
- What STM32 looks like at scale - our client
- Proven leader or senior engineer with positive leadership potential signals
- Confident and articulate when engaging a range of stakeholders in healthy debate
- Understanding over-the-air devices
- Scaled a firmware/embedded team while the company around it grows. Quickly. Living to tell the tale
Bonus points for:
- Understanding
- Contech/proptech
- Audio signal processing
- Hardware engineer in a former life
Wow looks like youre still reading.
Apply below and lets keep the ball rolling.
The planet deserves it.