Senior Firmware Engineer

Clientmind Recruiting is searching for a Senior Firmware Engineer for a growing technology company in Greenbelt MD. This role is responsible for designing developing and maintaining firmware and software in various applications. This is a full-time position and will work onsite 3x per week.

Tasks

Responsibilities:

Firmware Development: Design develop and maintain embedded firmware for a variety of microcontroller-based systems ensuring optimal performance reliability and power efficiency.

Architecture & Design: Collaborate in defining system architecture and firmware design including low-level driver development for sensors and I/O interfaces hardware abstraction layers and communication protocols.

Debugging & Troubleshooting: Identify diagnose and resolve complex firmware and system issues utilizing tools such as oscilloscopes logic analyzers and debuggers.

Code Optimization: Optimize firmware for performance memory usage and power consumption while adhering to real-time and safety-critical requirements.

Collaboration & Communication: Work closely with hardware engineers software teams and product managers to ensure seamless integration of firmware with hardware and system-level applications.

Documentation: Produce high-quality documentation including specifications design documents test plans and user manuals to support firmware development and maintenance.

Testing & Validation: Develop and execute unit tests integration tests and system-level validation to ensure firmware quality and robustness.

Mentorship: Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior and mid-level engineers guiding them in best practices and solving complex engineering challenges.

Continuous Improvement: Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in embedded systems firmware development techniques and industry trends and contribute to the improvement of engineering practices.

Requirements

Required Qualifications:

Clearance: US Citizen with Secret level security clearance or ability and willingness to obtain a clearance.

Education: Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering or a related field or equivalent work experience.

Experience: Minimum of 8 years of hands-on experience in embedded firmware development with a proven track record of successful project execution.

Technical Skills:

o Strong proficiency in C/C programming languages for embedded systems.

o Extensive experience with microcontrollers (e.g. ARM Cortex-M STM32) including hardware-level programming and peripheral interfacing.

o Expertise in both bare metal and RTOS (Real-Time Operating Systems) embedded software architectures.

o Experience with communication protocols such as UART SPI I2C CAN Ethernet etc.

o Proficient with debugging tools such as JTAG oscilloscopes logic analyzers and IDE debuggers.

o Familiarity with version control systems (e.g. Git SVN).

Problem-Solving: Strong analytical skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex embedded system issues.

Documentation: Ability to produce clear concise documentation and reports.

Collaboration: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

Advanced Experience: Experience with FPGA development low-level hardware design or system-on-chip (SoC) integration.

Embedded Linux: Experience programming on custom embedded Linux platforms running on embedded application processors. Familiarity with building custom Linux features and power/speed optimization.

Software Skills: Experience with scripting languages (e.g. Python) for automation or testing purposes.