Firmware Engineer

Great opportunity for an experienced

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Our client is a leading global industrial safety technology manufacturer looking for a

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

to lead the firmware design, implementation, and testing aspects of New Product Development (NPD) and sustaining products throughout their entire lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Translate high-level concepts into robust, maintainable firmware architectures.
• Capture and document requirements and rationale for regulated products to ensure traceability and compliance.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers to define and implement hardware/firmware integration strategies and diagnostic coverage.
• Work with Product Owners and stakeholders using Agile practices to maintain alignment throughout the development lifecycle.
• Champion development processes, lead technical reviews, and implement source code that meets product requirements and coding standards.
• Ensure all code is well-documented, rigorously tested, and version-controlled.
• Perform unit testing using IDEs, debuggers, emulators, communication analyzers, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers.
• Provide work breakdown plans and task estimates to support project planning and tracking.
• Contribute to product roadmap planning, identify competency and resource gaps, and implement improvement plans.
• Develop metrics to track progress and identify areas for improvement.
• Support multiple product development programs simultaneously.
• Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies throughout the firmware development lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 5\+ years of experience developing embedded software/firmware using C/C\+\+.
• 2\+ years of experience with Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS).

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• Background in regulated industries, including medical devices, industrial safety, or automotive.
• Experience developing firmware for multi-core embedded processors.
• Familiarity with integrating Ethernet stacks in embedded environments.
• Experience using JTAG/SWD debuggers, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and protocol analyzers (UART, I2C, SPI, Ethernet).
• Proven ability to deliver firmware across the full development lifecycle, from requirements capture through validation.
• Proficiency with Agile development, Git, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks.
• Experience contributing to FMEAs and implementing firmware risk mitigation strategies.