Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer

🕒 May 3

🇨🇴 Colombia – Remote

💵 $60 / hour

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟠 Senior

🔧 Hardware Engineer

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Very

51 - 200 employees

IoT • Technology • Software Development

Very is a company specializing in end-to-end IoT development. They offer a wide range of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, including IoT product and interface design, data solutions and machine learning, IoT hardware and firmware, and software development for connected systems. Very focuses on creating innovative, connected products and digital infrastructure, with an emphasis on human-centered design and digital transformation. They provide services that integrate hardware, software, data, and design to ensure seamless user experiences and help enterprises harness IoT to push the boundaries of their business models.

📋 Description

• Developing production-grade firmware for Matter-enabled devices from bring-up to certification • Owning firmware development across the full device lifecycle, including schematic review, board bring-up, driver integration, OTA updates, and certification readiness • Participating in hardware debugging and validation using tools such as JTAG/SWD, logic analyzers, and protocol sniffers • Collaborating closely with hardware engineers and cross-functional teams to deliver production-ready devices • Debugging complex, real-world interoperability issues across Matter ecosystems (Apple Home, Google Home, Alexa)

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years professional embedded/firmware engineering in C/C++ • Significant experience with ESP-IDF — not Arduino wrappers, but real ESP-IDF work: CMake/Kconfig build system, partition tables, NVS, OTA frameworks, FreeRTOS task management, and low-level driver integration (I2C, SPI, UART, ADC, GPIO) • Direct, demonstrable work implementing Matter on ESP32-series silicon (ESP32, ESP32-C3, ESP32-S3, or ESP32-H2) using Espressif's ESP-Matter SDK or the upstream Connectedhomeip stack • Hands-on with at least one Matter transport at the firmware level — Wi-Fi or Thread (802.15.4) • Experience debugging commissioning flows, interop failures, and protocol-level issues across ecosystems (Apple Home, Google Home, Alexa) • Familiarity with secure boot, flash encryption, and device attestation in the Matter context • Comfortable reading specs (Matter, Thread, 802.15.4) and translating them into working firmware • Must reside in Colombia • Must be authorized to work without sponsorship on a permanent basis

🏖️ Benefits

• Independent contractor engagement • Expected commitment: 30–40 hours per week

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