Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer – Contractor

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🌐 United States, Canada – Remote

🇺🇸 United States – Remote 🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $140k - $160k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔧 Hardware Engineer

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📋 Description

• Design, develop, debug, and maintain embedded firmware for IoT and video streaming products • Own major firmware components and features throughout the product development lifecycle, from design to production • Collaborate with Hardware, Cloud, Mobile, QA, and ODM partners on system integration and product delivery • Develop and integrate device drivers, communication protocols, RTOS components, and platform firmware • Troubleshoot and resolve complex firmware, hardware, and system-level issues • Optimize firmware for performance, memory usage, power consumption, and system reliability • Review board schematics, component datasheets, and hardware documentation • Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and root-cause analysis • Evaluate new SoCs, image sensors, wireless modules, and other hardware components • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering best practices and process improvements

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field; equivalent industry experience accepted • 7+ years of experience in embedded firmware development, preferably with IoT, networking, or video streaming products • Strong programming skills in Embedded C and C++ • Experience with RTOS and Embedded Linux platforms • Understanding of real-time multimedia applications, including video/audio processing, compression, and streaming technologies such as H.264/H.265 • Experience with multithreaded and multitasking embedded software development • Experience developing and debugging embedded device drivers • Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis skills in embedded systems • Experience optimizing embedded software for performance and resource utilization • Working knowledge of TCP, UDP, HTTP/HTTPS, RTP, RTSP, SIP, and WebRTC • Experience with Wi-Fi, BLE, and LTE • Familiarity with IoT communication architectures and cloud-connected devices • Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and protocol analyzers • Experience using Git or similar source control systems • Ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams • Preferred: firmware development for consumer IoT or smart home products • Preferred: Zigbee, Z-Wave, Thread, and Matter • Preferred: Linux memory management, file systems, and U-Boot • Preferred: Python, Perl, or Lua • Preferred: supporting products through manufacturing and production

🏖️ Benefits

• Performance bonus • Equity • Full range of benefits (details provided with offer) • Reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities, pregnancy-related medical conditions, or sincerely held religious beliefs, observances, and practices

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