Are you passionate about building next generation embedded and IoT products We are looking for a
Principal Firmware Engineer to lead the architecture, development, and delivery of secure, cloud-connected embedded solutions. This is an exciting opportunity to drive innovation across firmware, RTOS, Linux, networking, and AWS IoT technologies while mentoring high performing engineering teams and collaborating with global stakeholders
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Key responsibilities in your new role
We are seeking an experienced
Principal Firmware Engineer with 15+ years of expertise in embedded firmware development to lead the design, architecture, and implementation of complex connected products. The ideal candidate will have strong experience with embedded systems, RTOS, Linux, IoT cloud connectivity, networking protocols, and secure device lifecycle management.
As a technical leader, you will define software architecture, drive engineering excellence, mentor teams, and collaborate with product, hardware, cloud, and customer-facing teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure solutions from concept to deployment.
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Qualifications And Skills To Help You Succeed
Technical Leadership :
- Define and drive firmware architecture for embedded and IoT products.
- Lead end-to-end firmware development from requirements through production release.
- Mentor and guide firm ware teams across multiple projects.
- Conduct architecture, design, code and quality reviews.
- Establish engineering best practices, coding standards and CI/CD processes.
Firmware & Embedded Development :
- Design and develop firmware for ARM Cortex-based embedded platforms.
- Develop low-level drivers, bootloaders, middleware, and application software.
- Work with RTOS and Linux based systems including Free RTOS, ThreadX, MbedOS and Embedded Linux.
- Optimize firmware for performance, memory utilization, reliability, and power efficiency.
- Integrate communication interfaces and protocols including USB, I2C ,SPI, SDIO, I2S, Wi-Fi, MQTT, HTTPS and Ethernet.
Cloud & IoT Solutions :
- Design and implement AWS IoT-based connected device solutions.
- Develop device provisioning, onboarding, monitoring, telemetry, and FOTA capabilities.
- Collaborate with cloud teams to enable secure and scalable device-cloud architectures.
- Drive secure communication and life cycle management for connected devices.
Security & Product Quality :
- Implement Secure Boot, firmware signing, authentication, and secure update mechanisms.
- Drive cybersecurity best practices for embedded products.
- Ensure product reliability, maintainability, and compliance with quality standards.
Program & Stakeholder Management :
- Support product roadmap planning and technical strategy.
- Collaboratewithcustomers,architects,productmanagers,andengineeringleaders.
- Drive project planning, risk management, estimation, and milestone execution.
- Support Agile development and release management processes.
- Engage with global customers and partners to address technical challenges.
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