Firmware Engineer

Hargrave Technologies; Geehi; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Hargrave Technologies is seeking a Firmware Engineer to bridge hardware and software teams, building high-performance embedded systems for mission-critical applications. You will work on physical products and real-world deployments, contributing from design through validation and delivery.

You will engage in debugging, testing and optimization to enhance reliability and performance in demanding environments.

Qualifications

• Experience with embedded C and Python tooling for firmware build processes.
• Design of bare-metal and embedded firmware architectures.
• Development of drivers and HALs for sensors, memory and comms interfaces (I2C, SPI, CAN).
• Collaboration with hardware engineers during prototype development and validation.
• Ability to debug with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers and multimeters; use JTAG/SWD for debugging.
• Investigate firmware bugs and field failures; improve reliability and performance.

Responsibilities

• Bridge between hardware and software teams to deliver high-performance embedded systems.
• Lead firmware decisions from concept through validation and delivery.
• Take ownership of debugging, testing and final product quality.

Skills

Embedded C

Python tooling

Bare-metal firmware

Device drivers

I2C/SPI/CAN

Hardware collaboration

Debugging tools

Firmware reliability

Tools

JTAG/SWD

Job description

This role would be the best fit for you if you want to work on genuinely difficult engineering problems and see your work end up in real and unique products across other specialised applications.

A significant part of our work supports defence and military applications, where reliability, performance and engineering quality genuinely matter. You’ll be working on physical products and embedded systems that are built for serious real-world use.

As the Firmware Engineer, you will be the bridge, the key connection between the hardware team and the engineering team, building high-performance systems from the ground up.

This isn’t the role where you would spend your time maintaining legacy code or sitting away from the actual products - you will be involved in the decision-making, the debugging, the testing and the final outcome.

Firmware Engineer

This role would be the best fit for you if you want to work on genuinely difficult engineering problems and see your work end up in real and unique products across other specialised applications.

A significant part of our work supports defence and military applications, where reliability, performance and engineering quality genuinely matter. You’ll be working on physical products and embedded systems that are built for serious real-world use.

As the Firmware Engineer, you will be the bridge, the key connection between the hardware team and the engineering team, building high-performance systems from the ground up.

This isn’t the role where you would spend your time maintaining legacy code or sitting away from the actual products - you will be involved in the decision-making, the debugging, the testing and the final outcome.

Why Hargrave

Hargrave is named after Lawrence Hargrave, the Australian aviation pioneer. We are an Australian engineering company designing and building high-performance electronics, motors and control systems for demanding applications and industries.

A lot of the work is genuinely mission-critical, technically difficult and used in environments where reliability matters. Our technology can end up in drones and other military applications and missions, where the work you do has a direct impact on how the final product performs in the real world.

If you want to work on engineering with real-world purpose and see your work end up in serious physical products, this is the kind of work we do.

We are still small enough that your voice and your work matter and you will be able to see real influence on the products, but we’re scaling and big enough to be working on serious, high-impact projects around the world.

Real ownership is a core part of how we work. Engineers are trusted to take responsibility for their work from concept through delivery, make informed decisions, challenge existing approaches and follow problems through to resolution.

Less bureaucracy. More ownership, accountability and quality.

As Hargrave continues to grow, there’s plenty of room for good people to shape not only the products, but also how we work as a team.

The ideal candidate would have experience in:

• Embedded C, Python wrapping for build tooling firmware for microcontrollers.

• Designing bare-metal and embedded firmware architectures.

• Building device drivers as well as HALs for sensors, memory and communication interfaces such as I2C, SPI, CAN and more.

• Working directly with hardware engineers during prototype development and validation.

• Debugging issues using oscilloscopes, logic analysers, multimeters and JTAG/SWD tools, etc.

• Investigating firmware bugs, field failures and hardware-software integration and any issues during said integration.

• Helping to improve firmware reliability, testing and product performance.
  

Pre-employment screening

Due to the nature of our work, including Defence-related projects, successful applicants will be required to complete pre-employment screening, including a National Police Check.