Firmware Engineer — High-Performance Embedded Systems

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

Job summary

Hargrave Technologies is seeking a Firmware Engineer to work on challenging embedded systems with real‑world, mission‑critical applications. You will bridge hardware and software teams, contributing across design, implementation, and testing phases for high‑performance devices.

The role involves developing bare‑metal and RTOS‑based firmware, building device drivers, and collaborating with hardware engineers during prototype validation.

Qualifications

• Embedded C, Python and microcontrollers experience.
• Bare‑metal or embedded firmware development background.
• Device drivers and hardware interface experience.
• I2C, SPI, UART and CAN familiarity.
• Hardware debugging and bring‑up/prototyping skills.
• Experience with motor control, power electronics, RTOS, embedded Linux or electronics manufacturing is valued.

Responsibilities

• Bridge hardware and software teams to build high‑performance embedded systems.
• Design and implement embedded firmware and build tooling for microcontrollers.
• Develop device drivers and HALs for sensors and interfaces; collaborate with hardware engineers.
• Debug with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, and JTAG/SWD tools.
• Investigate firmware bugs and hardware‑software integration issues.
• Improve firmware reliability, testing, and product performance.

Skills

Embedded C

Python

Microcontrollers

Bare‑metal firmware

Device drivers

I2C

SPI

CAN

JTAG/SWD

RTOS

Embedded Linux

Tools

JTAG/SWD

I2C

SPI

CAN

RTOS

Embedded Linux

Job description

Hargrave Technologies is seeking a Firmware Engineer to work on challenging embedded systems with real‑world, mission‑critical applications. You will bridge hardware and software teams, contributing across design, implementation, and testing phases for high‑performance devices.

The role involves developing bare‑metal and RTOS‑based firmware, building device drivers, and collaborating with hardware engineers during prototype validation.