Senior Embedded Firmware Architect – Sensor Systems

Carv; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship

Park City office

Innsbruck office

Job summary

Carv is seeking a Senior Embedded Systems Engineer to own the firmware and embedded systems at the heart of our sensor platform. This firmware‑leaning role spans the full hardware stack, from board bring‑up to production tooling, in a startup environment.

You’ll work across firmware, electronics, Bluetooth, sensors, and manufacturing test systems, mentor peers, and raise the standard for reliability and testability. Visa sponsorship is available.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in embedded systems, firmware, or closely related hardware product development.
• Strong embedded C/C++ experience on resource-constrained devices.
• Strong bare metal and RTOS experience (Zephyr preferred).
• Experience taking firmware or embedded systems from prototype through to production (10k+ unit volume).
• Comfortable debugging hardware with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, debuggers, and RF/Bluetooth diagnostic tools.
• Ability to read schematics and reason about electronics, sensors, power systems, and board-level behaviour.

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, and maintain firmware for Carv’s connected sensor systems.
• Work on low-power, resource-constrained embedded systems using embedded C/C++.
• Help develop next-generation sensing hardware, including early prototypes and productionisation.
• Debug issues across firmware, electronics, Bluetooth, sensors, power, and manufacturing test systems.
• Build and improve production firmware, test jigs, automated test equipment, and calibration workflows.
• Collaborate with manufacturing partners to improve reliability and yield.
• Develop internal tools to diagnose hardware and firmware issues in the field.
• Collaborate with hardware, data science, app, and product teams.
• Mentor other engineers and raise standards for design, test, and documentation.

Skills

Embedded systems

C/C++

RTOS (Zephyr)

Debugging hardware

Schematic reading

Independent startup work

Electronics debugging

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Debuggers

Power testing tools

Job description

Carv is seeking a Senior Embedded Systems Engineer to own the firmware and embedded systems at the heart of our sensor platform. This firmware‑leaning role spans the full hardware stack, from board bring‑up to production tooling, in a startup environment.

You’ll work across firmware, electronics, Bluetooth, sensors, and manufacturing test systems, mentor peers, and raise the standard for reliability and testability. Visa sponsorship is available.