Embedded Firmware Engineer - Wearable Tech and Sensors

Generative Bionics S.r.l.; Genova; Hybrid; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

CCNL Metalmeccanico benefits

Collaborative startup culture

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Job summary

Generative Bionics S.r.l. is seeking an Software Embedded Engineer to design and implement firmware for wearable devices. You will work on low-level software powering sensors, wireless communication, and data management on resource-constrained hardware.

You will develop real-time software architectures, drivers, and interfaces, and collaborate with hardware, software, and AI teams to deliver robust, scalable products across sensing and motion-tracking domains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 1+ years of professional embedded software development experience.
• Strong experience with C and C++ for embedded systems.
• Solid experience with MCUs and resource-constrained systems.
• Hands-on RTOS experience including task scheduling, synchronization, interrupts, and inter-task communication.
• Experience developing and debugging device drivers and HALs.
• Knowledge of I2C, SPI, UART, USB, CAN interfaces.
• Experience with BLE, Wi‑Fi, and low-latency wireless protocols.
• Experience with JTAG/SWD, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and embedded debugging workflows.
• Git, code reviews, testing methodologies, and CI workflows.
• Ability to read schematics and collaborate with hardware teams.
• Strong troubleshooting across firmware, electronics, and system integration.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication.
• Willingness to travel nationally and internationally.
• Experience with wearable devices, motion tracking, or body-worn sensors.
• Experience with IMUs, magnetometers, pressure sensors, EMG, or physiological sensing.
• Knowledge of sensor fusion, orientation estimation, and motion tracking algorithms.
• Knowledge of low-power embedded systems and power optimization.
• Familiarity with ARM Cortex‑M architectures and development ecosystems.
• Experience with Zephyr, FreeRTOS, or comparable RTOS frameworks.
• Knowledge of Python for testing and tooling.
• Experience with bootloaders, OTA updates, and secure device communication.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain embedded software in C/C++ for microcontroller-based wearables.
• Develop interfaces and acquisition pipelines for IMUs and sensors ensuring sampling, synchronization, calibration, and data quality.
• Design and maintain RTOS-based architectures with task scheduling, synchronization, interrupts, and inter-task communication.
• Develop and debug peripheral drivers and hardware abstraction layers for custom electronics.
• Implement and optimize BLE, Wi-Fi, and other low-latency wireless protocols.
• Develop timestamping, clock synchronization, buffering, and reliable data exchange across distributed devices.
• Firmware debugging and system validation using JTAG/SWD, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers.
• Collaborate with electronics, hardware, and software teams to define interfaces and solve integration issues.
• Contribute to code reviews, testing strategies, CI processes, and software architecture decisions.

Skills

C/C++ for embedded

RTOS experience

Sensor interfaces (I2C/SPI/UART)

BLE/Wi-Fi wireless tech

Git & CI workflows

JTAG/SWD debugging

Python for testing

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer/Electronic Engineering or CS

Tools

Zephyr RTOS

FreeRTOS

Git

CI/CD

JTAG/SWD debugging

Job description

Generative Bionics S.r.l. is seeking an Software Embedded Engineer to design and implement firmware for wearable devices. You will work on low-level software powering sensors, wireless communication, and data management on resource-constrained hardware.

You will develop real-time software architectures, drivers, and interfaces, and collaborate with hardware, software, and AI teams to deliver robust, scalable products across sensing and motion-tracking domains.