Edge AI Firmware Engineer — RTOS/Embedded Linux

Hpiq; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Employee assistance program

Flexible spending account

Life insurance

Paid parental leave (4–12 weeks)

Holidays and vacation

Job summary

HP IQ, HP’s AI innovation lab, is seeking an Embedded Firmware Engineer to bring up new hardware, develop and support firmware across core subsystems, and scale products from prototype to fleet deployment.

Join a team delivering on-device intelligence for edge devices with strong hands-on experience in RTOS and embedded Linux, and a passion for low-power, high-performance firmware. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits are provided in a collaborative, human-centered environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of embedded firmware development experience spanning RTOS and embedded Linux.
• Strong C/C++ programming skills with grounding in embedded fundamentals (drivers, interrupts, memory/power constraints, bootloaders).
• Board-level debugging experience using tools such as JTAG, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers.
• Familiarity with OTA update mechanisms, field telemetry, and firmware versioning.
• Ability to work independently across hardware/software boundaries and communicate findings clearly to partners and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and debug firmware across RTOS and embedded Linux platforms.
• Lead hardware bring-up — board bring-up, driver integration, and firmware support through to production.
• Develop and maintain firmware for subsystems such as connectivity, power and other sensors.
• Integrate lightweight model inference and sensing/proximity algorithms within tight compute, memory, and power budgets.
• Support fleet-scale deployment: OTA updates, field diagnostics, and post-launch sustainment.
• Collaborate with hardware, systems, and QA teams to troubleshoot system-level issues and drive root-cause fixes to closure.

Skills

Embedded firmware

RTOS

Embedded Linux

C/C++

Board debugging

OTA updates

Firmware versioning

System integration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/EE

Tools

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Job description

HP IQ, HP’s AI innovation lab, is seeking an Embedded Firmware Engineer to bring up new hardware, develop and support firmware across core subsystems, and scale products from prototype to fleet deployment.

Join a team delivering on-device intelligence for edge devices with strong hands-on experience in RTOS and embedded Linux, and a passion for low-power, high-performance firmware. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits are provided in a collaborative, human-centered environment.