Embedded Emulation Engineer: AI-Driven Firmware Exploration

Zealot Labs, Inc.; Northern, New York (KY, NY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Zealot Labs, Inc. seeks a Firmware Emulation Engineer to build AI-assisted emulation for RTOS and embedded targets. You will reverse and rehost firmware from a range of niche devices, including printers, POS terminals, and smart appliances.

The role requires strong C/C++ or Rust skills and hands-on experience with non-Linux firmware. You will design workflows to map boot logic and peripheral stubs for proprietary environments with little documentation, turning manual analysis into scalable

Qualifications

• Hands-on reverse engineering of non-Linux embedded firmware.
• Experience with RTOS and bare-metal environments.
• Strong knowledge of embedded boot flows and memory layouts.

Responsibilities

• Build agentic systems to emulate non-Linux embedded targets.
• Reverse and rehost firmware from printers, POS terminals, and devices.
• Design workflows mapping boot logic, runtime dependencies, and peripheral stubs.
• Turn manual device analysis into AI-driven capabilities.
• Work with zero or little documentation to rapidly understand firmware dumps.

Skills

C/C++

Rust

Reverse engineering

Embedded systems

Low-level debugging

Tools

QEMU

Unicorn

Ghidra

IDA Pro

Binwalk

GDB

JTAG/SWD debuggers

Job description

Zealot Labs, Inc. seeks a Firmware Emulation Engineer to build AI-assisted emulation for RTOS and embedded targets. You will reverse and rehost firmware from a range of niche devices, including printers, POS terminals, and smart appliances.

The role requires strong C/C++ or Rust skills and hands-on experience with non-Linux firmware. You will design workflows to map boot logic and peripheral stubs for proprietary environments with little documentation, turning manual analysis into scalable