Embedded Firmware Engineer — ARM Cortex‑M, RTOS, Low‑Power

Russell Tobin; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 95,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

401(k) retirement savings

Life & disability insurance

Employee discounts

Job summary

Russell Tobin is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer for an onsite, 1-year contract in Indianapolis, IN. The role focuses on designing, developing, debugging, and maintaining embedded firmware for hardware-based systems, closely coordinating with hardware engineering teams to ensure performance and reliability.

Requirements include hands-on Embedded C, bare-metal/RTOS development, ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers, and strong debugging skills. Knowledge of Z-Wave or wireless protocols is a plus.

Qualifications

• Experience with embedded firmware in C for hardware systems.
• Hands-on with bare-metal and RTOS-based development.
• Experience on ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers.
• Familiar with DMA, timers, UART, SPI, I2C, GPIO and related peripherals.
• Bootloader development and firmware update mechanisms.
• Proficient in debugging with J-Link, SWD and GDB.
• Focus on low-power firmware design and optimization.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, debug and maintain embedded firmware for hardware-based systems.
• Collaborate with hardware engineering teams to ensure seamless integration, reliability, and performance.

Skills

Embedded C

Bare-metal/RTOS

ARM Cortex-M

DMA & peripherals

Bootloader development

Debugging with J-Link

Low-power firmware

Tools

Silicon Labs Simplicity Studio

Gecko SDK

Zniffer packet analysis

PTI packet tracing

Job description

Russell Tobin is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer for an onsite, 1-year contract in Indianapolis, IN. The role focuses on designing, developing, debugging, and maintaining embedded firmware for hardware-based systems, closely coordinating with hardware engineering teams to ensure performance and reliability.

Requirements include hands-on Embedded C, bare-metal/RTOS development, ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers, and strong debugging skills. Knowledge of Z-Wave or wireless protocols is a plus.