Embedded Firmware Engineer - ARM & RTOS

Bray International, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Pay Plans

Comprehensive Benefits (Medical,Dental

Vision, Life Insurance

401(k) with matching

Smoke-free workplace

Career development

Job summary

Bray International, Inc. is seeking a firmware engineer to lead design, development, and delivery of new Controls Products including sustainment of IoT devices.

You will develop and maintain embedded firmware for ARM-based microcontrollers, collaborate with hardware teams, and optimize performance and power efficiency. The role requires 2–4 years in embedded firmware, strong C/C++ skills, and experience with RTOS or bare-metal environments.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in embedded firmware development.
• Experience with ARM Cortex-M, PIC, MSP430, ESP32, etc.
• Familiarity with RTOS (FreeRTOS, Zephyr, ThreadX) or bare-metal.
• Strong C programming; some C++ knowledge.
• Understanding of embedded communication protocols and hardware interfaces.
• Firmware development lifecycle knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain firmware for embedded systems, including ARM-based microcontrollers or similar platforms.
• Integrate and debug board bring-up activities with electrical and hardware engineering teams.
• Develop real-time embedded applications using C/C++ in bare-metal or RTOS environments.
• Perform firmware testing, validation, and troubleshooting using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and debugging tools (JTAG/SWD).
• Refactor and optimize existing firmware for performance, power efficiency, and reliability.
• Participate in code reviews, design reviews, and documentation of firmware architecture and interfaces.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements, system behavior, and test strategies.
• Work with version control, build systems, and CI pipelines (e.g., Git, CMake, Jenkins, GitLab CI).

Skills

C

C++

Embedded firmware development

RTOS

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

GDB

J-Link

Lauterbach

Job description

Bray International, Inc. is seeking a firmware engineer to lead design, development, and delivery of new Controls Products including sustainment of IoT devices.

You will develop and maintain embedded firmware for ARM-based microcontrollers, collaborate with hardware teams, and optimize performance and power efficiency. The role requires 2–4 years in embedded firmware, strong C/C++ skills, and experience with RTOS or bare-metal environments.