Embedded Firmware Engineer II (Bare-Metal/RTOS)

Nortek Security and Control LLC; Kent, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Nice North America, a subsidiary of Nice S.p.A., seeks a Firmware Engineer II to design, develop, test, and maintain embedded firmware for microcontroller-based gate and door products in Kent, WA. This hands-on role emphasizes low-level firmware (bare-metal and RTOS) rather than embedded Linux.

You will work with hardware bring-up, debugging, and collaboration with electrical engineers, contributing to product lifecycle from architecture to field reliability using C/C++, Git, and hardware

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 3–7 years of firmware development on microcontrollers (bare-metal or RTOS).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain embedded firmware for microcontroller-based systems used in gate operators.
• Develop production-quality firmware in C/C++ for real-time embedded systems (bare metal and RTOS).
• Implement and debug low-level drivers and hardware interfaces directly on microcontrollers (no embedded Linux).
• Collaborate with electrical engineers during schematic review, board bring-up, debugging, and hardware/firmware integration.

Skills

C/C++

Embedded

RTOS

Git

Debugging

Oscilloscopes

Education

Bachelors in EE/CE/CS

Tools

JTAG/SWD

Microcontroller IDEs

GCC/Arm CC

Job description

Nice North America, a subsidiary of Nice S.p.A., seeks a Firmware Engineer II to design, develop, test, and maintain embedded firmware for microcontroller-based gate and door products in Kent, WA. This hands-on role emphasizes low-level firmware (bare-metal and RTOS) rather than embedded Linux.

You will work with hardware bring-up, debugging, and collaboration with electrical engineers, contributing to product lifecycle from architecture to field reliability using C/C++, Git, and hardware