Embedded Firmware Engineer: Precision Sensors & Actuators

CIS Secure; Maryland; On-site; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company matching

Dental insurance

Medical insurance

Health Savings Account option

Flexible Spending

Vision insurance

Life and Disability Insurance

Ancillary offerings

Paid Time Off

Holiday pay

Job summary

CIS Secure is seeking a Firmware Engineer – Embedded Controls / Sensors to join the REACT program at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. You will develop and modify embedded firmware for advanced hardware systems including gimbals, optics, motors, and sensors.

The role requires hands-on design, debugging, and integration with electrical, mechanical, and software teams. A TS/SCI clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience in embedded firmware development in C/C++ or similar low-level languages.
• Experience with microcontrollers, embedded processors, or SoCs and associated peripherals.
• Experience interfacing with SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, PWM, ADC/DAC, or similar interfaces.
• Experience developing firmware for motors, actuators, sensors, optics, gimbals, or other electromechanical systems.
• Strong understanding of real-time embedded systems, interrupts, timers, memory management, and hardware interfaces.
• Experience debugging firmware and hardware with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, debuggers, and lab equipment.
• Ability to read schematics, datasheets, interface control documents, and existing firmware.

Responsibilities

• Design, modify, and debug low-level software running on embedded processors and microcontrollers.
• Work with electrical, mechanical, software, and systems engineers to integrate sensors, actuators, imaging systems, and control hardware.
• Understand and modify existing firmware, develop new functionality, and troubleshoot problems that cross hardware/firmware boundary.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Embedded firmware

Microcontrollers/SoCs

Peripheral interfaces

Electromechanical firmware

RTOS/embedded systems

Debugging hardware

Schematic reading

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related

Job description

CIS Secure is seeking a Firmware Engineer – Embedded Controls / Sensors to join the REACT program at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. You will develop and modify embedded firmware for advanced hardware systems including gimbals, optics, motors, and sensors.

The role requires hands-on design, debugging, and integration with electrical, mechanical, and software teams. A TS/SCI clearance is required.