Embedded Firmware Engineer — Systems and Hardware Focus

Express Employment Professionals - Cincinnati East; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Express Employment Professionals - Cincinnati East is seeking an Embedded Firmware Engineer to join a small, highly collaborative team developing sophisticated electro/mechanical products. You will work across embedded firmware, hardware, system-level troubleshooting, and architecture, contributing to product development from concept to production.

The role emphasizes ownership, variety, and the ability to grow beyond a single specialty.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
• Professional experience developing embedded firmware for hardware products.
• Strong understanding of embedded systems and hardware/firmware interaction.
• Experience with microcontrollers, peripherals, sensors, communications interfaces, and embedded systems.
• Experience with hardware architecture, electrical schematics, board-level design, or hardware/firmware integration.
• Ability to read and understand electrical schematics and hardware specifications.
• Experience debugging embedded systems using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, debuggers, or similar equipment.
• Strong programming skills in C/C++ or comparable embedded languages.
• Ability and desire to influence hardware design based on firmware and system requirements.
• Willingness to work across disciplines and take on responsibilities outside a traditional job description.
• Curiosity and interest in expanding into broader software and system architecture.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a hands-on approach.

Responsibilities

• Develop, debug, test, and maintain embedded firmware for sophisticated instrumentation and sensing products.
• Work across the boundary between hardware and firmware, understanding how each influences the other.
• Participate in hardware architecture and design decisions and provide a firmware/software perspective.
• Develop low-level firmware that interfaces directly with microcontrollers, sensors, peripherals, and communications interfaces.
• Troubleshoot issues across the hardware, firmware, and system—not just within the software.
• Read schematics, work with boards and test equipment, and get close to the hardware to understand what's really happening.
• Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, software, and product‑development team members.
• Contribute to product development from concept through development, testing, production, and sustaining engineering.
• Help establish and improve firmware development practices, architecture, testing, and documentation.
• Take on projects and technical challenges outside your primary area of expertise when the needs of the team require it.
• Grow into broader software development, system architecture, and technical leadership responsibilities.
• Help influence the technical direction and architecture of future products.

Skills

Embedded firmware

C/C++

Hardware interaction

Microcontrollers

System-level troubleshooting

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Eng./CS/related

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Debuggers

Job description

Express Employment Professionals - Cincinnati East is seeking an Embedded Firmware Engineer to join a small, highly collaborative team developing sophisticated electro/mechanical products. You will work across embedded firmware, hardware, system-level troubleshooting, and architecture, contributing to product development from concept to production.

The role emphasizes ownership, variety, and the ability to grow beyond a single specialty.