Firmware Engineer

Medclinicx; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Med Clinic X, a healthcare technology company building digital health ecosystems, seeks a Firmware Engineer to design and optimize firmware for healthcare devices and IoT-enabled medical systems across the United States.

You will collaborate with hardware, embedded, and cloud teams to deliver low-level software powering connected devices, ensure secure communication with cloud platforms, and drive reliability in medical environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in a related field.
• Experience in firmware or low-level embedded software development.
• Strong programming skills in C or C++.
• Understanding of microcontrollers (ARM, STM32) and bare-metal programming.
• Experience with real-time systems, concurrency, and task management.
• Preferred: familiarity with IoT protocols and embedded security practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop firmware for healthcare and IoT devices.
• Build low-level embedded software for real-time systems.
• Optimize performance, memory usage, and device reliability.
• Develop firmware for microcontroller-based systems.
• Integrate firmware with cloud-based healthcare SaaS platforms.
• Enable secure communication between devices and backend systems.
• Support data transmission from medical devices to clinical systems.
• Ensure device interoperability within healthcare ecosystems.
• Work with RTOS and event-driven firmware applications.
• Ensure stability and fault tolerance in embedded systems.

Skills

C programming

C++ programming

Firmware development

Microcontrollers (ARM / STM32)

Real-time systems

Concurrency & multitasking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Tools

JTAG

Logic analyzers

Job description

Med Clinic X is a healthcare technology company building advanced digital health ecosystems that combine software, AI, cloud platforms, and connected medical devices for healthcare organizations across the United States.

We develop healthcare SaaS platforms, AI-driven healthcare systems, patient portals, telemedicine solutions, automation workflows, and integrated medical device technologies that support real-world clinical environments.

Our mission is to build reliable, secure, and high-performance healthcare systems that extend into connected devices and real-time monitoring solutions.

Job Overview

We are seeking a Firmware Engineer to design, develop, and optimize firmware for healthcare devices and IoT-enabled medical systems.

In this role, you will build low-level software that powers connected healthcare devices and ensures seamless communication with cloud-based healthcare platforms used across the United States.

You will collaborate with hardware engineers, embedded developers, and cloud teams to build safe and reliable healthcare technologies.

Responsibilities

Firmware Development

• Design and develop firmware for healthcare and IoT devices.
• Build low-level embedded software for real-time systems.
• Optimize performance, memory usage, and device reliability.
• Develop firmware for microcontroller-based systems.
• Integrate firmware with cloud-based healthcare SaaS platforms.
• Enable secure communication between devices and backend systems.
• Support data transmission from medical devices to clinical systems.
• Ensure device interoperability within healthcare ecosystems.

Embedded & Real-Time Systems

• Work with real-time operating systems (RTOS).
• Develop event-driven firmware applications.
• Ensure stability and fault tolerance in embedded systems.
• Debug hardware-software interaction issues.

Security & Reliability

• Ensure compliance with healthcare data protection standards.
• Prevent vulnerabilities in connected medical systems.
• Support safe and reliable device operations.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Experience in firmware or low-level embedded software development.
• Strong programming skills in C or C++.
• Understanding of microcontrollers (ARM, STM32) and bare-metal programming.
• Experience with real-time systems, concurrency, and task management.

Preferred

• Experience in US healthcare or medical device industries (FDA-regulated).
• Familiarity with IoT communication protocols (MQTT, BLE, CoAP).
• Experience developing on FreeRTOS or similar embedded kernels.
• Knowledge of embedded security practices (secure boot, encryption).
• Experience interfacing with hardware debugging tools (JTAG, logic analyzers).

Why Join Med Clinic X?

At Med Clinic X, you will build the foundation of connected healthcare technology. You will:

• Work on real healthcare device ecosystems used in the US
• Build firmware powering connected medical technologies
• Collaborate with AI, cloud, and engineering teams
• Shape the future of connected healthcare systems

Technical Core

C / C++ Programming Embedded Systems Programming Microcontrollers (ARM / STM32) Real-Time OS (FreeRTOS) IoT Protocols (MQTT / BLE) Hardware Debugging & JTAG

Key Systems Involved

Medical IoT Devices

Build firmware for real-time patient vital sign monitors and smart sensors.

Healthcare Embedded Systems

Design low-power microcontroller logic loops to ensure device longevity.

Real-Time Monitoring

Configure high-frequency sample buffers and local sensor processing logic.

Synchronize raw device readings with cloud portals using secure transport links.

AI-Enabled Medical Hardware

Expose interfaces on microcontrollers to trigger local tinyML algorithms.

Digital Health Ecosystems

Test hardware interactions with telemetry message queues and API layers.