Firmware Engineer

Survival Systems Staffing; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Survival Systems Staffing seeks a Firmware Engineer to join a hardware-focused team responsible for embedded control systems and user-facing software interfaces. You will work across the full stack, from hardware-level firmware to GUI elements that users interact with daily.

The role emphasizes hands-on ownership, cross‑functional collaboration, and strong debugging skills across firmware and application layers in a small team environment.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated hands-on experience writing embedded C for hardware-based systems.
• Ability to work independently and communicate clearly across a small technical team.
• Strong debugging skills across both firmware and application layers.
• Hands-on ownership over embedded logic driving a device and the user interface.

Responsibilities

• Develop embedded C firmware for hardware platforms.
• Integrate firmware-level communication with software interfaces (serial, USB, network).
• Bridge hardware and software boundaries in product development.
• Own the embedded logic and interface that makes the device usable.

Skills

Embedded C

Cross-stack experience

Firmware debugging

Job description

We are seeking a Firmware Engineer to join a hardware-focused engineering team responsible for developing embedded control systems paired with user-facing software interfaces. This role bridges low-level firmware development with GUI application work, making it a strong fit for an engineer who enjoys working across the full stack of an embedded product, from the hardware layer up through the interface a user actually touches.

• Embedded C firmware development on hardware platforms
• Experience integrating firmware‑level communication with software interfaces (serial, USB, network protocols, or similar)
• Familiarity with microcontroller-based hardware and real‑time constraints
• Comfortable working across the hardware/software boundary, not siloed to one side

Requirements:

• Demonstrated hands‑on experience writing embedded C for hardware-based systems
• Ability to work independently and communicate clearly across a small technical team
• Strong debugging skills across both firmware and application layers

This is a hands‑on role for an engineer who wants ownership over both the embedded logic driving a device and the interface that makes it usable, rather than being confined to a single layer of the stack.