Firmware Software Engineer

SGS Consulting; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SGS Consulting seeks an experienced firmware engineer to develop and debug firmware for AR/VR devices, including sensing, imaging, haptics, and audio prototypes. You will implement firmware on micro-controllers, optimize power, and work with RTOS or bare-metal systems.

You will collaborate across research and engineering disciplines to make architectural tradeoffs, support hardware bring-up, and deliver features per milestones in a fast-paced team environment.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 4+ years of embedded firmware design or equivalent experience with C.
• Experience with peripherals such as USB, SPI, MIPI CSI/DSI, I2C, UART, GPIO.

Responsibilities

• Lead efforts to develop, and debug firmware for AR/VR devices, including novel sensing and imaging systems, haptic devices, and audio prototypes.
• Understand and implement firmware on micro-controllers, leverage peripherals, manage power consumption, support boot loaders, and schedule real-time tasks (RTOS).
• Collaborate across multiple research-focused and engineering disciplines to make architectural tradeoffs for rapid firmware delivery.
• Support all phases of custom hardware development—from early architecture requirements to board bring-up.
• Work with leads to understand tasks, attend stand-ups, and deliver features per milestones.

Skills

AOSP

embedded Linux

Kernel

Yocto

Buildroot

RTOS

bare metal

high compute systems

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Tools

USB

SPI

MIPI CSI/DSI

I2C

UART

GPIO

Job description

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead efforts to develop, and debug firmware for a wide variety of AR and VR devices, including novel sensing and imaging systems, haptic devices, and audio prototypes. Wearable device that includes multiple sensors and cameras
• Understand and implement firmware on micro-controllers, leverage peripherals, manage power consumption, support boot loaders, and schedule real-time tasks (RTOS)
• Collaborate in a team environment across multiple, research focused, and engineering disciplines, making the architectural tradeoffs required to rapidly deliver firmware solutions
• Support all phases of custom hardware development - including early architecture requirements definition, firmware architecture, proof-of-concept implementation, selection of MCUs and tools, and board bring-up
• Work with lead and peers to understand your program tasks, attend team stand ups and deliver features per program milestones

Skills:

• Experience with AOSP, embedded Linux, Kernel, Yocto, Buildroot, etc.
• Experience maximizing performance of resource constrained systems.
• Experience with either an RTOS-based or bare metal system.
• Experience with high compute/throughput systems and using sim/modeling to estimate performance and power.

Education/Experience:

• B.S.. degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 4+ years of experience in embedded firmware design or equivalent experience with programming embedded systems with C.
• Experience with peripherals such as USB, SPI, MIPI CSI/DSI, I2C, UART, GPIO etc.