OEM Hardware/Firmware Applications Engineer

Karman; United States; Remote; USD 175,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with employer match

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Karman is seeking an Application Engineer, Hardware/Firmware to bridge customer hardware environments with our AI-driven platform. You will design, build, and validate hardware integrations, owning end-to-end delivery from kickoff to production.

Based in the Bay Area or Ann Arbor, MI, you will work with customers and partners across hardware, firmware, and product teams, travel as needed, and help create repeatable integration artifacts and scalable processes.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on hardware and embedded firmware engineering experience
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, computer science or similar field OR equivalent training and on the job experience
• Proven experience designing hardware integration points, including PCB-level design, interface definition, and system bring-up
• FPGA development experience spanning hardware design/RTL and firmware
• Proficiency writing, modifying, and debugging embedded firmware independently
• Knowledge of data center interfaces and protocols (I2C, UART, PCIe, Ethernet)
• Ability to read and critically review schematics, PCB layouts, and test results
• Strong communication skills for both engineering and non-engineering audiences
• High learning agility in fast-moving, early-stage product environments
• Experience in data center infrastructure, power electronics, or energy management hardware
• Willingness to travel for customer kick-offs, on-site reviews, and deployment validation

Responsibilities

• Design and implement hardware integration layer between Karman and customer infrastructure
• Review hardware designs to identify integration points and gaps
• Write and modify embedded firmware to adapt Karman to customer platforms
• Own end-to-end technical execution for customer hardware integrations from kickoff to deployment
• Lead customer-facing technical calls and on-site reviews with engineering teams
• Create and maintain integration artifacts like design reviews, test plans, and deployment docs
• Develop HW design collateral covering layout, power, IO, signal integrity, thermal, and RFI requirements
• Produce bring-up documentation for SOM and metrology hardware
• Track hardware KPIs and coordinate resolutions across teams
• Take an AI-first approach to automating processes and artifacts
• Participate in roadmap meetings and design reviews to maintain product knowledge
• Build repeatable processes, templates, and best practices for scaling

Skills

Hardware design

Embedded firmware

PCB design

FPGA development

Schematic/PCB review

Communication skills

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science

Equivalent training and on-the-job experience

Tools

System-on-Module (SOM) platforms

Metrology hardware

Embedded Linux / Yocto

Job description

Karman is seeking an Application Engineer, Hardware/Firmware to bridge customer hardware environments with our AI-driven platform. You will design, build, and validate hardware integrations, owning end-to-end delivery from kickoff to production.

Based in the Bay Area or Ann Arbor, MI, you will work with customers and partners across hardware, firmware, and product teams, travel as needed, and help create repeatable integration artifacts and scalable processes.