Principal Firmware Architect – IoT & Connected Devices

Hayward Holdings, Inc.; North Kingstown (RI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental and Vision coverage

401(k) with 3% match, plus additional

Additional contributions

Job summary

Hayward Holdings Inc. seeks a Principal Firmware Engineer to provide technical leadership across next‑gen embedded platforms. You will design and implement firmware powering connected pumps, heaters, and automation systems, guiding the product lifecycle from prototype to field deployment.

You will lead architecture, collaborate with cross‑functional teams, and mentor engineers while delivering fault‑tolerant software and secure updates for high‑volume manufacturing.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of embedded firmware development delivering commercial products.
• 3+ years providing technical leadership across complex firmware development efforts.
• Expert‑level C/C++ development for resource‑constrained embedded systems.
• Experience with ARM Cortex‑M microcontrollers or similar embedded architectures.
• Strong understanding of RTOS concepts, multitasking, synchronization, interrupts, and memory management.
• Experience developing and debugging embedded communication protocols including UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, and RS‑485.
• Experience performing board bring‑up, hardware integration, and low‑level debugging.
• Proficiency using JTAG/SWD debuggers, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and embedded diagnostic tools.
• Experience designing fault‑tolerant embedded software including bootloaders, firmware update mechanisms, diagnostics, watchdog strategies, logging, and recovery systems.
• Experience using Git and modern software configuration management workflows

Responsibilities

• Lead firmware architecture across embedded platforms and reusable frameworks.
• Build resilient embedded systems with fault detection and power management.
• Drive hardware bring-up and peripheral integration with EE teams.
• Debug complex firmware issues using JTAG/SWD, scopes, and analyzers.
• Own connectivity layers (UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, RS‑485, BLE, Wi‑Fi).
• Design for production with bootloaders, secure updates, and testing interfaces.
• Provide technical leadership; mentor engineers and drive CI/CD and testing practices across teams.

Skills

C/C++ programming

ARM Cortex‑M

RTOS concepts

Firmware debugging

Git workflows

Education

BS/MS in Computer/Electrical Engineering or related

Tools

JTAG/SWD

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Embedded diagnostic tools

Job description

Hayward Holdings Inc. seeks a Principal Firmware Engineer to provide technical leadership across next‑gen embedded platforms. You will design and implement firmware powering connected pumps, heaters, and automation systems, guiding the product lifecycle from prototype to field deployment.

You will lead architecture, collaborate with cross‑functional teams, and mentor engineers while delivering fault‑tolerant software and secure updates for high‑volume manufacturing.