Real-Time Firmware Engineer – Motor Control & Embedded Systems

Omni Instrument; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Omni Instrument in San Francisco, CA, is seeking a Firmware Engineer for the Motor Controls team to design and implement production firmware for distributed real-time control systems, including CAN, EtherCAT, and embedded Linux on Linux-based systems and microcontrollers.

You will own firmware architecture, develop real-time state machines, fault handling, and production-ready interfaces between software and hardware, while collaborating with hardware and manufacturing teams on-site, reporting

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Strong experience developing embedded firmware in C++ for real-time systems.
• Experience with embedded Linux systems and microcontrollers.
• Experience implementing communication protocols such as CAN, EtherCAT, Ethernet, SPI, UART, or USB.
• Experience debugging embedded systems with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG, or similar tools.
• Strong understanding of multithreading, synchronization, and timing-sensitive software.
• Experience building firmware test infrastructure and automated validation systems.
• Ability to independently design and implement production firmware systems.

Responsibilities

• Own firmware architecture from concept through production deployment.
• Design reliable communication interfaces between embedded devices.
• Develop fault monitoring, watchdog, and recovery systems.
• Validate firmware timing behavior, synchronization, and system stability.
• Create test infrastructure for firmware validation and release qualification.
• Define firmware release criteria and reliability requirements.
• Ensure firmware is maintainable, testable, and scalable.

Skills

Embedded C++

Real-time systems

Embedded Linux

CAN

EtherCAT

Ethernet

SPI

UART

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

Multithreading

Testing infrastructure

Education

B.S. in Computer/Electrical Engineering or related

Tools

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

Logic Analyzers

Job description

Omni Instrument in San Francisco, CA, is seeking a Firmware Engineer for the Motor Controls team to design and implement production firmware for distributed real-time control systems, including CAN, EtherCAT, and embedded Linux on Linux-based systems and microcontrollers.

You will own firmware architecture, develop real-time state machines, fault handling, and production-ready interfaces between software and hardware, while collaborating with hardware and manufacturing teams on-site, reporting