Remote Firmware & Embedded Systems Engineer

mercor; United States; Remote; USD 138,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor, a San Francisco‑based company connecting elite talent with AI research labs, seeks Software & Firmware Engineering Experts for remote contract work. You will apply hands-on expertise across software, firmware, FPGA/RTL, and hardware interfaces on real hardware systems.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in software/firmware/embedded engineering, hands-on hardware experience, and strong debugging skills with JTAG/SWD and oscilloscopes; familiarity with C/C++, Python, RTOS, and embedded Linux

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in software, firmware, FPGA, or embedded systems engineering.
• At least 3 years of recent hands-on experience with real hardware.
• Experience as the responsible engineer for production hardware-connected software or firmware.
• Deep expertise in embedded firmware, FPGA/RTL design, flight software, or hardware test automation.
• Strong command of technologies like C/C++, Python, RTOS, embedded Linux, and FPGA toolchains.

Responsibilities

• Apply hands-on expertise in software, firmware, and digital hardware to complex engineering tasks involving real physical systems.
• Review and evaluate embedded firmware, FPGA/RTL designs, flight software, test automation frameworks, and hardware interfaces.
• Analyze architecture and implementation trade-offs involving real-time performance, timing, memory, and hardware/software integration.
• Assess technical correctness, robustness, and feasibility of solutions for embedded and hardware-connected systems.
• Identify implementation errors, race conditions, interface failures, and other system-level failure modes.
• Develop or review engineering problems, reference implementations, test cases, and technical documentation.

Skills

Embedded systems

C/C++

Python

RTOS

embedded Linux

FPGA/RTL design

Hardware test automation

Tools

JTAG/SWD debuggers

Oscilloscopes

FPGA toolchains

Job description

Mercor, a San Francisco‑based company connecting elite talent with AI research labs, seeks Software & Firmware Engineering Experts for remote contract work. You will apply hands-on expertise across software, firmware, FPGA/RTL, and hardware interfaces on real hardware systems.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in software/firmware/embedded engineering, hands-on hardware experience, and strong debugging skills with JTAG/SWD and oscilloscopes; familiarity with C/C++, Python, RTOS, and embedded Linux