Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer

Wearable Technologies, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Wearable Technologies, Inc. provides opportunities to define system architectures for wearable devices, designing hardware interfaces and firmware features.

You will lead firmware development, write drivers, and support hardware while collaborating with cloud/AI teams on interface protocols. The role emphasizes hands-on PCB design, rapid learning, and contributing to life-saving devices within a dynamic, cross-functional team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent hands-on experience in a relevant field.
• 3+ years of hardware design with microprocessor or microcontroller-based embedded systems.
• 5+ years of programming in C.
• Experience with hardware debugging and troubleshooting.
• Quick-learning self-starter who works well with a dynamic team.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain system architectures including hardware and firmware interfaces, configuration management, etc.
• Design and work with PCBs/circuit boards with industry best practices
• Design, develop and enable new product features in embedded firmware
• Write device drivers and support for hardware
• Lead the development of new firmware technologies and products
• Work with Cloud/AI teams to develop interface and protocols

Skills

C programming

Embedded systems

Hardware debugging

Self-starter

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics/CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Zephyr RTOS

Job description

• Define and maintain system architectures including hardware and firmware interfaces, configuration management, etc.
• Able to design and work with PCBs/circuit boards with industry best practices
• Design, develop and enable new product features in embedded firmware
• Able to write device drivers and support for hardware
• Lead the development of new firmware technologies and products
• Working with Cloud/AI teams to develop interface and protocols

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Electronics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field or equivalent hands‑on experience.
• 3+ years of experience in hardware design with microprocessor or microcontroller-based embedded system design
• 5+ years of programming experience in C
• Experience with hardware debugging and troubleshooting
• Quick-learning self-starter who works well with a dynamic team

Preferred:

• Experience in IoT devices/wearables
• Experience working with sensors and associated algorithms
• Experience with agile software development
• Experience working with RTOS (Zephyr or any other)
• Experience with database and cloud is a plus

Benefits

The Wearable Technologies hardware team is responsible for bringing the incredible life saving devices to the market. Qualified candidate will be working on these devices all the way from concept through the market launch. You will get to design the most innovative embedded software and get to work with like-minded team in a cross-functional collaborative environment. You will also participate in product development, brainstorming and design sessions.

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