Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer (Defense Tech)

Slope; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 218,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Atlanta, GA seeks a Senior Firmware Engineer to develop low-level software/firmware for embedded systems. You will implement features in the firmware layer across TRS products, integrating microcontrollers with sensors in bare-metal or RTOS environments while leading technical initiatives.

You will mentor junior engineers, own firmware program outcomes, and collaborate with Electrical, Software, and Product design teams to drive rapid hardware bring-up and successful

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience developing software/firmware for embedded systems.
• MS in CS/CE/EE or equivalent industry experience.
• Demonstrated track record of technical leadership and product ownership.
• Extensive experience integrating microcontrollers with analog and digital sensors and developing firmware application logic in bare-metal or RTOS environments.
• Outstanding C coding ability and deep familiarity with the language standard.
• Solid understanding and application of software development best practices, software/hardware debugging approaches, and board bringup methodology.
• Practical experience with common IC bus protocols such as I2C, SPI, USB, CAN, RS232, RS485, Ethernet, etc.
• Exemplary written and verbal communication skills.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

Responsibilities

• Develop robust, high-confidence software/firmware for microcontrollers, create reusable device drivers, and architect system-level features to support desired product functionality.
• Exercise deep product ownership, driving program-level efforts to maximize customer impact.
• Provide mentorship to junior engineers and level-up the overall capability of the TRS Firmware team.
• Work cross-functionally with Electrical, Software, and Product Design teams to ensure program success, from prototype design through to customer deployment.
• Proactively identify opportunities for improvement at both the team and program level, and deliver solutions to realize those improvements.
• Enable rapid development iteration by coordinating new-hardware bringup and quickly troubleshooting hardware issues that span the electrical, firmware, and software boundaries.
• Coordinate firmware support for Test Engineering to ensure the high-yield production and manufacture of hardware products.
• Support product field testing to quantify customer value and identify firmware feature opportunities with high program impact.

Skills

Embedded software

C programming

RTOS

Microcontrollers

Sensor integration

Technical leadership

Security clearance

Education

MS in CS/CE/EE or equivalent

Tools

JTAG/SWD

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Job description

Anduril Industries in Atlanta, GA seeks a Senior Firmware Engineer to develop low-level software/firmware for embedded systems. You will implement features in the firmware layer across TRS products, integrating microcontrollers with sensors in bare-metal or RTOS environments while leading technical initiatives.

You will mentor junior engineers, own firmware program outcomes, and collaborate with Electrical, Software, and Product design teams to drive rapid hardware bring-up and successful