Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer — Power Systems

Redwire; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 145,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matching 401(k)

Paid PTO

Paid holidays

Medical, vision, and dental insurance

Disability insurance

HSA and FSA options

Critical Care Plan

Accident Care Plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Redwire Defense Tech in Ann Arbor, MI seeks a Staff Firmware Engineer with extensive experience in bare metal embedded firmware for power systems. You will lead end-to-end firmware development, from requirements to testing, contributing across hardware, firmware, and software layers to deliver robust, high-performance systems.

The role emphasizes bootloaders, drivers, CAN/SPI/UART/I2C, and thorough testing.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of embedded firmware experience in safety/mission-critical environments.
• BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field.
• Experience delivering greenfield/brownfield firmware projects.
• Experience driving hardware-software integration.

Responsibilities

• Lead embedded firmware features for power systems ensuring reliability and safety.
• Own subsystem firmware architecture including bootloaders, interrupts, and drivers.
• Board bring-up on new hardware; validate interfaces, timing, power sequencing.
• Integrate sensors, HMIs, and control interfaces into product architecture.
• Develop and optimize CAN, SPI, UART, I2C communication layers.
• Create and execute test plans; conduct HIL/SIL validation.
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews and architecture discussions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional leads in design reviews and requirements decomposition.
• Work with other disciplines to ensure cohesive system designs.
• Identify innovative solutions to enhance system functionality.
• Prepare documentation for firmware designs, tests, and manuals.

Skills

C/C++ for embedded systems

ARM Cortex-M

Bare metal firmware

Hardware integration

Communication protocols (CANSPIUARTI2C

Debugging with scopes/LA

Leadership/mentoring

Requirements analysis

Systems thinking

Technical communication

Education

BS in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Code Composer Studio

Git

Job description

Redwire Defense Tech in Ann Arbor, MI seeks a Staff Firmware Engineer with extensive experience in bare metal embedded firmware for power systems. You will lead end-to-end firmware development, from requirements to testing, contributing across hardware, firmware, and software layers to deliver robust, high-performance systems.

The role emphasizes bootloaders, drivers, CAN/SPI/UART/I2C, and thorough testing.