Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer Real-Time Precision

Alicat Scientific; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Alicat Scientific in Tucson, AZ designs high-performance flow and pressure instrumentation with in-house development and manufacturing. You will write real-time C code to control sensors and interfaces, and build device-side logic, configuration services, and diagnostics that define instrument behavior in customer systems.

You will work on-site with the engineering team from concept to production release and long-term support, applying rigorous debugging and hardware bring-up practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production embedded software development in C.
• Experience with real-time systems and RTOS or well-structured bare-metal architectures.
• BS in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field is valued — but demonstrated experience matters more.

Responsibilities

• Write robust, deterministic code for sensors, valves, and interfaces: real-time control and signal processing.
• Develop device-side application logic, configuration services, and diagnostic interfaces for instrument behavior.
• Collaborate on-site with the engineering team from concept to production release and long-term support.

Skills

Embedded C

Real-time systems

RTOS

Debugging with scope/LA

Ownership of technical problems

Education

BS in Computer/Electrical Engineering or CS

Tools

Cross-compilers

Build systems

Git

CI/CD

JTAG/SWD debugging

Embedded Linux

Python tooling

HAL/drivers development

Job description

Alicat Scientific in Tucson, AZ designs high-performance flow and pressure instrumentation with in-house development and manufacturing. You will write real-time C code to control sensors and interfaces, and build device-side logic, configuration services, and diagnostics that define instrument behavior in customer systems.

You will work on-site with the engineering team from concept to production release and long-term support, applying rigorous debugging and hardware bring-up practices.