Senior Embedded Firmware Test Engineer – Validation & Debug

Snap Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 133,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity RSUs

Paid parental leave

Medical coverage

Job summary

Snap Inc. is seeking an Embedded Software/Firmware Engineer to join the Spectacles team in a role focused on developing embedded software for micro-display systems and display chips.

You will design features for ASICs, modules, and host tools, while maintaining build environments and validation workflows to ensure smooth releases. Qualifications include 5+ years in embedded development, proficiency in C/C++, Python, and experience debugging hardware/software integrations.

Qualifications

• BS/BA degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of embedded software or firmware development experience.
• Experience developing in C/C++ and Python for embedded systems, firmware, or system-level tools.
• Experience debugging hardware/software integration issues in embedded or consumer electronics systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop embedded software and firmware for micro-display systems, display chips, and related tools with clear ownership scope across implementation, integration, validation, and release.
• Design, implement, and validate software features for display ASICs, modules, microcontrollers, and host-side tools.
• Set up, maintain, and improve embedded software and firmware build environments, build flows, and development tooling for efficient validation and release.
• Build test plans and test code to verify new features before release to production and partner teams.
• Work across emulator, board, and silicon environments to debug and validate system behavior, with strong focus on hardware debuggability, root‑cause analysis, and issue isolation at the system level.
• Collaborate closely with software, firmware, ASIC, EE, and production teams to bring up and verify new hardware and software features.
• Develop and maintain tools, libraries, interfaces, and build workflows used by internal teams for validation, debugging, and production enablement.
• Investigate issues across software, firmware, tools, and hardware, and drive root‑cause analysis through resolution.
• Create clear bug reports and Jira tickets for issues related to software, firmware, tools, and hardware interactions.
• Document software flows, build/setup procedures, test procedures, board/tool usage, and user‑facing interfaces for internal developers and partner teams.
• Contribute to code reviews and help improve code quality, testability, maintainability, and build reliability across software, firmware, and tooling.

Skills

C/C++

Python

C#

Education

BS/BA in CS/CE/EE or related field

Tools

Jira

Git

Job description

Snap Inc. is seeking an Embedded Software/Firmware Engineer to join the Spectacles team in a role focused on developing embedded software for micro-display systems and display chips.

You will design features for ASICs, modules, and host tools, while maintaining build environments and validation workflows to ensure smooth releases. Qualifications include 5+ years in embedded development, proficiency in C/C++, Python, and experience debugging hardware/software integrations.