Senior Firmware Architect - ARM Cortex-M, Secret Clearance

System One (old); Taunton (MA); On-site; USD 88,000 - 102,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

Spending accounts

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Voluntary plans

Job summary

System One is seeking a Senior Firmware Engineer in Taunton, MA for a contract role spanning 2+ years. You will design bare-metal firmware in C for ARM Cortex-M, build low-level drivers, and optimize for performance and power while collaborating with hardware and product teams.

Applicants should have a DoD Secret clearance, US citizenship, and 8+ years of relevant experience (or 6+ with a Master's). Experience with autonomous undersea systems is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering plus 8 years of relevant experience or Master's degree plus 6 years.
• U.S. citizenship and DoD Secret security clearance at time of hire.
• Experience designing firmware for autonomous undersea systems or similar complex projects.
• Strong collaboration and proven leadership of design teams.
• Experience applying R&D processes and AI for continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement bare-metal firmware in C for ARM Cortex-M and other microcontroller architectures.
• Develop drivers and low-level interfaces for peripherals including SPI, I2C, UART, GPIO, ADC, PWM, and timer modules.
• Profile and optimize code for performance, power consumption, and memory constraints.
• Work closely with hardware engineers, systems architects, and product teams to translate requirements into firmware solutions.
• Use oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, debuggers (SWD, JTAG), and embedded testing frameworks to validate firmware functionality.

Skills

Bare-metal firmware

ARM Cortex-M

SPI

I2C

UART

GPIO

ADC

PWM

Code profiling

Power optimization

Team leadership

AI for process improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in a related field

Tools

SWD

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Embedded testing frameworks

Job description

System One is seeking a Senior Firmware Engineer in Taunton, MA for a contract role spanning 2+ years. You will design bare-metal firmware in C for ARM Cortex-M, build low-level drivers, and optimize for performance and power while collaborating with hardware and product teams.

Applicants should have a DoD Secret clearance, US citizenship, and 8+ years of relevant experience (or 6+ with a Master's). Experience with autonomous undersea systems is a plus.