Senior Firmware Engineer

HP IQ; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 162,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Long term/short term disability

Employee assistance program

Flexible spending account

Life insurance

Generous time off

Job summary

HP IQ seeks a firmware engineer to design and develop firmware for ARM-based MCUs, coordinating with hardware and software teams. You will bring up hardware, optimize power, and ensure secure, scalable embedded solutions in production environments.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in embedded firmware, experience with radio stacks, and proficiency in C/C++ with RTOS. This role offers growth, collaboration with vendors, and responsibilities across prototypes to production.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of firmware development for embedded microcontrollers.
• Deep experience in embedded firmware with knowledge of radio stacks (BT, BLE, Wi‑Fi), sensor and audio pipelines.
• Proficient in FreeRTOS or Zephyr, Embedded C, C++, protocols, and unit test frameworks.
• Comfortable working in large multi‑developer codebases.
• Ability to collaborate in a psychologically safe and healthy team environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop firmware and embedded system architecture for ARM-based MCUs in prototypes and products.
• Collaborate with EE, RF, Security, Cloud Services, and AI models teams to build high-performance, secure systems.
• Bring up and debug new hardware in the lab and support builds at remote production sites.
• Establish and manage performance metrics including code size, model performance, memory footprint, power consumption, latency.

Skills

Embedded firmware development

ARM MCU architecture

Radio stacks BT/BLE/Wi‑Fi

FreeRTOS or Zephyr

C/C++ programming

Unit test frameworks

Cross-functional collaboration

Large multi‑developer codebases

Tools

Qualcomm MCU family

STM32

Cypress/Infineon PSoC

Nordic

Job description

Who We Are

HP IQ is HP's new AI innovation lab. Combining startup agility with HP's global scale, we're building intelligent technologies that redefine how the world works, creates, and collaborates.

About The Role

The System Software team is responsible for firmware, operating system software, hardware-accelerated algorithms, and core developer frameworks supporting our products. We serve as the glue between our hardware teams and our higher-level software teams, and delight in finding creative solutions to complex, interdisciplinary problems as we bring our product visions to life. As a firmware engineer on our team, you will develop firmware for low-power embedded microcontrollers to coordinate sensors, ensure security and privacy, manage power subsystems, and more. You will also have plenty of opportunity to develop and grow your own management and leadership skills as you coordinate development efforts with vendors, consultants, and manufacturing partners.

What You Might Do

• Design and develop firmware and embedded system architecture for leading-edge ARM-based MCUs in our prototypes and products
• Collaborate with the EE, RF, Security, Cloud Services, and AI models team to build high-performance, secure, reliable systems
• Bring up and debug new hardware in the lab and support builds at remote production sites
• Establish and manage performance metrics including code size, model performance, memory footprint, power consumption, latency.

Essential Qualifications

• 8+ years experience developing firmware for embedded microcontrollers
• Deep experience in embedded firmware with demonstrable knowledge in radio stacks (BT, BLE, Wi-Fi), sensor and audio pipelines, ARM MCU architecture.
• Passionate about low-power (<1mW sleep) systems, audio subsystem integration, and cloud-connected embedded devices.
• Proficient in FreeRTOS or Zephyr, Embedded C, C++, protocols, and unit test frameworks
• Comfortable working in large multi-developer codebases
• Ability to collaborate in a psychologically safe and healthy team environment

Preferred Skills

• Experience developing and debugging Qualcomm, STM32, Cypress/Infineon PSoC, or Nordic
• Experience shipping high-reliability production code
• Comfortable with low-level hardware debugging tools and techniques

Salary range: $162,000 - $252,000

Compensation & Benefits (Full-Time Employees)

The salary range for this role is listed above. Final salary offered is based upon multiple factors including individual job-related qualifications, education, experience, knowledge and skills.

At HP IQ, we offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies, including;
  • 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
  • 11 paid holidays
  • Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)

Why HP IQ?

• Innovative Work Help shape the future of intelligent computing and workplace transformation.
• Autonomy and Agility Work with the speed and focus of a startup, backed by HP's scale.
• Meaningful Impact Build AI-powered solutions that help people and organisations thrive.
• Flexible Work Environment Freedom and flexibility to do your best work.
• Forward-Thinking Culture We learn fast, stay future-focused, and imagine what comes next - together.

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