Senior Firmware Engineer - NVMe & PCIe Specialist

Mackenzie Stuart; California (MO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Mackenzie Stuart partners with a leading technology company to develop high-performance hardware and embedded systems. The Senior Firmware Engineer will focus on low-level firmware for storage and host-interface technologies, collaborating with hardware and validation teams across the business.

The role emphasizes NVMe, PCIe, SMBus and I3C, with responsibilities spanning protocol processing, data transfers, error handling and compliance testing.

Qualifications

• Embedded/storage firmware experience with C/C++.
• Strong NVMe and PCIe knowledge.
• Experience with SMBus, I3C, or similar protocols.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain NVMe firmware, including command processing, data transfers and queue management.
• Implement and debug PCIe-based interfaces and host-management interfaces such as SMBus and I3C.
• Validate firmware with industry standards and host platforms.
• Debug low-level issues using protocol analysers, logic analysers, firmware logs and trace tools.
• Collaborate with firmware, hardware, validation and systems teams.

Skills

C/C++ firmware

NVMe

PCIe

SMBus

I3C

Tools

Protocol analyzers

Logic analyzers

Firmware debuggers

Job description

Mackenzie Stuart partners with a leading technology company to develop high-performance hardware and embedded systems. The Senior Firmware Engineer will focus on low-level firmware for storage and host-interface technologies, collaborating with hardware and validation teams across the business.

The role emphasizes NVMe, PCIe, SMBus and I3C, with responsibilities spanning protocol processing, data transfers, error handling and compliance testing.