Senior Firmware Engineer & Technical Lead

Laser Technology, Inc.; Colorado; On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Job summary

Laser Technology, Inc. is seeking a Lead Firmware Software Engineer to drive embedded firmware development for laser rangefinders and related systems.

You will balance hands-on coding with leadership of a small firmware team, shaping architecture, reviews, and verification plans while collaborating with hardware, software, and product teams. The ideal candidate has 10+ years in firmware, strong C/C++ skills, experience with low-level drivers, and a proven track record releasing robust products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical field.
• 10+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Demonstrable product release history.
• Ability to support all phases of the product development cycle including architecture, design, development, debugging, documentation and validation.
• Experience with version control systems (GitLab, etc.) and bug tracking tools.
• Strong background in C/C++ firmware development, including bare metal programming.
• Strong background in writing low level device drivers (IMU, magnetometer, environmental sensors, ADC, GPIO, SPI, I2C, UART, Bluetooth).
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions and implement and test fixes.

Responsibilities

• Works with cross-functional teams to develop and analyze requirements, architect, implement, test and deploy firmware within timelines.
• Performs trade-off studies to optimize solutions.
• Collaborates with hardware engineers to design interfaces between hardware and firmware.
• Leads software architecture and failure analysis reviews.
• Communicates product architectures and design proposals to senior management.
• Drives prototyping, design reviews, code reviews, reliability testing, and verification plans.
• Documents software with firmware architecture descriptions and detailed algorithms.
• Performs hands-on debugging, testing and validation to ensure specs are met.
• Provides timely support for in-house and field service issues.
• Mentors junior staff and supports new product development and sustaining existing products.

Skills

Firmware development

Device drivers

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in EE/CS/CE

Tools

GitLab

Bug tracking tools

Job description

Laser Technology, Inc. is seeking a Lead Firmware Software Engineer to drive embedded firmware development for laser rangefinders and related systems.

You will balance hands-on coding with leadership of a small firmware team, shaping architecture, reviews, and verification plans while collaborating with hardware, software, and product teams. The ideal candidate has 10+ years in firmware, strong C/C++ skills, experience with low-level drivers, and a proven track record releasing robust products.