Senior Firmware Lead, Embedded AI & Real-Time Systems

TetraMem - Accelerate The World; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

TetraMem is seeking an experienced Senior Firmware Leader to grow the production firmware organization, shape strategy, and drive end-to-end embedded AI product development from concept through production.

You will mentor engineers, define requirements and roadmaps, and coordinate with hardware, silicon, AI software, and product teams to optimize performance, latency, and power while ensuring robust HW/SW integration.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years embedded systems experience with leadership or management responsibilities.
• Experience leading firmware teams through complete product development cycles.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the production firmware organization with technical direction and mentoring.
• Drive firmware strategy and roadmap in partnership with product, silicon, hardware, AI software, and system architecture teams.
• Define requirements, architecture, milestones, and release plans for embedded AI products from concept to production.
• Own firmware project execution including planning, risk management, and cross-functional coordination.
• Translate product and customer requirements into scalable firmware solutions for high-performance embedded AI platforms.
• Oversee design and optimization of embedded software for real-time and AI-driven apps.
• Lead firmware development for FPGA/ASIC platforms and robust HW/SW integration.
• Develop firmware, drivers, and platform software supporting ML acceleration on embedded hardware.
• Drive system-level optimization for performance, latency, power, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Collaborate on development processes, coding standards, quality metrics, CI/CD, testing, and releases for production firmware.
• Support customer engagements, product launches, and field issue resolution as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Program/Project management

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

Hiring

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Tools

C/C++

Zephyr/FreeRTOS RTOS

CI/CD tooling

Job description

TetraMem is seeking an experienced Senior Firmware Leader to grow the production firmware organization, shape strategy, and drive end-to-end embedded AI product development from concept through production.

You will mentor engineers, define requirements and roadmaps, and coordinate with hardware, silicon, AI software, and product teams to optimize performance, latency, and power while ensuring robust HW/SW integration.