Senior Firmware Lead (STM32/H7) – Customer Enablement

Cohu, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision insurance

401(k) with company matching

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Tuition assistance

Disability & life insurance

Profit Sharing

Job summary

Cohu, Inc. is seeking a senior firmware engineer in California to lead firmware development for STM32H7 platforms. You will work closely with hardware, software, and customer teams to bring up boards, implement drivers, and enhance a Windows GUI for multiple communication interfaces.

You will own firmware deliverables, write thorough documentation, and train customers on interfaces, with travel as needed to support projects and deployments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related field (MS desired).
• Minimum 8 years of firmware development and application support experience.
• Strong proficiency in C and C++, including Windows application development.
• Experience with bare metal firmware on STM32 or similar ARM Cortex M microcontrollers and board bring-up.
• Experience with UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, Ethernet; EtherCAT a plus.
• Experience in bootloader development and Git; FPGA experience a plus.
• Willingness to travel for projects and customer support.
• Excellent English communication skills; German/French a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop bare metal C/C++ firmware for STM32H7 microcontrollers from pin assignment to drivers and debugging.
• Develop and improve a cross‑platform C++ GUI with multiple interfaces (Ethernet, CAN, serial).
• Create and maintain design docs, interface specs, test plans, and release notes.
• Write clean, well-documented code with Git traceability across requirements and releases.
• Act as firmware owner and bridge between sales, customers, and engineering, including customer training.

Skills

C/C++ proficiency

Windows app development

Bare metal firmware

Microcontroller familiarity

UART/SPI/I2C/CAN

Ethernet

Git

JTAG/oscilloscopes

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering

MS preferred

Tools

Git

STM32CubeMX

Job description

Cohu, Inc. is seeking a senior firmware engineer in California to lead firmware development for STM32H7 platforms. You will work closely with hardware, software, and customer teams to bring up boards, implement drivers, and enhance a Windows GUI for multiple communication interfaces.

You will own firmware deliverables, write thorough documentation, and train customers on interfaces, with travel as needed to support projects and deployments.