Senior IoT Firmware Engineer: Edge-to-Cloud

Copeland; Florida; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

Copeland, a global climate technologies leader, seeks a Senior Firmware Engineer to design and optimize low-power firmware for next‑gen IoT devices. You will shape secure edge software, bridge hardware with cloud services, and collaborate across HW, software, and cloud teams.

You will drive power optimization, OTA security, and robust testing, ensuring production-readiness and scalable deployment across markets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
• 5+ years of embedded C/C++ firmware for IoT/edge devices.
• Proven RTOS experience (FreeRTOS, Zephyr, ThreadX, or similar).
• Experience with wireless tech and security standards (mTLS, AES, RSA).

Responsibilities

• Design, code, and maintain production-grade firmware for resource-constrained MCUs.
• Implement and optimize Wi‑Fi, BLE, Cellular, Thread/Zigbee stacks and MQTT/CoAP/HTTP protocols.
• Write low-level drivers and collaborate on hardware bring-up.
• Analyze power consumption and optimize for battery longevity.
• Implement hardware-root-of-trust security features (secure boot, TLS, OTA).
• Use RTOS for multithreaded apps; perform HIL tests and automation.
• Support manufacturing testing, diagnostics, and long-term maintenance.
• Lead code reviews, enforce MISRA C, and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Firmware design

IoT protocols

RTOS expertise

Hardware debugging

Security & OTA

Code reviews

Documentation

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Git

CMake/Make

GCC

CI/CD for embedded

Static analysis tools

Job description

Copeland, a global climate technologies leader, seeks a Senior Firmware Engineer to design and optimize low-power firmware for next‑gen IoT devices. You will shape secure edge software, bridge hardware with cloud services, and collaborate across HW, software, and cloud teams.

You will drive power optimization, OTA security, and robust testing, ensuring production-readiness and scalable deployment across markets.