Staff Embedded Firmware Engineer – Power Systems Leader

edgeautonomy-careers; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 145,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matching 401(k)

Paid PTO

Paid holidays

Medical, vision, and dental insurance

Group Short-Term & Long-Term Disabilty

HSA and FSA Options

Critical Care Plan

Accident Care Plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

edgeautonomy seeks a Staff Firmware Engineer to join the Energy Systems group in Ann Arbor. You will own embedded firmware across power-systems products, driving bootloaders, interrupt architecture, and driver development for robust performance.

You will lead Bring-up, sensor and peripheral integration, and test planning across HIL/SIL environments. The role emphasizes building reliable firmware, mentoring engineers, and collaborating with hardware and software teams to deliver integrated

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience developing embedded firmware in safety-critical or mission-critical environments.
• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field is required
• Demonstrated ability to develop, implement, and test greenfield/brownfield firmware.
• Experience driving system integration across hardware, firmware, and software layers.
• Expert-level proficiency in C/C++ for embedded systems.
• Extensive experience developing firmware for ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers (STM32, TM4C, etc.) and Digital Signal Processors (TMS320, etc.), including startup code, interrupt handling, peripheral configuration, and memory management.
• Proven experience with a deep understanding of communication protocols (UART, SPI, I²C, CAN, Ethernet).
• Strong experience with bare metal software architecture and development.
• Demonstrated experience developing bootloaders, application firmware, and communication driver development for ARM-based microcontrollers.
• Expert-level experience working with IDEs (such as Code Composer Studio), build configurations, and debugging build errors and warnings.
• Ability to read schematics, understand PCB layout implications, and collaborate closely with electrical engineering.
• Able effectively communicate complex technical concepts to engineering teams, leadership, customers, and other stakeholders.
• Expert-level debugging ability using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and advanced test equipment.
• Experience with Git based revision control, peer review, and release features.
• Flexibility to travel to suppliers or customer locations as required.
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Responsibilities

• Lead and champion embedded firmware features for power systems products, ensuring reliability, safety, and maintainability.
• Own subsystem-level firmware architecture, including bootloaders, interrupt architecture, and communication driver development.
• Perform board bring-up on new hardware, validating digital/analog interfaces, timing, power sequencing, and hardware interactions.
• Lead integration of sensors, peripheral devices, HMIs, power systems, and control interfaces into the product architecture.
• Develop and optimize communication layers (CAN, SPI, UART, I2C) for robustness under operational constraints.
• Develop test plans and conduct rigorous testing to validate firmware performance and compliance with industry standards and perform Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL), System Integration Lab (SIL), and bench validation activities.
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, architecture discussions, and technical coaching.
• Serve as a technical interface to cross-functional leads, participating in design reviews and requirement decomposition.
• Work closely with other engineering disciplines to ensure cohesive and integrated system designs.
• Identify and implement innovative solutions to enhance system functionality and performance.
• Prepare and maintain detailed documentation for firmware designs, test procedures, and user manuals.

Skills

Embedded firmware

C/C++

ARM Cortex-M

Communication protocols

Bare metal

Bootloaders

System integration

Debugging

Documentation

Travel flexibility

Education

B.S. in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Code Composer Studio

Git

MS Office

Job description

edgeautonomy seeks a Staff Firmware Engineer to join the Energy Systems group in Ann Arbor. You will own embedded firmware across power-systems products, driving bootloaders, interrupt architecture, and driver development for robust performance.

You will lead Bring-up, sensor and peripheral integration, and test planning across HIL/SIL environments. The role emphasizes building reliable firmware, mentoring engineers, and collaborating with hardware and software teams to deliver integrated