Staff Firmware Engineer - Core Compute & Embedded Linux

Contract Professionals, Inc.; Sterling Heights (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Contract Professionals, Inc. seeks a Staff Firmware Engineer - Core Compute in Sterling Heights, MI to develop embedded firmware and Linux-based software for advanced processing and interfaces on next‑gen military vehicle platforms.

The role collaborates with hardware, software, and systems teams to deliver mission‑critical computing, graphics, and interface solutions from design through integration and testing.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of embedded firmware or embedded software development experience.
• Strong experience with Linux and Linux device driver development.
• Proficiency with C, C++, Qt, Git, Bitbucket, and Yocto.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop firmware for electronic components and subsystem processing and interface products.
• Collaborate with systems, software, and hardware engineers to develop video, image, and graphics processing solutions.
• Develop and review system requirements and convert them into engineering work packages.
• Perform embedded Linux development for advanced computing platforms.
• Develop bare-metal C software for Xilinx FPGA devices using Vitis.
• Develop system constraints and support hardware/software integration.
• Perform debugging through laboratory testing and hardware validation.
• Develop Yocto Linux solutions for NVIDIA Jetson and Xilinx Ultrascale platforms.
• Develop Linux device drivers for custom peripherals.
• Support Linux driver development, bootloaders, and embedded system programming.
• Participate in Agile software development and continuous integration activities.
• Support firmware verification, troubleshooting, and product integration.

Skills

Embedded firmware

Linux driver development

C/C++

Yocto

NVIDIA Jetson

Xilinx Vitis

RTOS/VIRTUALIZATION

Networking (TCP/IP, CAN)

GStreamer, OpenCV

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer/Electrical Engineering or CS

Tools

Qt

Git

Bitbucket

Yocto (image builds)

Vitis

GCC/Makefiles

GDB/Jira/Confluence

Job description

Contract Professionals, Inc. seeks a Staff Firmware Engineer - Core Compute in Sterling Heights, MI to develop embedded firmware and Linux-based software for advanced processing and interfaces on next‑gen military vehicle platforms.

The role collaborates with hardware, software, and systems teams to deliver mission‑critical computing, graphics, and interface solutions from design through integration and testing.