Staff Firmware Engineer – Real-Time Power Electronics

Oho Group; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 151,000; Full time

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Job summary

Oho Group in Austin, TX is seeking a Staff Firmware Engineer to develop and validate firmware for next-generation power conversion and inverter systems. This hands-on role combines embedded software, real-time control, hardware bring-up, and system-level debugging.

You will design real-time firmware in C/C++, optimize embedded control algorithms, bring up hardware, and work with hardware and controls engineers on firmware/hardware co-design.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience with BS, 6+ with MS, or 3+ with PhD.
• Expert-level C/C++ with strong software architecture and algorithm fundamentals.
• Deep experience with bare-metal and real-time embedded systems.
• Strong understanding of RTOS, multithreading and embedded architectures.
• Experience with ARM Cortex-M platforms and peripherals (ADC, PWM, SPI, GPIO).
• Familiarity with GCC, GDB, CMake, Make, Git and modern development workflows.
• Experience with CI/CD and containerized development environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop real-time firmware primarily in C/C++.
• Implement and optimize embedded control algorithms.
• Bring up and debug power electronics hardware.
• Perform unit testing, simulation, HIL, and prototype validation.
• Work with hardware and controls engineers on firmware/hardware co-design.
• Troubleshoot complex system-level issues.
• Contribute to development infrastructure and automated testing.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership.

Skills

C/C++

RTOS

Embedded systems

ARM Cortex-M

Debugging

CI/CD

Education

Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field

Tools

GCC

GDB

CMake

Make

Git

Linux

Job description

Oho Group in Austin, TX is seeking a Staff Firmware Engineer to develop and validate firmware for next-generation power conversion and inverter systems. This hands-on role combines embedded software, real-time control, hardware bring-up, and system-level debugging.

You will design real-time firmware in C/C++, optimize embedded control algorithms, bring up hardware, and work with hardware and controls engineers on firmware/hardware co-design.