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# Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer

- **Company:** HP IQ
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $140,000.0 - $225,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Board Bringup, Artificial Intelligence, Booting (BIOS), C++ (Programming Language), Computer Programming, Software Debugging, Linux on Embedded Systems, Embedded Software, Firmware, Joint Test Action (IEEE Standards), Real-Time Operating Systems, Sensor Fusion, Management of Software Versions, Information Technology
- **Published:** July 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=1b59ee95ecb53f6b

## About the Role

* Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
 * 5+ years of embedded firmware development experience spanning RTOS and embedded Linux.
 * Strong C/C++ programming skills with solid grounding in embedded fundamentals (drivers, interrupts, memory/power constraints, bootloaders).
 * Board-level debugging experience using tools such as JTAG, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers.
 * Familiarity with OTA update mechanisms, field telemetry, and firmware versioning.
 * Ability to work independently across hardware/software boundaries and communicate findings clearly to partners and leadership., * Experience running AI/ML inference on resource-constrained devices (quantized models, on-device runtimes).
 * Background in sensor fusion or proximity/localization algorithms.
 * Experience working directly with silicon vendors on bring-up and optimization.
 * Familiarity with low-power design and battery-constrained firmware architecture.

## Description

HP IQ's Connectivity team is seeking an Embedded Firmware Engineer with strong hands-on experience across RTOS and embedded Linux platforms. You'll bring up new hardware, develop and support firmware across core device subsystems, and help scale products from prototype to fleet deployment. A key part of this role is enabling on-device intelligence - bringing AI models, sensing algorithms, and local processing to lightweight, power-constrained devices at the edge.

What You Might Do

 * Design, develop, and debug firmware across RTOS and embedded Linux platforms.
 * Lead hardware bring-up - board bring-up, driver integration, and firmware support through to production.
 * Develop and maintain firmware for subsystems such as connectivity, power and other sensors.
 * Integrate lightweight model inference and sensing/proximity algorithms within tight compute, memory, and power budgets.
 * Support fleet-scale deployment: OTA updates, field diagnostics, and post-launch sustainment.
 * Collaborate with hardware, systems, and QA teams to troubleshoot system-level issues and drive root-cause fixes to closure.


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