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# Firmware Engineer

- **Company:** GRIDWARE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $160,000.0 - $165,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Assembly Language, Unit Testing, C++ (Programming Language), Software Debugging, Web Development, Linux on Embedded Systems, Embedded Software, Firmware, Python (Programming Language), Real-Time Operating Systems, Wide Area Networks, Data Processing, Scripting, Backend, Git, Linux Development, Bare Metal, Hardware Debugging
- **Published:** July 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/9e82cb71-fd06-4a0f-8e03-b145b72160ac

## About the Role

* Strong C and/or C++ knowledge
 * Python or another scripting language
 * Comfortable using Git
 * Comfortable in a Linux development environment
 * Comfortable working across multiple domains (hardware, firmware, software)
 * 3+ years embedded software engineering experience (Embedded Linux, RTOS's, bare metal, etc)
 * Experience developing and debugging hardware

Bonus Skills

 * Strong understanding of operating system and real-time operating system concepts
 * Assembly language (extra bonus points for ARM)
 * Basic web programming knowledge (backend)
 * Comfortable debugging with an oscilloscope and/or logic analyzer
 * Professional experience deploying firmware
 * Experience with LoRa, SigFox, or other Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANS)
 * Experience with digital signal processing (DSP)
 * Previous experience in rapidly scaling startups
 * Previous experience working with CMs/ODMs on medium to high-volume products

## Description

* Develop C/C++ firmware for our microcontroller platform
 * Implement drivers for microcontroller peripherals and external sensors
 * Work with our backend codebase to develop and test device communications
 * Maintain and extend our build system to support various embedded hardware platforms
 * Develop efficient data processing and collection algorithms in a resource-constrained environment
 * Develop unit tests, write and execute test plans


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