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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Lead Firmware Engineer - **Company:** Avis Budget Group, Inc. - **Location:** Boston, MA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $170,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** 4G (Telecommunication), ARM Architecture, Bluetooth, Computer Engineering, Firmware, Radio-Frequency Identification, Software Deployment, Software Engineering, Information Technology - **Published:** August 25, 2026 - **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=2937172697-2 ## About the Role * Experience with vehicle OBD and CAN stack * Identify and evaluate potential partners for telematics solutions and opportunities that mitigate risk and align with the business * Able to be the technical point of contact for multiple onshore manufacturing partners * Experience with getting FCC, PTCRB and UK/EU RF regulatory certification for connected devices * Ability to architect hardware, firmware and backend technologies to solve business problems * Experience with proposing, designing and developing end-to-end connected devices involving RF, Embedded and connected products * Provide full lifecycle software development, including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, production deployment, documentation * Experience with technologies such as RFID, Wireless 3G/4G, Bluetooth * Able to creatively solve business problems using pre-existing technologies * Able to solve both short term and long-term business problems * Technical experience with automotive grade devices to ensure safety of our products * Able to work with technicians on custom cables and manufacturing of cables and harnesses * Ability to manage test engineering for connected devices * Ability to get buy-in on solutions from various stakeholders within Zipcar * Able to translate business requirements into technical requirements and vice versa * Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices for connected fleet management * Provide support for existing in-production devices, * 5+ years experience developing low-level firmware including device drivers or board support packages. * Proficient in C/C++ programming. * Able to read hardware schematics and use test equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, communications protocol analyzers) to help debug firmware problems. * Prior experience with ARM Cortex-M processors or other microcontrollers. * Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience. * Solid track record of working closely with device manufacturing to deliver on schedule and budget * Some experience leading mechanical designs is preferable but not necessary ## Related Videos - [Unleashing the Full Potential of the Arm Architecture – Write Once, Deploy Anywhere](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/940-unleashing-the-full-potential-of-the-arm-architecture-write-once-deploy-anywhere) - [Building a Cross-Platform BLE Client with Kotlin Multiplatform and Kable](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100250-building-a-cross-platform-ble-client-with-kotlin-multiplatform-and-kable) - [Playing Pong on a shoulder press machine](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100140-playing-pong-on-a-shoulder-press-machine) - [Agile work at CARIAD – Creating a customer web application for controlling the vehicle ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/200-agile-work-at-cariad-creating-a-customer-web-application-for-controlling-the-vehicle) - [Prototyping with Hardware and the Web](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/651-prototyping-with-hardware-and-the-web) - [Agent Smith Gets Hardware: Autonomous IoT Hacking From Debug Port to Cloud API](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100258-agent-smith-gets-hardware-autonomous-iot-hacking-from-debug-port-to-cloud-api) ## Related Articles - [How software is steering vehicle technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/515-how-software-is-steering-vehicle-technology) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Basic And Advanced Networking in Dart and Flutter](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/112-basic-and-advanced-networking-in-dart-and-flutter) - [Software Engineer Salary London](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/252-software-engineer-salary-london)