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# Software & Firmware Engineering Experts

- **Company:** Mercor, Inc.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $208,000.0 - $249,600.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Software Debugging, Digital Electronics, Linux on Embedded Systems, Embedded Software, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Hardware Interface Design, Joint Test Action (IEEE Standards), Python (Programming Language), Real-Time Operating Systems, Software Testing Automation Framework, Systems Integration, Hardware Testing
- **Published:** September 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/fad2cacb-5691-4123-b835-781462a3f81d/firmware-engineer-fully-remote-up-to-hr

## About the Role

Must-Have

 * 5+ years of professional experience in software, firmware, FPGA, or embedded systems engineering.
 * At least 3 years of recent hands-on experience with real hardware.
 * Experience as the responsible engineer for production hardware-connected software or firmware.
 * Deep expertise in embedded firmware, FPGA/RTL design, flight software, or hardware test automation.
 * Strong command of technologies like C/C++, Python, RTOS, embedded Linux, and FPGA toolchains.
 * Extensive experience debugging software-hardware interactions using tools like JTAG/SWD debuggers and oscilloscopes.
 * Proven experience in real-world product or hardware manufacturing environments.

Preferred

 * Experience with companies designing, building, and manufacturing physical hardware or embedded systems.
 * Relevant organizations include Lockheed Martin, Blue Origin, Tesla, NVIDIA, Apple, Skydio, Siemens, and Medtronic.

## Description

* Apply hands-on expertise in software, firmware, and digital hardware to complex engineering tasks involving real physical systems.
 * Review and evaluate embedded firmware, FPGA/RTL designs, flight software, test automation frameworks, and hardware interfaces.
 * Analyze architecture and implementation trade-offs involving real-time performance, timing, memory, and hardware/software integration.
 * Assess technical correctness, robustness, and feasibility of solutions for embedded and hardware-connected systems.
 * Identify implementation errors, race conditions, interface failures, and other system-level failure modes.
 * Develop or review engineering problems, reference implementations, test cases, and technical documentation.


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