Embedded Firmware Engineer (USB-C, PD)

We’re bringing up new hardware built around USB-C Power Delivery controllers and are looking for an embedded firmware engineer to help take these boards from bare PCB to working, production-quality firmware. You’ll write and debug firmware on 32-bit ARM microcontrollers, configure companion ICs over I2C/SPI/UART, and work hands-on at the bench in collaboration with our hardware team., Bring up new PCBs: validate power/clocks, connect a debugger, enable peripherals, and get firmware running on new hardware

• Develop and debug embedded C firmware on ARM Cortex-M-class MCUs

• Configure and drive companion ICs over I2C or other peripheral buses

• Implement and debug USB-C / USB-PD behavior (power negotiation, source/sink roles, fault handling, etc.)

• Debug at the bench with oscilloscope, protocol/logic analyzer, multimeter, and SWD/JTAG

• Work from datasheets, register tables, and schematics

• Document configurations and design decisions

• Collaborate with hardware engineers to isolate hardware vs. firmware issues

Strong embedded C on 32-bit MCUs (ARM Cortex-M or similar): interrupts, register-level peripheral work, development under flash/RAM constraints

• Working understanding of USB-C/USB-PD (source/sink/DRP roles, power contract negotiation)

• I2C/SPI/UART peripheral/companion-IC communication, configuration, and debug

• Hands-on hardware bring-up experience: taking a board from power-on to running firmware, or debugging firmware against real hardware

• Datasheet and schematic literacy: able to configure a part from its register tables and confirm pin/power connections

• Comfortable with standard bench debug tools: oscilloscope, logic/protocol analyzer, SWD/JTAG debugger, UART logging

• Git proficiency

Preferred Skills

• Experience with a Cypress/Infineon MCU SDK/IDE and its middleware (e.g. ModusToolbox, STM32Cube, or similar), including creating/customizing a board support package

• Firmware update/bootloader work (DFU or equivalent): building and flashing update images

• Power-path or regulator firmware: VBUS control, fault detection/recovery (OVP/UVP/OCP), enable/soft-start sequencing

• USB subsystem experience: hubs, DisplayPort Alt Mode, redrivers/retimers, or billboard devices

Nice to have

• Prior work with Infineon EZ-PD / PMG1 (or Cypress CCGx) PD controllers and ModusToolbox

• CI for embedded builds

• USB-IF PD compliance/USB-C requirements familiarity

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Infineon / Cypress experience

PMG-S3, PMG1, Cypress CCGx

ModusToolbox

USB PD compliance testing

Power-path / voltage regulator firmware, Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

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