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Sr. Level Firmware Engineer

TetraMem - Accelerate The World
San Jose, CA, United States
6 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
8 years minimum
Compensation
$230,000 - $300,000
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source
www.juju.com

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence C++ (Programming Language) Continuous Integration Software Debugging Device Drivers Embedded Software Firmware Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) FreeRTOS Hardware Interface Design Machine Learning Performance Tuning
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Real-Time Operating Systems Systems Architecture System Programming System Software Systems Integration PIC Microcontroller Application Specific Integrated Circuits Information Technology Low Latency Virtual Agents Software Coding

Job description

  • Lead and grow the production firmware organization, including technical direction, execution planning, mentoring, hiring, and performance management.
  • Drive firmware strategy and roadmap in partnership with product management, silicon, hardware, AI software, and system architecture teams.
  • Define product requirements, firmware architecture, development milestones, and release plans for embedded AI products from concept through production.
  • Own firmware project execution, including planning, prioritization, risk management, resource allocation, schedule tracking, and cross-functional coordination.
  • Translate product and customer requirements into scalable firmware solutions that enable high-performance embedded AI platforms.
  • Oversee the design, development, integration, and optimization of embedded software for real-time and AI-driven applications.
  • Guide firmware development for FPGA and ASIC platforms, ensuring robust hardware/software integration and successful product bring-up.
  • Lead the development of firmware, device drivers, and platform software supporting machine learning acceleration on embedded hardware.
  • Drive system-level optimization for performance, latency, power efficiency, reliability, and manufacturability.
  • Collaborate with engineering leadership to establish development processes, coding standards, quality metrics, CI/CD, testing, and release practices for production firmware.
  • Support customer engagements, product launches, and field issue resolution as required., Senior engineers are expected to serve as technical leaders and trusted cross-functional partners who contribute not only through individual technical excellence but also by mentoring others, improving engineering processes, and driving successful product execution across the organization.

Requirements

  • BS or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with 8+ years of embedded systems experience, including technical leadership or engineering management responsibilities.
  • Proven experience leading firmware teams through complete product development cycles from definition to commercial deployment.
  • Demonstrated experience driving cross-functional projects involving hardware, silicon, software, AI, and product management teams.
  • Experience defining product requirements, development roadmaps, engineering schedules, and execution plans.
  • Strong understanding of embedded firmware architecture for microcontroller- and SoC-based systems.
  • Experience with RTOS-based firmware architectures and integration (e.g., Zephyr, FreeRTOS).
  • Solid understanding of low-level software, device drivers, hardware interfaces, and system bring-up.
  • Proficiency in C/C++ with sufficient technical depth to provide architectural guidance and conduct design reviews.
  • Experience delivering production firmware for commercial embedded products.
  • Strong project management, communication, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to balance technical excellence, product priorities, and delivery schedules.
  • Experience working in a fast-paced startup environment with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects.
  • Hands-on debugging and performance optimization experience is a plus.

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