Technical Lead - Firmware

Job Description

• MCU bring up and firmware development
• RTOS porting
• Develop/port low-level drivers for sensors (accelerometers, gyros, magnetometers, temperature, proximity, ambient light, etc.).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (hardware, firmware, QA, product) to deliver reliable sensor functionality.
• Optimize memory, performance, power, and responsiveness of sensor subsystems.
• Debug and resolve driver and user-space issues related to sensor data.

Language

• English – Business level (Good communication and presentation skills required)

• Expert in firmware development lifecycle, from architecture to deployment

• Owns firmware modules end-to-end: design, implementation, validation, release

• Leads board bring-up of complex systems including multi-core SoCs

• Deep understanding of power management strategies and low-power design for AR wearables

• Proficient in performance tuning, memory optimization, and code profiling

• Designs and maintains boot and OTA frameworks

• Writes hardware abstraction layers (HALs) for scalable and reusable designs

• Integrates with machine learning accelerators, graphics subsystems, and camera pipelines

• Collaborates effectively with hardware, OS, optics, and UX teams

• Mentors junior engineers: conducts code reviews and enforces best practices

• Participates in safety, compliance, and EMC/EMI validation discussions

Mandatory

• Embedded C/C++ with over 8+ yrs experience

• ARM Cortex-M (v7+ and v8+) with over 8+ yrs experience and 5+ yrs of experience

• SoC + MCU systems around 4+ yrs

• 8+ years of Embedded Experience overall

• RTOS Experience

  • FreeRTOS/Zephyr: 4+ yrs

  • overall RTOS: 6+ yrs

• Board Bring up

  • Custom Board Bring up: 6+ yrs

  • Full ownership: 2+ yrs

• Device drivers / HAL – 5+ yrs

• Peripheral

  • More than 2 years of experience in connectivity BLE/WLAN system level/ driver integration. Not application integration.

  • 4+ years of experience with Accelerator (ML, GPU etc)

• 4+ years of experience as embedded project Technical Lead including review owner, code approvals etc.

• Experience with Optimization and hardening: 4+ yrs

Qualification

Bachelors in Electronics and Communication, Computer Science or Related field with minimum 8 years of experience or Masters in Electronics and Communication, Computer Science with minimum 6 year of hands-on development experience