Firmware Engineer

Position: Staff Firmware Engineer
** Staff Firmware Engineer*
* ** Title
* * Staff Firmware Engineer
** Location
* * Niwot, CO (Hybrid)  industries.  We’re a growing technology company in Niwot, Colorado, the heart of the Rocky Mountains.  We offer an exceptional and rewarding work environment in a great place to live.  Our employees enjoy challenging projects in the development and manufacture of light scattering particle counters and diverse technologies and applications.

We are looking for a
** Staff Firmware Engineer
** who will contribute to the success of the R&D Team, applying their expertise in
** firmware engineering
** to support the achievement of team and company goals and deliver innovative, reliable solutions.  In this role, the successful candidate will collaborate effectively with colleagues and cross-functional teams, demonstrate strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, and maintain a commitment to professional excellence, quality and continuous improvement.

The Role As a Staff Firmware Engineer, you will serve as a senior technical contributor within R&D, developing embedded firmware for Particle Measuring Systems’ advanced instruments across the full product lifecycle. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into robust, scalable, and secure firmware solutions, while providing technical leadership through architecture, design reviews, mentorship, and continuous improvement of development processes and tools.

This role requires strong problem-solving skills, clear technical communication, and a commitment to quality, reliability, and engineering excellence.

Job Responsibilities Drive requirements discovery and decision-making, partnering with internal and external stakeholders to capture, clarify, and prioritize business, customer, and technical needs; develop design and engineering reference documentation.

Serve as a cross-functional technical leader, proactively interfacing across engineering, marketing, manufacturing and service to ensure firmware solutions meet product requirements.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive.  Responsibilities may evolve over time, and other related duties may be assigned to meet the ongoing needs of the company.

Required Qualifications Ten or more years of embedded firmware development experience. Ten or more years of experience as a technical lead or similar.

Experience serving as Scrum Master or Product Owner in an Agile environment.

Experience gathering and authoring requirements. Strong C++ or Rust programming language skills. Object-oriented design skills. Development experience with Embedded Linux at Application level. Experience implementing software version control and bug tracking systems. Ability to read and understand schematic diagrams. Experience in cyber security. Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop engineers. Excellent communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications C programming language experience. Strong experience with QT, Linux Kernel and driver development.

Experience with TCP/IP, WiFi and Bluetooth protocol development.

Work Environment &

Physical Requirements This role primarily operates in an office/lab/manufacturing environment. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this role.

Compensation & Benefits Our compensation philosophy: we offer competitive pay based on market data, including local, national, and industry benchmarks.  For new hires, offers are generally within the established min- to mid-point of the range for the role, with flexibility to recognize experience, skills, and education.  Our approach ensures fair pay internally while remaining competitive externally and allows room for growth.

Comprehensive benefits package:
Particle Measuring Systems is a global leader in designing and manufacturing micro-contamination monitoring equipment.  Based in Boulder, Colorado, our state of the art technology is instrumental in improving clean room performance in the semiconductor and pharmaceutical markets.  Our specialized technology, and the challenging work necessary to create this technology, enables our…