Senior​/Lead Firmware Engineer

Staff Firmware Engineer

"The United States Air National Guard's 131st Rescue Squadron recently relied on Somewear's ATAK integration to coordinate a civilian rescue 1,200 miles off the U.S. Pacific coast. Because our platform provided consistent communications and situational awareness across air, ground, and medical teams, the mission wrapped up in half the expected time — and lives were saved."

At Somewear Labs, that's the kind of impact our technology delivers. We support those who venture beyond the limits of cellular connectivity with a satellite-enabled platform built for the world's most demanding environments. Our customers include helicopter paramedics, backcountry explorers, wildland firefighters, and U.S. Special Forces operators.

We're looking for a Staff Firmware Engineer to define the technical vision for our embedded systems and lead us in pushing the boundaries of what's possible in off-grid communication. You'll architect critical systems at the intersection of custom hardware, satellite technology, LTE, Bluetooth, sensors, and mesh networking — building software that directly powers life-saving missions in the field while setting the technical direction for the entire firmware organization.

Firmware is the beating heart of our platform. Every architectural decision you make and technical strategy you define helps ensure critical information reaches the right people at the right time, even in the harshest environments. As a staff-level technical leader at a Series A company, you'll set the technical vision, drive cross-functional initiatives, mentor senior engineers, and shape our products and engineering culture for years to come.

• Define technical vision and strategy for firmware architecture across our entire product portfolio

• Architect and own complex embedded systems in C, C++, and Rust targeting Zephyr RTOS, setting patterns that scale across the organization

• Drive company-wide technical decisions around system architecture, performance optimization, power management, and technology selection

• Lead cross-functional initiatives that span firmware, hardware, mobile, and backend teams—translating business goals into technical roadmaps

• Own end-to-end technical delivery of critical features from concept through production deployment on custom hardware

• Set the standard for board bring-up and hardware validation, establishing processes that electrical and firmware teams follow company-wide

• Architect robust communication protocols and device drivers for power-constrained, safety-critical environments

• Define and evolve system-level protocols in partnership with hardware, mobile, and backend engineering teams

• Champion engineering excellence by establishing standards, best practices, and tooling that elevate the entire engineering organization

• Mentor and develop senior engineers, conducting design reviews and systematically raising the technical capabilities across the team

• Evaluate emerging technologies and drive strategic build vs. buy decisions with company-level impact

• Influence product and company strategy by identifying technical opportunities, constraints, and competitive advantages

• Represent firmware engineering in executive-level technical discussions and company-wide planning

• Solve the hardest technical problems that require deep expertise and novel approaches

• 10+ years of firmware development on resource-constrained embedded systems

• Proven track record of defining technical vision and strategy for embedded systems in production environments

• Expert-level proficiency architecting and shipping complex, safety-critical embedded systems at scale

• Deep expertise with wireless protocols (WiFi, Bluetooth, Zig Bee, Thread, LoRa, mesh networking) and proven ability to design novel protocols

• Strong understanding of cellular technologies (LTE, 5G, NB-IoT), satellite communications, and RF system design

• Mastery of RTOS internals (Zephyr, FreeRTOS, or similar) and hardware interfaces (UART, SPI, I²C, USB)

• Advanced debugging skills with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG debuggers, and power profiling tools—able to solve issues others cannot

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