Boyd Thermal Eaton - Firmware Engineer
Listed on 2026-06-22
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Software Development
Embedded Software Engineer, Software Engineer
Job Description
The Firmware Design Engineer is responsible for full lifecycle development of custom thermal control application firmware.
The role is based in Phoenix, Arizona and is part of Boyd’s Thermal Test and Control Systems division, which develops innovative thermal test solutions for the semiconductor industry.
Responsibilities- Work with multi-discipline teams to develop thermal control products involving a diverse set of custom thermal forcing hardware.
- Full lifecycle development of custom thermal control application firmware.
- Support proof-of-concept studies.
- Use tuning parameters to effect dynamic performance of feedback control systems.
- Maintain and enhance firmware on existing thermal products.
- Develop firmware using Qt/C++ for Linux OS targets and using C for non-OS/bare-metal targets.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field with at least 10 years of related experience.
- 4+ years of embedded system programming experience in C or C++.
- Experience interfacing with common communication methods such as TCP/IP, I2C, SPI, and RS-232.
- Experience interfacing with low-level analog hardware via ADC, DAC, and PWM.
- Ability to understand schematics, IC operation, and to design low-level drivers.
- Multi-process/multi-threaded design experience.
- Application programming experience on Linux-based platforms (Debian preferred).
- User interface programming experience (Qt, WebIQ preferred).
- Configuring and tuning feedback control loops (e.g. PID).
- Windows desktop app development experience for utilities (C#/Visual Studio or Qt preferred).
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